Month: December 2019

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? One way to find these companies is by looking at several key metrics and financial ratios, many of which are crucial in the value stock selection process. […]

MPLX LP MPLX is well poised for growth on the back of strong U.S. midstream demand and upcoming growth projects. However, high debt continues to be a concern. […]

Marriott International MAR is striving hard to maintain its position as the fastest-growing global hospitality company. Recently, the company announced that it plans to add more than 30 luxury properties in established and emerging global hotspots by 2020. The company has strong portfolio of distinct luxury brands like The Ritz-Carlton, Ritz-Carlton Reserve, St […]

Union Pacific Corporation UNP issued a drab forecast for overall volumes (measured by total revenue carloads) at the Credit Suisse 7 th Annual Industrial Conference, thanks to headwinds ranging from trade tensions to economic slowdown. The company’s chief financial officer, Robert Knight, stated that overall volumes for the fourth quarter of 2019 are expected to decrease a little more than 10% on a year-over-year basis. Notably, the projection pertaining to volumes for the December quarter is worse than that issued by the company in October while releasing its third-quarter 2019 results […]

The ongoing M&A wave in the pharma/biotech sector gains further momentum from the significant rally in the share price movement of gene therapy company Audentes Therapeutics, Inc. BOLD earlier in the week. The stock’s impressive upsurge followed the Japanese company Astellas Pharma Inc’s announcement to acquire Audentes for a cash consideration of $60 per share or a total deal value of approximately $3 billion. […]

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? One way to find these companies is by looking at several key metrics and financial ratios, many of which are crucial in the value stock selection process. […]

Vodafone Group Plc ’s VOD part, Vodafone Business, communicated that it has joined forces with Amazon Web Services (AWS) — a cloud computing platform provided by Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN — in order to make AWS Wavelength available in Europe. This marks a significant move for Vodafone Business’ multi-cloud strategy to collaborate with major technology providers and help customers thrive in a digital era. […]

MoneyGram International, Inc. MGI has partnered with Visa Inc. […]

Technology and healthcare have been going hand in hand for years. The advent of health wearables, 3D printing, robotic surgery and virtual reality in the form of software has been a game-changer in the global digital healthcare industry. In fact, the past 20 years have seen acceleration in the trend of using software as medical devices, courtesy of the emergence of IoT […]

The investing circle is currently a little confused over conflicting news on the U.S.-China trade conflict. News and contradictory news are feeding into the market almost regularly generating volatile trading pattern. […]

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. JW.A released second-quarter fiscal 2020 results, wherein earnings comfortably beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate but revenues missed the same. However, revenues grew year over year, backed by strong Research Publishing & Platforms and Education Services segments […]

Shares of Encore Capital Group Inc ECPG have surged nearly 53.6%, year to date, compared with the industry ’s growth of approximately 30.7%. Solid fundamentals, driven by credit management, as well as inorganic expansion strategy, along with steady revenues, seem to be the primary reasons for this impressive performance. Further, this Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stock has been witnessing solid estimate revisions. […]