Stock Analysts

Alphabet (GOOGL) Outperforms Estimates, Gilead (GILD) Mixed

After the market closed this Monday, Google parent Alphabet GOOGL posted Q4 earnings that came in stronger than expected. Earnings of $12.77 per share were well ahead of the $11.08 in the Zacks consensus — provided this is an apples-to-apples comparison; Google is one company that still makes analysts work to figure out how the actuals match the estimates — on $31.48 billion in revenues — excluding Traffic Acquisition Costs (TAC; see what I mean?) — that topped the $31.28 billion we were looking for. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

American College of Cardiology Acquires MedAxiom

American College of Cardiology Acquires MedAxiom New ACC company provides CV service line solutions for transforming health care PR Newswire WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2019 WASHINGTON , Feb. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The American College of Cardiology Foundation has acquired MedAxiom, a cardiovascular membership, services and consulting firm, adding the company’s recognized leadership in cardiovascular operations, performance improvement, and business acumen to ACC’s world class science, education, registry, quality improvement and advocacy work […]