Stock Analysts

2 Reasons Why QEP Resources (QEP) is a Buy Stock Right Away

We are upbeat about QEP Resources, Inc ’s QEP prospects and believe that it is a promising pick at the moment. The company currently sports a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and a VGM Score of A. Our research shows that stocks with a VGM Score of A or B when combined with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 offer the best opportunities for investors […]

Stock Analysts

Choice Hotels Expands Franchise Base, Inks Deal With Hammock

Choice Hotels International, Inc. CHH recently entered into a franchise agreement with Hammock Worldwide Hotels & Resorts under which it will convert and add eight Choice-branded hotels in the Mid-Atlantic region. The properties including a mix of the Clarion, Clarion Pointe, Quality Inn, and Rodeway brands are expected to open by year-end and in early 2019 in the respective cities of Pennsylvania, Virginia and New Jersey. […]

Stock Analysts

BR or G: Which Outsourcing Services Firm is Better Placed?

The outsourcing industry is growing steadily on increasing demand for expertise to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Recently, higher corporate spending post the tax reform resulted in better business for outsourcing companies. With corporates consistently allocating tax savings toward investments in digital and artificial intelligence and cloud and blockchain, the outsourcing companies are expected to thrive […]

Technicals

Are Investors Undervaluing SunCoke Energy (SXC) Right Now?

While the proven Zacks Rank places an emphasis on earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find strong stocks, we also know that investors tend to develop their own individual strategies. With this in mind, we are always looking at value, growth, and momentum trends to discover great companies. Looking at the history of these trends, perhaps none is more beloved than value investing […]

Technicals

Is Attunity (ATTU) Outperforming Other Computer and Technology Stocks This Year?

Investors focused on the Computer and Technology space have likely heard of Attunity (ATTU), but is the stock performing well in comparison to the rest of its sector peers? Let’s take a closer look at the stock’s year-to-date performance to find out. Attunity is a member of our Computer and Technology group, which includes 655 different companies and currently sits at #4 in the Zacks Sector Rank […]

Technicals

Is The Habit Restaurants (HABT) Outperforming Other Retail-Wholesale Stocks This Year?

Investors interested in Retail-Wholesale stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. The Habit Restaurants (HABT) is a stock that can certainly grab the attention of many investors, but do its recent returns compare favorably to the sector as a whole? One simple way to answer this question is to take a look at the year-to-date performance of HABT and the rest of the Retail-Wholesale group’s stocks. […]

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Pfizer Xtandi Succeeds in Late-Stage Prostate Cancer Study

Pfizer Inc. PFE and its Japanese partner Astellas Pharma announced that a phase III study — ARCHES — evaluating prostate cancer drug, Xtandi (enzalutamide), met its primary endpoint. The study was evaluating the drug in combination with androgen deprivation therapy ("ADT") as a treatment for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) […]

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Facebook (FB) Admits to Data Sharing But With Users’ Consent

In response to a New York Times article , Facebook FB cleared in a blog post that it gave companies access to user information with their consent, and did not violate its 2012 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settlement. Notably, companies like Netflix NFLX , Spotify, Amazon AMZN , Apple and the Royal Bank of Canada had read, write and delete access to the users private messages only when they chose to login into Facebook through one of these apps/platforms. The partnerships were aimed at allowing users to directly share information with their friends from the respective apps/platforms. […]