Technicals

Moving Average Crossover Alert: Columbia Sportswear

Columbia Sportswear Company COLM is looking like an interesting pick from a technical perspective, as the company is seeing favorable trends on the moving average crossover front. Recently, the 50 Day Moving Average for COLM broke out above the 200 Day Simple Moving Average, suggesting a short-term bullish trend. This has already started to take place, as the stock has moved higher by 21.8% in the past four weeks […]

Technicals

Moving Average Crossover Alert: Signature Bank

Signature Bank SBNY is looking like an interesting pick from a technical perspective, as the company is seeing favorable trends on the moving average crossover front. Recently, the 50 Day Moving Average for SBNY broke out above the 200 Day Simple Moving Average, suggesting a short-term bullish trend. This has already started to take place, as the stock has moved higher by 9.3% in the past four weeks. […]

Momentum Stocks

Bear of the Day: The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC)

The Kraft Heinz Company ( KHC ) saw its stock price plummet last week after it reported dismal fourth quarter financial results. Now, the packaged food giant’s future looks less than bright as it tries to navigate shifting consumer habits and move beyond some self-inflicted wounds. Overview Kraft Heinz saw its stock price tumbled 27% last Friday after its reported worrisome Q4 results Thursday […]

Momentum Stocks

Bull of the Day: Zebra Technologies Corporation (ZBRA)

Shares of Zebra Technologies Corporation ( ZBRA ) have surged 27% this year, and the company’s tracking technology looks poised to grow as part of the broader Internet of Things expansion. Overview & Recent News Zebra Technologies sells tablets, barcode scanners, RFID products, location-tracking tech, and many other hardware offerings to a variety of industries, including healthcare, retail, transportation, and manufacturing. The Lincolnshire, Illinois-based firm refers to itself as an enterprise asset intelligence company and aims to help its customers track and manage inventory, streamline supply chains, and much more […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Amerimark Interactive Acquires Harriet Carter Gifts and Fresh Finds e-Commerce Brands

Amerimark Interactive Acquires Harriet Carter Gifts and Fresh Finds e-Commerce Brands PR Newswire CHICAGO, Feb. 28, 2019 CHICAGO , Feb. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Amerimark Interactive (“AI”), the leading interactive commerce company offering high-quality products to consumers who are 50+ years in age and enjoy an engaging direct marketing experience, announced today the acquisition of e-commerce brands Harriet Carter Gifts and Fresh Finds […]

Stock Analysts

Fluor Wins EPC Contract for SABIC’s PPE Plant Recommissioning

Fluor Corporation FLR has received an engineering, procurement and construction management services or EPC contract by SABIC to recommission its polyphenylene ether (“PPE”) resin plant in Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands. Fluor will support SABIC’s proprietary family of modified compounds, NORYL resins, which are in high demand for its unique technology. The company will help SABIC to provide customers with a second source of NORYL resins across the world, especially in the European market. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

HARDCAR Distribution Appoints New COO, Salvatore Moccia, Also Purchases Northeast Security Company, Increasing Footprint in US Cannabis Market

HARDCAR Distribution Appoints New COO, Salvatore Moccia, Also Purchases Northeast Security Company, Increasing Footprint in US Cannabis Market HARDCAR is making moves and preparing for the future of cannabis in the United States by hiring a new COO with a proven track record of success, as well as picking up new acquisitions to expand the company’s territory. PR Newswire PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Feb. 27, 2019 PALM SPRINGS, Calif […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Western Gas Partners, LP Unitholders Approve Merger with Western Gas Equity Partners, LP

Western Gas Partners, LP Unitholders Approve Merger with Western Gas Equity Partners, LP Combined partnership’s common units to trade under ticker symbol “WES” PR Newswire HOUSTON, Feb. 27, 2019 HOUSTON , Feb. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Western Gas Equity Partners, LP (NYSE:WGP) and Western Gas Partners, LP (NYSE:WES) today announced that at a special meeting of WES’s unitholders held earlier today, WES’s unitholders voted to approve and adopt the Contribution Agreement and Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 7, 2018 (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which a wholly owned subsidiary of WGP will merge with and into WES, with WES continuing as the surviving entity and a subsidiary of WGP (“the Merger”) […]

Stock Analysts

Theravance (TBPH) Q4 Loss Narrows, Revenues Beat Estimates

Theravance Biopharma, Inc. TBPH incurred a loss of 92 cents per share in fourth-quarter 2018, narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $1.12 and the year-ago loss of $1.64. Total revenues in the quarter under review skyrocketed 248.5% year over year to $15.7 million, mainly on the back of an upfront payment received from Johnson & Johnson JNJ in relation to a joint development agreement for Theravance’s pan-Janus kinase inhibitor, TD-1473 […]

Stock Analysts

Dril-Quip (DRQ) Q4 Loss Narrower than Expected, Revenues Beat

Dril-Quip Inc DRQ reported fourth-quarter 2018 adjusted loss per share of 4 cents, which was narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 23 cents. The company reported earnings of a penny in the year-ago quarter. The company registered total revenues of $97.3 million compared with $107.9 million in the year-ago quarter […]