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Notable Insider Buys Of The Past Week: Harley-Davidson, Texas Instruments And More
Saturday, February 6, 2021 - 2:27pm | 965Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors, especially when markets face uncertainty. Some insiders have been taking advantage of secondary offerings recently. Others have been adding to their stakes in the wake of earnings reports. Conventional wisdom says that insiders...
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Barron's Latest Picks And Pans: Roundtable Picks, Quantumscape, Commodities And More
Sunday, January 31, 2021 - 6:24am | 1164This weekend's Barron's cover story explains why the online renegades that took the investing world by storm are just getting started. Other featured articles offer Barron's Roundtable stock picks for 2021, examine how retail has changed over the past century and ponder what's...
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Notable Insider Buys Of the Past Week: Avis Budget, Biotech IPOs And More
Saturday, December 12, 2020 - 2:46pm | 877Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors when markets face uncertainty. This past week, some insiders took advantage of biotech initial public offerings. Some insiders were making return trips to the buy window to increase their stakes. Conventional wisdom says that...
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Benzinga's Bulls & Bears: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Sunday, December 24, 2017 - 10:05am | 742Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Some recent posts took a look back at the past year. Many others were forward focused, including forecasts for the top tech darling. The end of the year is nearly upon us. As it does every week, Benzinga...
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AK Steel, Southern Copper And Others Insiders Have Been Buying
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 8:37am | 836Huntsman and Southern Copper have seen some huge insider buying recently, even as the markets hit new highs. Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom says that insiders really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- they believe the stock price will...
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If Verizon Sells U.S. Wireless Towers, Who Is The Likely Buyer?
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 10:29am | 1123A Bloomberg article on September 24 focused on a Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) plan to monetize 12,000 wireless towers for an estimated $6 billion. If Verizon is selling, who is buying? The Competition The recent $4.36 billion tower portfolio sale by AT&T Inc. to wireless tower...
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The Most Overvalued S&P 500 Stock Is...?
Thursday, May 15, 2014 - 11:12am | 1247The winner, by more than a country mile, is... Amazon! (NASDAQ: AMZN). The online retailing colossus sports the highest price-to-earnings ratio among stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index: a whopping 462 times its trailing 12-month earnings. Amazon's P/E ratio, based on Wednesday's...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of January 20: Microsoft, McDonald's, Netflix And More
Sunday, January 19, 2014 - 2:27pm | 953The markets are closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Day, but after that the earnings season shifts back into high gear. The consensus forecasts for eBay, McDonald's, Netflix, Starbucks and Verizon call for year-over-year growth in per-share earnings. But analysts are looking for declining...
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Comcast and Other Wireless Stocks Worth a Look Now
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 1:09pm | 830In the just released report on the results of an analysis of first-quarter earnings from communication and wireless stocks, Oppenheimer analysts suggest that social networking, mobile video and online gaming will continue to boost the growth of wireless data and cloud services providers. The three...
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Don't Overlook the Cell Tower Stocks
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 8:05am | 597It’s no secret that the cell phone business is still hot and there are plenty of ways to play it. The manufacturers like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK), the carriers—Verizon (NYSE: VZ) or AT&T (NYSE: T), and others like Level 3 Communications (NYSE: LVLT) that help to manage the...
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A Buying Opportunity in Wireless Tower Stocks (AMT, CCI, SBAC)
Friday, March 8, 2013 - 1:40pm | 713Analysts at Bank of America's (NYSE: BAC) Merrill Lynch division said today in a report that they see a buying opportunity in wireless tower stocks. Among the reasons they cited were attractive valuation, a favorable interest rate and inflation environment, and a spending outlook by wireless...
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Bank of America Previews Earnings for Crown Castle International
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 7:16am | 195Bank of America has published a report on Crown Castle International Corporation (NYSE: CCI) previewing earnings for the company. In the report, Bank of America wrote, "Conference Call InfoThursday, July 28th, at 10:30 a.m. (ET). Dial-in: 480-629-9771; Password: “Crown Castle Call”. Replay: 303-...
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Benchmark Maintains Buy on Crown Castle International (CCI)
Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 8:00am | 98Benchmark is out with its report today on Crown Castle International (NYSE: CCI), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Benchmark writes, "Crown Castle reported sustained growth in 1Q11 and left its 2011 guidance unchanged. CCI has begun to buyback its stock. Tower trends remain solid with...
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Benchmark Reports Effects On Crown Castle Of Sprint Sharing
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 7:45am | 117According to Benchmark, Crown Castle International (NYSE: CCI) networks woulde be catalyzed by Sprint sharing. Benchmark reported that there has been speculation that Sprint is considering network sharing agreements with Clearwire and LightSquared (L2). “Network sharing typically worries tower...
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Deutsche Bank Reiterates Buy Rating On AMT, CCI, SBAC
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 8:40am | 71Deutsche Bank is reiterating its buy rating on the following companies: American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT), which closed Thursday at $51.04. Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI), which closed Thursday at $39.88. SBA Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: SBAC), which closed Thursday at $40.82.