Month: February 2018

Genomic Health, Inc. GHDX is scheduled to report fourth-quarter and 2017 results on Mar 8, before the market opens. Last quarter, the company posted a positive earnings surprise of 400% […]

Berkshire Hathaway Inc . BRK.B reported fourth-quarter 2017 earnings of $32.6 billion, increasing more than fivefold year over year. […]

In its weekly release, Houston-based oilfield services player Baker Hughes, a GE company BHGE , reported an increase in total rig count in the United States. About the Rig Count Baker Hughes’ data, issued since 1944 at the end of every week, helps energy service providers gauge the overall business environment of the oil and gas industry. […]

We issued an updated research report on Altra Industrial Motion Corporation AIMC on Feb 26. Strengthening of the end markets, focus on cost control and buyout gains are likely to benefit the company in the quarters ahead. […]

Masimo Corporation MASI recently announced favorable results from a study, which evaluated the performance of noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring (NIHM) using Masimo noninvasive and continuous hemoglobin (SpHb). Masimo’s share price rallied 0.8% to $84.62 on Feb 23 post the announcement of the results. […]

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation IART is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2017 results on Feb 27, before the market opens. In the third quarter, Integra LifeSciences derived 41% of its total revenues from the Orthopedics and Tissue Technologies business. Let us take a sneak peek at what the fourth-quarter earnings season is expected to bring forth for this business segment. […]

Axon Enterprise, Inc. AAXN will release fourth-quarter 2017 results on Feb 27, after market close. Last quarter, the company reported a negative earnings surprise of 80% […]

Value investing is easily one of the most popular ways to find great stocks in any market environment. After all, who wouldn’t want to find stocks that are either flying under the radar and are compelling buys, or offer up tantalizing discounts when compared to fair value? One way to find these companies is by looking at several key metrics and financial ratios, many of which are crucial in the value stock selection process. […]

On Feb 23, we issued an updated research report on Honda Motor Company HMC . Honda’s Vision 2030 strategy plan, which aims to boost cooperation between research and development as well as manufacturing, is aiding the company. The plan also aims to reduce developmental costs and focus more on developing electric and self-driving cars. […]

Noble Corporation NE reported fourth-quarter 2017 loss of 29 cents per share, narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 32 cents. However, the figure was wider than the year-ago quarter’s loss of 15 cents. […]

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. LYB declared that its Supervisory Board has authorized its management to raise quarterly dividend by 11% to $1 per share from 90 cents in fourth-quarter 2017. The dividend will be paid on Mar 12, 2018 to shareholders of record as of Mar 5, 2018, with an ex-dividend date of Mar 2, 2018. […]

Univar Inc . UNVR is slated to release fourth-quarter 2017 results ahead of the bell on Feb 28. The chemical company swung to a profit (on a reported basis) of $38.9 million or 28 cents per share in third-quarter 2017 from a loss of $63 million or 46 cents a year ago […]

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. ALRM will report fourth-quarter 2017 results on Feb 27. In the third quarter, the company delivered a positive earnings surprise of 42.1%. […]

Citigroup C plans to refund about $330 million to its credit card customers by the latter half of this year, after having confessed to charging higher interest rates to some of the defaulters, since 2011. Per the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, credit card issuing companies are required to review the accounts of customers whose interest rates had risen after a missed payment or bounced checks. The companies are to determine whether the customer has resumed making timely payments or has displayed some other creditworthy behavior. […]

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. DLB recently announced its collaboration with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., to introduce Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ mobile devices with Dolby Atmos experience. […]

Per Reuters, Apple AAPL will be shifting Chinese users’ iCloud data to local data centers to ensure compliance with the country's newly implemented cyber-security regulations. Moving the cryptographic iCloud account keys to China makes it simpler for local authorities to obtain information on an iCloud user as they will no longer have to seek approval from the U.S. legal system to do so […]

Big Lots, Inc. BIG is expected to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2017 results on Mar 2. […]