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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of January 27: Facebook, Google, Apple And More
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 7:56am | 982Read More...The earnings crunch is on this week. Highlights will include reports from Amazon.com, Apple, Boeing, Comcast, Facebook, Google and Yahoo! All of them are expected to report year-over-year growth in per-share earnings. But analysts are looking for declining profits from the likes of Caterpillar,...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of October 28: Apple, Facebook, GM and More
Sunday, October 27, 2013 - 7:10pm | 1392Read More...The earnings crunch rolls on. This week's highlights include quarterly reports from the two biggest companies by market capitalization, Apple and Exxon Mobil, which are expect to post declining earnings. Per-share earnings from General Motors are expected to be the same as a year ago, and...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 22 (AAPL, GM, MCD, NFLX)
Monday, July 22, 2013 - 7:29am | 1274Read More...The earnings crunch continues this week. Reports are due from the likes of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and General Motors (NYSE: GM), which are expected to say their earnings were lower than a year ago. On the other hand, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Ford (...
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UPDATE: Deutsche Bank Upgrades Seagate Technology on Industry Expectations/Attractive Valuations
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 9:01am | 117Read More...In a report published on Tuesday, Deutsche Bank analyst Sherri Scribner Upgraded Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX) from Hold to Buy and raised the price target on the company from $40 to $46. In the report, Deutsche Bank noted, "We have been positive on the HDD industry for some time, and...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 29
Sunday, April 28, 2013 - 5:31pm | 1146Read More...First-quarter results from General Motors (NYSE: GM) will be one of the highlights on the earnings front this week. Analysts anticipate that the carmaker will say Thursday its revenue slipped about three percent from a year ago to $36.60 billion, but that earnings fell from $0.93 per share a year...
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Barron's Recap (10/20/12): Technology Outlook
Monday, October 22, 2012 - 8:18am | 921Read More...This past weekend in Barron's online: who benefits as the PC era wanes, the prospects for Annie's, Texas Industries and National Oilwell Varco, as well as four rising dividend plays. Cover Story "Bye-Bye PCs" by Tiernan Ray. As the personal computer era wanes, this week's cover story says, Dell...
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Seagate Technologies and Other Alternatives to Apple
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 3:29pm | 825Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is widely expected to unveil its new iPhone 5 Wednesday in San Francisco. Rumored features include a thinner body, longer touch screen, better resolution, better camera, faster processor, longer battery life, 4G LTE support and a mobile payment component. Sales of the next-...
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Barron's Recap (8/4/12): How to Play Energy Now
Monday, August 6, 2012 - 9:33am | 727Read More...This weekend, Barron's online discussed the prospects for the oil and gas sector, the case for Activision, a look at Baltimore, profiles, interviews, book reviews and more. Cover Story "How to Play Energy Now" by Andrew Bary. The oil sector bull case has long been that demand from emerging...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 30
Monday, July 30, 2012 - 10:46am | 980Read More...Most of the companies that compose the S&P 500 have reported second-quarter results already. According to Bloomberg, some 72 percent of S&P 500 companies that have reported quarterly results so far have exceeded analysts' estimates. But the earnings season is not over quite yet. Among the...
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Barron's Recap (4/14/12): Student-Loan Debt Drags on the Economy
Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 10:21am | 878Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: Student-loan debt drags on the economy, a look at Kohl's and Seagate Technology, and what America's top 100 financial advisors are recommending. Cover Story "What a Drag" by Jonathan R. Laing. Student-loan debt is compounding at an alarming rate. Last month the...
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Seagate, SAP and Other Top European Tech Stocks
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 6:48am | 1035Read More...Some European nations may be trying to keep their heads above water, but not all is doom and gloom on the continent. Take the tech sector. Here is a quick look at seven companies with share prices that are between 13% and 64% higher than at the beginning of the year despite recent pull backs. They...
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Accenture, Covidien, Seagate and Other St. Patrick's Stock Picks
Friday, March 16, 2012 - 6:49am | 1019Read More...St. Patrick's Day is almost upon us. So here is a quick look at how the stocks of some companies headquartered in Ireland are faring, given the uncertain economic situation in Europe. Accenture's (NYSE: ACN) share price is up more than 17% year to date, including a 9% surge in the past month. The...
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Garmin, Jabil Circuit and Other Top Tech Stocks in February
Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 7:58am | 1000Read More...Here's a quick look at some of the top performing tech stocks in February. These stocks all have a market cap of more than $500 million, and they all pay a dividend too. Advantest (NYSE: ATE) rose more than 33% in the past month but is still down almost 31% from a year ago. This Tokyo-based maker...
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Seagate, PF Chang's and Other Top Nasdaq Stocks in February
Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 7:34am | 1005Read More...Here's a quick look at some of the top performing Nasdaq stocks in February. These stocks all have a market cap of more than $500 million and they all pay a dividend. Aixtron (NASDAQ: AIXG) is up about 29% year to date, including a 19% rise in the past month. This $1.7 billion market cap machinery...
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Seven Hot European Stocks
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 7:53am | 1100Read More...The European situation was the focus at this past weekend's G20 meeting. Even as a bailout of Greece seems to be all but set, several eurozone members teeter on the brink of recession. On top of that comes the backlash from Iran over sanctions due to its nuclear development efforts. See also:...
