Year: 2019

Facebook FB has been focusing on expanding its gaming efforts to diversify its revenue source for some time. Recently, Facebook announced the debut of two Pokemon games titled Pokémon Tower Battle and Pokémon Medallion Battle on Facebook Gaming, which were built on the social network’s Instant Games platform. […]

Shares of Brinker International, Inc. EAT have not been performing well in 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? […]

Year 2019 has turned out to be an eventful one for Williams-Sonoma, Inc . WSM . So far this year, the stock has gained 46.7% compared with the industry’s growth of 40.4%. […]

The Zacks Hotels and Motels industry has been performing reasonably well in 2019. So far this year, the industry has rallied 37.8%, compared with the S&P 500’s growth of 27.3%. […]

Amazon AMZN intends to open a fulfillment center in Deltona, FL, in order to meet the growing demand in the online shopping space. According to Amazon, the new facility, spanning one-million square foot, will create more than 500 full-time jobs. Further, it will offer wages starting at $15 an hour, including other comprehensive benefits like full medical, vision and dental insurance […]

NIO Inc. NIO is set to release fiscal third-quarter 2019 results on Dec 30, before the opening bell. […]

Tencent Holdings TCEHY is reportedly creating a new digital currency team to explore possible new uses of cryptocurrency. Per a report, the company issued an internal notice informing employees that it was looking for someone to head its new cryptocurrency research unit. The team will look at ways to use digital currencies on Tencent’s payment platform as well as other possible business applications. […]

First American Financial Corporation FAF is poised for growth, benefiting from better pricing, strategic buyouts and efficient capital deployment. The stock also carries a favorable Value Score of A and a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). […]

Credit Suisse Group AG ’s CS securities business based in the United States has been fined $6.5 million for supervisory failure. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) along with Cboe Global Markets, the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, the New York Stock Exchange and their affiliated exchanges has imposed the fine. FINRA said in a statement that Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC failed to set up a proper supervisory system required to monitor trading violations like spoofing and layering for clients to whom the company had offered direct market access to various exchanges between 2010 and 2014. […]

Microsoft MSFT is reportedly looking for a smarter way for introducing new updates on Windows 10. Per the data provided by News18, in order to make the update process faster, the company is likely to provide features and security updates as separate downloads. […]

On Dec 26, 2019, we issued an updated research report on Capital One Financial Corporation COF . The company’s solid liquidity position, strength in credit card and online-banking businesses, and efforts to diversify via acquisitions will likely drive top-line growth. Moreover, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current-year earnings has been revised marginally upward over the past 60 days, reflecting that analysts are optimistic regarding its earnings growth potential […]

Nissan Motor Co. ’s NSANY third-highest ranked executive and vice chief operating officer, Jun Seki, has abruptly resigned from the company just weeks after taking up the job. […]

Shares of L Brands, Inc . LB have declined and underperformed the industry in the past six months. Notably, the Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) stock has dipped 29.5% compared with the industry ’s decline of 7.9% […]

AECOM ’s ACM shares have rallied nearly 66% in the past year, more than double of the Zacks Engineering – R and D Services industry’s growth of approximately 29%. The outperformance was backed by strong backlog position, encouraging infrastructure spending and cost-reduction efforts. Also, solid prospects across the business and strong brand presence are likely to drive growth. […]

Shares of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. J have rallied 56.4% in the past year, strongly outperforming its industry ’s 30% growth. Moreover, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the company’s fiscal 2020 earnings has been raised 1.2% over the past 30 days, reflecting analysts’ optimism on its solid earnings growth potential. […]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO has been gaining from several sales-building efforts — including product launches, acquisitions and increasing focus on segments. The company has also been enhancing focus on international markets […]

A decade is a long time by any standards, but in technology, a decade is a lifetime. And in the last one, technology became a more fluid thing, filling gaps we never perceived existed, bringing people closer together like never before, making life much easier and permeating into areas where we didn’t always want it. […]

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation’s VAC digital initiatives, innovations, cost synergies and share repurchase program bode well. Notably, in third-quarter 2019, the company’s revenues surged 51.9%, following 79.5% gain in the preceding quarter. Robust top line continues to impress investors, which is evident from the company’s share price movement […]