Mergers & Acquisitions

eStruxture Acquires Calgary Data Center from Shaw Communications; Becomes the Largest Carrier-Neutral Data Center Provider in Calgary

eStruxture Acquires Calgary Data Center from Shaw Communications; Becomes the Largest Carrier-Neutral Data Center Provider in Calgary PR Newswire CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 1, 2019 CALGARY, Alberta , Aug. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — eStruxture Data Centers , a leading Canadian provider of carrier and cloud-neutral data center solutions, announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire from Shaw Communications Inc […]

Stock Analysts

Powell Gives Space for Growth, Market Overreacts: 5 Picks

On Jul 31, after its two-day FOMC meeting, Fed decided to reduce benchmark lending rate by 25 basis points to the range of 2-2.25%, in line with market expectations. Notably, this was the first rate cut by the central bank since Dec 16, 2008, when the economy fell in the great recession. Despite this, Wall Street plunged as the three major stock indexes –- the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite –- fell 1.2%, 1.1% and 1.2%, respectively […]

Stock Analysts

Olin’s (OLN) Q2 Earnings In Line, Revenues Beat Estimates

Olin Corporation OLN swung to a loss of $20 million or 12 cents per share in second-quarter 2019, from a profit of $58.6 million or 35 cents per share a year ago. Barring one-time items, adjusted loss for the quarter was a penny per share, matching the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The chemical maker’s revenues fell roughly 8% year over year to $1,592.9 million in the quarter. […]

Stock Analysts

Shell (RDS.A) Q2 Earnings Miss as Commodity Prices Fall

Europe’s largest oil company Royal Dutch Shell plc RDS.A reported earnings per ADS (on a current cost of supplies basis, excluding items – the market’s preferred measure) of 86 cents, below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.22 and the year-ago profit of $1.12. The worse-than-expected bottom line could be attributed to lower oil and gas prices. The Hague-based Shell reported revenues of $91.8 billion, which were 7.5% below the second-quarter 2018 sales of $99.3 billion but marginally beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $91.6 billion on higher production […]

Technicals

Shell (RDS.A) Q2 Earnings Miss on Lower Prices, Output Rises

An Earnings Miss: Europe’s largest oil company Royal Dutch Shell plc RDS.A reported earnings per ADS (on a current cost of supplies basis, excluding items – the market’s preferred measure) of 86 cents, below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.22 and the year-ago profit of $1.12. Estimate Revision Trend & Surprise History: The stock had seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for second-quarter earnings being revised 1% downward over the last 30 days. Coming to earnings surprise history, the blue-chip company has a mixed record: its beaten estimates in two of the last four quarters, as shown in the chart below: Royal Dutch Shell PLC Price and EPS Surprise Royal Dutch Shell PLC price-eps-surprise | Royal Dutch Shell PLC Quote Revenues: Revenues of $91.8 billion were 7.5% below the second-quarter 2018 sales of $99.3 billion but marginally beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $91.6 billion. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Cint Acquires P2Sample to Expand Its Audience Reach and Enhance Powerful Programmatic Capabilities

Cint Acquires P2Sample to Expand Its Audience Reach and Enhance Powerful Programmatic Capabilities PR Newswire STOCKHOLM, Aug. 1, 2019 STOCKHOLM , Aug. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Cint , the technology platform that accelerates insight gathering in marketing research, today announces its acquisition of 100 percent of P2Sample , a U.S.-based company with one of the most powerful programmatic sampling platforms in the consumer insights industry. […]