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Benzinga's Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Beyond Meat, Netflix, Johnson & Johnson And More
Saturday, October 19, 2019 - 12:40pm | 842Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included a second-tier telecom and a fast-casual restaurant leader. Bearish calls included beleaguered health care giant and an international bank. The third-quarter earnings reporting season...
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Out Of Energy: JPMorgan Downgrades Monster Beverage To Neutral
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - 11:17am | 408Monster Beverage Corp (NASDAQ: MNST) reported first-quarter results Tuesday that were "underwhelming" and signal that the company will face headwinds in the near term, according to JPMorgan. The Analyst JPMorgan's Andrea Teixeira downgraded Monster Beverage's stock...
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Benzinga's Bulls And Bears For The Past Week: McDonald's, Ford, BlackBerry And More
Sunday, June 4, 2017 - 6:48pm | 663Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Summer is here, but the markets are still trading at all-time highs. Here is a glance some of the past week's bullish and bearish picks. Summer is upon us, and again in the shortened trading week last week, the...
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Monster Beverages: An Attractive Name In One Of 2016's Best Performing Sectors
Friday, August 5, 2016 - 11:49am | 236Consumer staples has been a hot sector throughout 2016. One of the hottest stocks in the sector, Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ: MNST), hit a new 52-week high of $166.50 on Friday and is higher by more than 30 percent over the past six months. Amit Sharma of BMO Capital Markets commented...
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Monster Beverage Announces Acquisition Of Key Supplier, Highlights Securing Intellectual Properties
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 8:58am | 245Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ: MNST) announced after Tuesday's market close that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire its flavor supplier and business partner, American Fruits & Flavors, for $690 million. Monster Beverage noted the transaction will bring its...
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What Rockstar Energy Drink Does To Your Body
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 11:36am | 765Energy drink consumption has been associated with "serious cardiovascular events," Dr. Anna Svatikova, et al. said in a new study. The study consisted of 25 healthy volunteers who consumed both Rockstar and a placebo. The study also concluded that Rockstar consumption "...
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Options Trader Identifies Two Potential Shorts
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 4:00pm | 314Rachel Shasha was recently a guest on #PreMarket Prep, a daily trading idea radio show hosted by Joel Elconin and Dennis Dick. Sassy Options Founder Rachel Shasha told Benzinga's #PreMarket Prep that she sees two stocks setting up as strong short-selling candidates: Fossil Group Inc (NASDAQ...
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Why RBC Sees 'Short-Term Disruption, Long-Term Opportunity' At Monster Beverage
Friday, May 8, 2015 - 12:18pm | 343In a report published Thursday, RBC Capital Markets analyst Nik Modi commented on Monster Beverage Corp (NASDAQ: MNST)'s first quarter results which signaled the company's long-term opportunity remains intact despite short-term disruptions. Modi noted that Monster missed both the...
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Longbow Resumes Coverage On Specialty Food Names, Organic Grocers
Monday, November 24, 2014 - 11:39am | 274Analysts at Longbow resumed coverage on the Specialty Food, Grocery and Supplement Retailer space on Monday following suspension of the group in early November. The analysts favor Hain Celestial Group Inc (NASDAQ: HAIN) as shares are Buy rated with a $131 price target. The analysts are...
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Bloomberg: Will Anheuser-Busch Explore M&A Opportunity Outside Of Alcohol?
Monday, October 13, 2014 - 11:56am | 245According to Bloomberg, alcoholic beverage maker Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (NYSE: ABI) may have its eyes focused on acquiring SABMiller (NYSE: SAB), but could accept a consolation prize of PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP). Anheuser-Busch has spent $90 billion in M&A activity over the last 10 years...
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3 Soft Drink Kings Pledge To Make Americans Healthier
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 2:01pm | 737The three largest soda companies in the world -– The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO), PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) and the Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc (NYSE: DPS) -– have pledged to reduce calories in their sugary drinks by one-fifth over the next 10 years. Big Deal The pledge, made...
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Dow Flirts With 19,000, S&P 500 Approaches 2,000 & NASDAQ Trading At 14-Year Highs
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 4:35pm | 2619U.S. stocks rose as geopolitical events took a back seat and investors found positives in housing and consumer price index data released Tuesday. The markets followed the lead of Apple which closed at an all-time split-adjusted high of $100.53. Earnings from Home Depot and TJX Companies also...
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3 Hot Takeover Targets In The Food And Beverage Industry
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 12:19pm | 694Coca-Cola's (NYSE: KO) announcement last week that it had acquired a $2.15 billion, 16.7 percent stake in Monster Beverage (NASDAQ: MNST) pairs the biggest soda company in the world with the biggest energy drink brand in the United States. Investor Reaction Positive The deal, two years...
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Markets Close The Week On Negative Note As Ukraine Worries Mount
Friday, August 15, 2014 - 5:01pm | 2461U.S. stocks erased early morning gains and finished lower following reports that Ukrainian artillery forces engaged armored vehicles entering Ukraine from Russia. Narayana Kocherlakota, Minneapolis Fed President, stated that labor strength in its current state appears to be far away from the...
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Markets Little Changed Ahead Of The Federal Reserve's Policy Decision
Monday, July 28, 2014 - 4:36pm | 2462U.S. stocks were little changed ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy announcement due out on Wednesday. The Federal Reserve will conclude a two-day session, with the central bank likely to announce further cuts to its monthly asset purchases. In economic news, June home sales declined in...