Month: June 2018

Navient Corporation NAVI started operating independently as a loan management, servicing and asset recovery company, following the split of SLM Corporation into two distinct publicly-traded entities in April 2014. Navient continues to be the biggest portfolio holder of education loans insured or guaranteed under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP), as well as Private Education Loans. […]

Duke Realty Corp. DRE has started developing Fairfield Logistics Center 7940 — a 284,865-square-foot bulk warehouse in Fairfield. The move comes as part of the company’s concerted efforts to capitalize on healthy fundamentals of the industrial real estate market […]

Univar Inc. ’s UNVR fully-owned subsidiary, Univar Specialty Consumables Ltd., has extended its deal with Castrol Oil Company to distribute its array of industrial greases and lubricants. The move enables the company to combine Castrol's portfolio with its sales team's technical expertise and provide a comprehensive suite of machinery solutions to customers. […]

A stock’s price-to-sales ratio reflects how much investors are paying for each dollar of revenues generated by the company. If the price-to-sales ratio is 1, it means that investors are paying $1 for every $1 of revenues generated by the company. […]

On Jun 26, we issued an updated research report on Silgan Holdings Inc. SLGN . The packaging company’s results will be affected by the ongoing plan of inventories reduction and increase in debt. […]

Harmonic Inc. HLIT recently announced that PCCW Media Limited — a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based PCCW Limited — is using its UHD HDR solution to deliver 4K live coverage of popular sports events. Impressively, Harmonic's ViBE CP9000 contribution solution, Electra platform as well as RD9000 UHD HEVC contribution decoder simplifies operations for PCCW Media Limited's partners besides offering better video quality and maximizing bandwidth efficiency […]

Since the beginning of 2018, shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. MSI have recorded an uptrend buoyed by healthy growth dynamics. […]

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. DPS unveiled plans to pay special dividend of $103.75 per share, setting a conditional record date on Jul 6, 2018. This is with respect to the Agreement and Plan of Merger among Dr Pepper Snapple and Maple Parent Holdings Corp, the indirect parent of Keurig Green Mountain, Inc […]

On Jun 25, shares of U.S.-listed Chinese companies plummeted on reports of the White House planning to curb Chinese investments in U.S. companies involved in certain technologies. On Jun 26, the benchmark Shanghai composite officially entered the bear market. […]

As part of its efforts to reorganize the investment banking operations in China, JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM revealed its plans of increasing the headcount of its Chinese investment banking team by nearly 40-50%. The target is expected to be achieved within the next two to three years. […]

Crown Castle International Corporation CCI has been making concerted efforts to reposition itself from a tower company to a fiber provider, focusing on the small cell opportunity, backed by fiber operator acquisitions. Amid the ever-changing developments in new technology that could reduce demand for site leases and inflate expenses, such business diversification augurs well for long-term profitability. The company has been making strategic buyouts to fortify its position as one of the largest fiber network operators in the United States. […]

The ongoing trade conflict between United States and China is showing no signs of abating. The issue has escalated to a point where imposition of tariffs and retaliatory tariffs may go up to $450 billion on either side. […]

We have issued an updated research report on Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. SWK on Jun 26. […]