Month: February 2018

Sun Life Financial Inc. SLF reported fourth-quarter 2017 underlying net income of $404 million (C$641 million), up 14.5% year over year. This improvement was driven by wealth businesses and a favorable morbidity and mortality experience. […]

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. AGIO posted fourth-quarter 2017 loss of $1.81 per share, wider than both the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $1.65 and the year-ago loss of $1.34. Total revenues in the reported quarter amounted to $9.8 million, which lagged the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $16 million […]

Nektar Therapeutics ' NKTR shares increased more than 11% on Feb 14 after the company announced a global strategic collaboration agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb BMY . Per the agreement, both companies will jointly develop and commercialize the lead immuno-oncology candidate, NKTR-214, of the former in combination with the latter’s Opdivo (nivolumab) and Opdivo plus Yervoy (ipilimumab). Pursuant to the contract, Nektar is entitled to receive an upfront payment of $1.85 billion, which includes a payment of $1 billion in cash and an equity investment of $850 million. […]

Global Payments Inc. GPN came up with fourth-quarter 2017 adjusted earnings of $1.07 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.01 and improving 23% year over year. […]

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 […]

Netflix NFLX has signed a five-year deal worth around $300 million with Ryan Murphy, the name behind popular series’ like American Horror Story and Glee . Reportedly, Murphy is ending his tenure with Twenty-First Century Fox FOXA where he has been working since 2003 to join Netflix in July. […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries ’ HII fourth-quarter 2017 adjusted earnings of $3.11 per share surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.92 by 6.5%. Earnings however declined 26% from $4.20 a year ago. […]

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? […]

Parker-Hannifin Corporation PH recently unveiled a Low-Lead Brass body (LLB) series of solenoid valves for the beverage dispensing industry. The latest LLB series of solenoid valves is suitable for various potential uses in dispensing systems like cold, hot and superheated water shut-off, boiler water-loading control, steam control, steam mixing and steam pressure control. […]

Copa Holdings, S.A. CPA is slated to release fourth-quarter 2017 results on Feb 21, after the market closes. Last quarter, the company delivered a positive earnings surprise of 10.2%. […]

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. […]

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. HLT reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter 2017 results. […]

Premium consumer goods company Pilgrim's Pride Corporation PPC reported better-than-expected results for fourth-quarter 2017. Earnings The company’s quarterly earnings of 54 cents per share surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. Also, the bottom line comfortably exceeded the year-ago tally of 28 cents per share. […]

The Andersons, Inc. ’s ANDE fourth-quarter 2017 adjusted earnings surged around 72% year over year to 62 cents per share. Earnings also beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 38 cents per share by a wide margin of 63%. […]

Shares of Ralph Lauren Corporation RL have been flying high on its strategic initiatives, Way Forward Plan & Restructuring Activities and robust earnings surprise history. In fact, the company’s third-quarter fiscal 2018 marked 12th straight earnings beat. […]

Marriott International, Inc. MAR reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter 2017 results. […]

Waste Connections, Inc. WCN reported better-than-expected results in fourth-quarter 2017 primarily due to solid waste internal growth, E&P waste activity and income tax benefits. GAAP earnings for the quarter came in at $315.1 million or $1.19 per share compared with $85.6 million or 32 cents per share in the year-ago period. […]