Year: 2018

Raytheon Company ’s RTN Integrated Defense Systems (“IDS”) business division recently secured a $72.1-million modification to previously-awarded contract N00024-17-C-5145 for exercising options regarding DDG 1000 ship class integrated logistics support and engineering services. The deal was awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC. Work related to the deal will be executed in Portsmouth, RI (40%); San Diego, CA (28%); Tewksbury, MA (24%); Marlboro, MA (2%); Ft […]

Latin American carrier — LATAM Airlines Group S.A. LTM — unveiled its guidance for the next year, in the past week, which was a day short of trading due to the Christmas holiday. Additionally, the past week, saw Spirit Airlines SAVE , United Airlines — the wholly owned subsidiary of United Continental Holdings UAL and Alaska Airlines — the wholly owned subsidiary of Alaska Air Group ALK revealing updates in line with their objective to expand operations. […]

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.' s MMC unit Marsh recently launched a China desk in Dubai to gain traction from the expanding commercial links between China, the Middle East and Africa. Marsh is the latest multinational arm to create a China desk in Dubai, which is the primary channel for regional business taking place in China's Belt and Road initiative. Since setting up the desk, the company has been constantly making efforts to explore opportunities for growth. […]

It was a busy week for the biotech sector with regulatory updates. The FDA approved Alexion’s ALXN PNH drug, Ultomiris, ahead of scheduled date and Acorda Therapeutics’ ACOR PD therapy. […]

Facebook, Inc. FB had a rough time in 2018, thanks to a host of factors that tarnished the brand’s image. The Cambridge Analytica scandal, Russian-disinformation, data breaches and proliferation of fake news were some of the incidents that battered the reputation of the tech giant […]

Shares of Intuit INTU have returned approximately 15.8% year to date, outperforming the industry’s rise of 5%. Meanwhile, the same came in against the S&P 500 Composite’s decline of 12%. The company boasts an impressive earnings surprise history, having surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in each of the trailing four reported quarters, the average being 52.2% […]

America’s Car-Mart, Inc. CRMT stock looks promising at the moment. […]

Like most food companies Tyson Foods, Inc. TSN has been struggling with volatile market conditions, especially in the pork category. Moreover, rising labor and freight costs are concerns. […]

Utility provides basic services and is not affected by the vagaries of the economy. Regulated and domestic-focused utility companies keep on adding, maintaining and upgrading their existing assets to provide uninterrupted 24×7 services to its customers. Utility operation is capital intensive as consistent investment is required to upgrade, maintain and replace older wires and electric poles as well as power stations […]

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? […]