John Kim

HealthEquity Inc (NASDAQ: HQY) outperformed third-quarter expectations with a 47-cent bottom-line more than double analyst forecasts. Revenue of $157.1 million also beat consensus estimates of $152.4 million, while EBITDA closed the quarter at $56 million against $43 million forecasts....

Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) is a real estate investment trust considered to be one of New York's premier office and retail landlords with an underappreciated outlook that investors should take advantage of, according to BMO. The Analyst BMO Capital Markets' John Kim initiated...

With the 10-year yield rising toward 3 percent and boosting costs of capital, cap rates and dividend yields, 2018 isn’t looking so great for real estate investment trusts. One analyst anticipates a 5-percent decline in the MSCIUSREIT INDEX (NYSE: RMZ) partly driven by underperformance in two...

Last week, Loup Ventures boldly predicted Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)’s 2018 acquisition of Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT). At the end of last year, Citigroup’s Paul Lejuez named potential targets in Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF), Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY...

The surprise victory of Donald Trump as U.S. president has led to the downgrade of Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) to Underperform at BMO Capital Markets, which believes Trump’s opposition to the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") is bad for the sector. Trump has vowed to "immediately deliver a...

BMO Capital has downgraded UDR, Inc. (NYSE: UDR) shares from an Outperform to Market Perform rating, citing the slow pace of growth in the multifamily rental sector. The firm thinks this could put pressure on the outlook for the 2016&ndah;2017 period. Therefore, the target price has also been...

REITs can offer investors exposure to iconic assets, organic growth prospects and diversified assets. BMO Capital Markets initiated coverage of four unique REITs with Outperform ratings. All four stocks offer potential returns of 24 to 31 percent. In separate reports published Wednesday,...