Month: January 2018

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. WMT , which is leaving no stone unturned to compete with online retail giant Amazon.com, Inc. […]

Nokia Corporation NOK is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2017 financial numbers on Feb 1. Last quarter, the company reported earnings (non-IFRS) per share of €0.09 (approximately 11 cents) that surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 6 cents. In the year-ago period, the company had reported earnings of €0.04 (5 cents) per share. […]

With fourth-quarter results getting released across all sectors, a few companies under the Auto sector have posted financial numbers. Two auto giants, Ford Motor Company F and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles FCAU , have already announced quarterly performance on Jan 25. While Ford’s earnings missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate, Fiat Chrysler beat the same. […]

A few industrial machinery companies have lined up to report quarterly numbers on Jan 30. The industrial products sector (one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors) is among the Zacks sectors anticipated to rack up the strongest gains in the fourth quarter. […]

On Jan 25, 2018, we issued an updated research report on leading medical devices company, ResMed Inc. RMD . The stock carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) […]

Nasdaq, Inc . NDAQ is slated to report fourth-quarter 2017 results on Jan 31 before the market opens. Last quarter, the company delivered a positive surprise of 3.92% […]

We expect Murphy Oil Corporation MUR to beat expectations when it reports fourth-quarter 2017 results after the market closes on Jan 31. Last quarter, the company delivered a positive earnings surprise of 78.57%. Why a Likely Positive Surprise? […]

Cadence Design Systems Inc. CDNS is set to report fourth-quarter 2017 results on Jan 31. Notably, the company has delivered an average positive surprise of 1.49% in the last four quarters. […]

Qorvo Inc QRVO is set to release third-quarter fiscal 2018 earnings on Jan 31. Notably, the company beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in each of the trailing four quarters with an average positive surprise of 6.16%. Last quarter, the company delivered a positive surprise of 5.56%. […]

AMETEK Inc. AME is set to report fourth-quarter 2017 results on Feb 1. We expect an improving end-market coupled with a diversified portfolio to drive earnings in the fourth quarter […]

AGCO Corporation ’s AGCO board of directors recently approved a 7% hike in the quarterly common stock dividend. The revised dividend payout now stands at 15 cents per share. The dividend will be paid on Mar 15, to shareholders of record as of Feb 15. […]

Dominion Energy Inc. D reported fourth-quarter 2017 operating earnings of 91 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 88 cents by 3.4%. Earnings were within management’s guidance of 80 cents to $1.00 per share. […]

Glaxo SmithKline plc GSK announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (“CHMP”) of the European Medicines Agency has a positive opinion, recommending a marketing approval for its shingles vaccine, Shingrix. A final decision from the EU is expected in April 2018. The company filed a marketing authorization application for Shingrix in the EU for prevention of shingles (herpes zoster) and post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) in older patients (aged 50 years or above) in November 2016 […]

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. VRTX is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter 2017 results on Jan 31, after the market closes. Vertex’s shares have soared 100.5% in the past year while the industry has recorded an increase of 11.8% […]

AstraZeneca Plc AZN announced positive top-line results from a phase III study evaluating its investigational triple combination therapy PT010 for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). PT010 is a combination of budesonide, an ICS with glycopyrronium, a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) and formoterol fumarate, a LABA therapy. PT010 is being developed by delivering AstraZeneca’s Aerosphere Delivery Technology […]

Sirius XM Holdings SIRI is scheduled to report fourth-quarter results on Jan 31 before the market opens. Last quarter, the company delivered a positive surprise of 50% with better-than-expected earnings and revenue performance. […]

Hologic, Inc. HOLX is slated to report first-quarter fiscal 2018 financial results on Feb 8 after the closing bell. Last quarter, the company delivered a positive earnings surprise of 2.04% […]

Independent oil refiner and marketer Marathon Petroleum Corp. MPC is slated to release fourth-quarter 2017 results before the opening bell on Thursday, Feb 1. In the preceding three-month period, the company delivered a positive earnings surprise of 22.07% on stronger fuel margin. […]