Month: February 2018

Pandora Media Inc. P is set to report fourth-quarter 2017 results on Feb 21. The company beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in the trailing four quarters, delivering an average positive surprise of 22.8% […]

Copa Holdings, S.A. CPA has reported impressive traffic results for January. […]

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 […]

The Cheesecake Factory Inc. CAKE is scheduled to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2017 numbers on Feb 21, after market close. Last quarter, shares of the company have declined 24.7% against the industry ’s 9.4% gain […]

We expect The Boston Beer Company, Inc. SAM to beat expectations when it reports fourth-quarter 2017 results on Feb 21. In the preceding quarter, this producer and seller of alcohol beverages delivered a positive earnings surprise of 51.1% […]

Celgene Corporation CELG announced data from phase III trial, RELIEF, on dermatology drug Otezla in a late-breaking oral presentation at the 2018 American Academy of Dermatology ("AAD") Annual Meeting. The phase III randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study, RELIEF, is evaluating Otezla twice daily (“BID”) in 207 patients with active Behçet’s Disease who were previously treated with at least one topical or systemic medication. […]

Sturm, Ruger & Company RGR is scheduled to release fourth-quarter 2017 financial results on Feb 21. Last quarter, the company witnessed a negative earnings surprise of 11.16%. Moreover, Sturm, Ruger underperformed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in two of the trailing four quarters, the average earnings miss being 3.72% […]

Chesapeake Energy Corporation CHK is slated to report fourth-quarter 2017 results on Feb 22, before the opening bell. In the trailing three months, the company reported a positive earnings surprise of 20.00%. Chesapeake beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in all the previous four quarters, the average positive earnings surprise being 21.57%. […]

Enbridge Inc. ENB reported strong fourth-quarter 2017 results, courtesy of higher liquid delivery volumes from the Canadian Mainline and Wood Buffalo Extension Pipeline. Higher natural gas processing volumes, lower expenses and contributions from new projects led to the encouraging numbers […]

Abiomed, Inc. ABMD scaled a new 52-week high of $268.72 on Feb 16, eventually closing a bit lower at $267.74. […]

CVR Partners, LP UAN is set to release fourth-quarter 2017 results, ahead of the bell on Feb 22. Last quarter, the company reported a negative earnings surprise of 180%. […]

Accurate identification of overhyped toxic stocks and the rightly priced ones is very important for investing success. However, correctly figuring out toxic stocks and removing them at the right time to make some profits is not easy. Overblown toxic stocks are usually susceptible to external shocks […]

Garmin Ltd. GRMN is slated to report fourth-quarter 2017 results before the bell on Feb 21. […]

After a decent outcome in the recent past, the slump in U.S. retail sales in the first month of the year may have reminded investors about the days when the sector was struggling to find its way out the woods. Certainly, the sector has borne the brunt of heightened online competition, lower footfall and changing consumer spending patterns but retailers have left no stone unturned to rapidly adapt to the changing retail landscape. […]

HSBC Holdings plc HSBC is scheduled to announce fourth-quarter and 2017 results on Feb 20, before the market opens. Its quarterly earnings and revenues are projected to improve year over year. Last quarter, results benefited from higher revenues and a fall in loan impairment charges […]

Shares of major American steel makers got a lift last Friday after the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) issued the long-awaited reports on its probe into imports of steel and aluminum products and recommended President Donald Trump to impose tariffs or quotas on these imports. […]

Housing starts and building permits made an impressive comeback in January, after declining 8.2% and 0.1%, respectively, in December 2017, due to cold weather. Moreover, home builder sentiment is at 72, making us reasonably certain about the positive momentum in the industry. Housing Starts Hit a 15-Month High Per the latest jointly-released report from the U.S. […]

ANSYS Inc ANSS is set to release fourth-quarter 2017 earnings on Feb 21. Notably, the company has a positive record of earnings beats in the trailing four quarters, with an average surprise of 6.27%. […]

Shares of Alaska Air Group, Inc. ALK have declined more than 2% ever since it released its traffic results for January 2018, last week. In the first month of 2018, the company’s consolidated traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles or RPMS) increased 3.5% to approximately 4 billion. […]