Aileen Smith

A blowout earnings report and a potential short squeeze has shares of rental car company Avis Budget Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CAR) skyrocketing in an extremely volatile session on Tuesday. What Happened? Avis reported third-quarter adjusted EPS of $10.74, beating consensus analyst estimates by more than...

Shares of car rental company Avis Budget Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CAR) are up more than six-fold since bottoming at $6.35 last March and three catalysts could help lift shares even higher, according to BofA Securities. The Avis Budget Analyst: Aileen Smith initiated coverage of Avis Budget Group's...

Despite the chaos in the world around Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), the automaker reported a strong first quarter Wednesday, with sales of $5.985 billion exceeding a $5.9-billion Street forecast and a bottom line of $1.24 far surpassing expectations of a 36-cent loss. The performance was driven in part...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) exceeded fourth-quarter earnings expectations with a $2.14 adjusted bottom line and $7.38 billion in revenue. Management closed the quarter with $6.3 billion in cash and $1 billion in free cash flow — $1.1 billion better than Morgan Stanley’s $100 million burn...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) closed down 4.1 percent Tuesday despite beating third-quarter Model 3 delivery estimates. Bank of America Merrill Lynch considers the market move just. The Rating Analysts John Murphy, Aileen Smith and Yarden Amsalem maintained an Underperform rating on Tesla with a $200...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares fell as much as 7.3 percent on the company’s mixed first-quarter earnings report, but whatever shook investors didn’t faze the analysts. What Went Well Morgan Stanley analysts Adam Jonas and Armintas Sinkevicius confirmed the first quarter was “no...

There’s a lot of Street uncertainty surrounding the relative position of General Motors Company (NYSE: GM). While analysts mostly agree the automaker merits Buy or Hold ratings, there is no consensus on the firm’s place in the autonomous vehicle and fleet race. Some expect further...