Month: February 2018

Shares of Groupon Inc. GRPN declined more than 9%, yesterday, after the company reported mixed fourth-quarter 2017 results. The company reported non-GAAP earnings of 7 cents per share, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a couple of cents […]

Shares of The Charles Schwab Corporation SCHW rose 2.4% following the release the monthly activity report for January 2018, which shows an improvement from the year-ago period. Total client assets were $3.5 trillion at the end of the month, jumping 23% year over year. […]

Wells Fargo & Company WFC has entered into an agreement with Popular BPOP to divest certain assets and liabilities of its auto finance business in Puerto Rico. The all cash deal is expected to close by mid-2018. Wells Fargo’s auto lending segment landed in trouble last year when its customers were financially hurt due to issues related to auto Collateral Protection Insurance policies […]

Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO delivered second-quarter fiscal 2018 non-GAAP earnings of 63 cents per share beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 59 cents. […]

Franklin Resources, Inc. BEN has announced a special cash dividend of $3 per share, to be paid on Apr 12, to shareholders of record as of Mar 29. […]

Arch Coal Inc. ARCH reported fourth-quarter 2017 operating earnings of $4.12 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.32 by 77.6%. Total Revenues Total revenues in the reported quarter were $560 million, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate […]

CONMED Corporation CNMD is currently one of the top-performing stocks in the MedTech space. Improvement in price performance and strong fundamentals reflect the stock’s bullish run. Therefore, if you haven’t taken advantage of the price appreciation yet, it’s time you add the stock to your portfolio […]

Cimarex Energy Company XEC reported fourth-quarter 2017 earnings of $1.47 per share that beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.39. In the fourth quarter of 2016, the company had reported earnings per share of 60 cents. […]

There are several different ways to find value stocks. Among these, the most popular are price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) and price-to-sales ratio (P/S). However, investors often overlook the price-to-book ratio (P/B ratio), which though used less often, is also an easy-to-use valuation tool for identifying low-priced stocks with great returns […]

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. CF swung to a profit in the fourth quarter of 2017, aided by a sizable tax benefit. The fertilizer maker logged a profit of $465 million or $1.98 per share in the reported quarter compared with a loss of $320 million or $1.38 per share a year ago […]

Walmart Inc. WMT , now officially an omni-channel retailer, is set to release fourth-quarter fiscal 2018 results on Feb 20. We expect the supermarket giant to continue gaining from its focus on international expansion, solid domestic business and dynamic measures to counter Amazon’s AMZN growing dominance […]

Devon Energy Corporation DVN is slated to report fourth-quarter 2017 results after the market closes on Feb 20. In the third quarter, the company reported a positive earnings surprise of 17.95%. […]

ARRIS International plc ’s ARRS fourth-quarter 2017 earnings (excluding 81 cents from non-recurring items) of 88 cents per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 77 cents. Also, the bottom line improved 11.4% more than the year-ago quarter. The earnings beat and its year-over-year increase seem to have pleased investors. […]

The Williams Companies, Inc. WMB reported adjusted earnings from continuing operations of 20 cents per share in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. […]

CenturyLink Inc. CTL reported disappointing financial results in the fourth quarter of 2017, wherein both the top and bottom line missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate. […]