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Monsanto Earnings Preview
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 - 6:41am | 585Monsanto (NYSE: MON) will report earnings before the bell on Wednesday. This is a priced-to-perfection stock with street consensus mostly bullish on tomorrow’s report. Here’s what to look for. Expectations Monsanto is expected to announce fiscal second quarter earnings Wednesday before the...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of January 21
Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 2:14pm | 1169The focus was on the big banks last week, with Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) reporting strong results, but Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) not so much. The spotlight is on tech earnings this week. Analysts anticipate lower per-...
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Four European Stocks Worth a Look Now (DLPH, ICLR, IR, LYB)
Saturday, November 24, 2012 - 6:02pm | 768This weekend's Barron's features an article that suggests investors seeking bargains should look to Europe, despite the economy climate there. Here is a quick look at four stocks of European companies traded on U.S. exchanges that have seen their share prices climb more than 50 percent year to date...
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Macquarie Infrastructure, Haverty Furniture and Others Analysts Are Bullish On
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 2:11pm | 562Recent earnings disappointments from tech giants like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), as well as industrials such as Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and DuPont (NYSE: DD), have taken their toll. The S&P 500 is down about three percent in the past three weeks....
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 29
Monday, October 29, 2012 - 7:18am | 940Recent earnings disappointments from tech giants like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), as well as industrials such as Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and DuPont (NYSE: DD), have taken their toll. The S&P 500 is down about three percent in the past three weeks....
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 22
Monday, October 22, 2012 - 8:15am | 1199There are lots more on the earnings calendar this week, including results from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) for the three months that included the release of the iPhone 5. Monday Results from Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) will be the highlights on Monday, and analysts expect to see...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 23
Monday, July 23, 2012 - 7:07am | 1226The earnings crunch rolls on. Analysts are looking for strong earnings growth in this week's quarterly reports from Apple, Caterpillar, Starbucks and Visa. But ConocoPhillips, Ford and Netflix are among those expected to post significantly lower per-share earnings, compared to the same period of a...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 16 (GS, MSFT, MCD)
Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 10:45am | 1425The earnings crunch is on this week. Among the scheduled quarterly reports from the financial sector are those from American Express, Bank of America, Bank of New York, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. The tech sector will be represented by earnings reports from IBM, Intel, Microsoft,...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of January 23
Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 3:13pm | 1531The earnings crunch rolls on this week. Among those scheduled to step into the spotlight are Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX). Analysts expect them post year-over-year earnings growth. AT&T (NYSE: T), Boeing...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 24
Sunday, October 23, 2011 - 1:40pm | 1417The earnings crunch is in full swing this this week. Quarterly results are due from the likes of Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), from which analysts expect to see year-over-year earnings growth, as well as...
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Seven Stocks Insiders Are Buying
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 7:03am | 790Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Market-driven sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 3
Sunday, October 2, 2011 - 10:00am | 977Though the calendar page has turned, things will be fairly quiet again this week on the earnings front. The new earnings season does not kick off until Alcoa (NYSE: AA) posts its third-quarter results on October 10, followed shortly thereafter by PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) and JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM). This...
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Oppenheimer Maintains Perform on DuPont
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 9:34am | 129Oppenheimer is out with its report today on DuPont (NYSE: DD), maintaining Perform. In its report, Oppenheimer writes, "DuPont was sober, but cautiously optimistic, in our recent meeting, acknowledging the dour macro headlines, but not seeing much confirmation yet in its own business. This is...
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Nine Dividend Payers Up More Than 30% in 90 Days
Friday, August 12, 2011 - 1:28pm | 915With the stock markets wildly up and down this week (like a hooker's drawers, according to the New York Post), it can be hard to figure out which stocks are doing well. Here is a quick look as some dividend paying stocks that are up more than 30% over the past three months. Central Vermont Public...
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Eight Stocks Insiders Are Buying
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 1:23pm | 735There is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price is going to move higher and they want to profit from it. Market-driven sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity to snap up shares if you have faith in the company. Here are some stocks that were trending...