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SunTrust's Bob Peck Discusses Netflix's 'Across The Board Beat'
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 10:21am | 435SunTrust’s Bob Peck still remains on sidelines on Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), despite the company’s strong third-quarter subscriber growth on the back of original content, which more than offset any impact of ungrandfathering and the Olympics. “While we roll out 2017 year-end PT...
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Analysts Are Mixed On E.L.F. Beauty 3 Weeks After IPO
Monday, October 17, 2016 - 2:31pm | 289On September 22, e.l.f. Beauty Inc (NYSE: ELF) priced its 8.33 million IPO at $17.00 a share. Of this, about 4.33 million shares were sold by selling stockholders. Since then, the stock has delivered returns of 39.5–70.12 percent to the shareholders. Three weeks after the IPO, there are mixed...
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Fitbit Has Potential For A Q3 Upside Surprise
Monday, October 17, 2016 - 12:13pm | 431Previewing Fitbit In (NYSE: FIT)'s third-quarter results, SunTrust said it sees scope for upside surprise from the company's guidance for a 15 percent sequential drop in third-quarter revenues based on expectations of 12.5 percent unit sales decline and a 1.5 percent decline in ASP. Rationale For...
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Exclusive: SunTrust Managing Director Goes Over Sarepta Therapeutics' Story
Monday, October 17, 2016 - 8:49am | 590Same as many other biopharmaceutical stocks, Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: SRPT) ad a rocky start to the year. However, its luck changed in September, when the FDA approved Exondys 51 (eteplirsen) for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), leading the stock to more than double in...
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Exclusive: SunTrust Managing Director Discusses Bluebird Bio, A Leader In Gene Therapy
Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 9:51am | 881The past few months have been great for small cap bluebird bio Inc (NASDAQ: BLUE), which saw its stock appreciate more than 47.6 percent in the last six months and more than 31 percent in the past month alone, largely helped by the entry of its Gen2 LentiGlobin into the clinic. Benzinga recently...
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Alibaba's Core Profitability Remains Strong, Near-Term Headwinds Notwithstanding
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 - 12:08pm | 435Previewing the fiscal second-quarter results of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA), SunTrust noted that core profitability remains strong, despite the near-term investments headwinds. The firm sees strong investor sentiment and business momentum, based on the company's analyst day takeaways...
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2 Reasons SunTrust Upgraded Corrections Corp Of America To Buy
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 - 11:21am | 111SunTrust’s Tobey Sommer upgraded Corrections Corp Of America (NYSE: CXW) to Buy with $20 price target on continued double-digit dividend and positive news flow to be mixed into the uniformly negative news of the last two months. “We now assume that out-of-state business with CA goes...
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Impact From Samsung Issues Should Be Muted For Best Buy, GameStop
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 - 9:17am | 328Issues with Samsung Electronic’s (OTCMKTS: SSNLF) Note 7 are unlikely to have a significant impact on either Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) or GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), SunTrust’s David Magee commented. Best Buy Analyst Magee mentioned that Best Buy should be able to “shrug...
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Expect An In-Line Quarter From JD.com
Monday, October 10, 2016 - 11:01am | 372SunTrust expects an in-line quarter from JD.Com Inc(ADR) (NASDAQ: JD) on which the retailer Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) recently raised its stake to 10.8 percent from 5 percent. SunTrust's Robert "Bob" Peck expects third quarter GMV/Revenue/gross profit of RMB 151.5 billion/RMB 60.4 billion/...
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SunTrust Cuts Target On Bristol-Myers As Opdivo Estimates Revised Lower
Monday, October 10, 2016 - 10:08am | 351After Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (NYSE: BMY) disclosed disappointing study results of its Opdivo, SunTrust has reduced the price target on the company's shares from $68 to $62 on lower EPS estimates for the year 2017 and 2018. However, the firm maintains its Hold rating on the stock. Analyst John...
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SunTrust's Bob Peck Has Higher Confidence In eBay's Turnaround, Price Target Raised To $33
Monday, October 10, 2016 - 9:50am | 541EBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) is expected to report its third-quarter financials on October 19, and SunTrust's Robert "Bob" Peck sees results largely in line with the Street while expressing confidence in the turnaround of the company. Following are Peck's key estimates for the third quarter: "GMV at $...
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Bob Peck Has A Few Questions For Yahoo Heading Into Q3 Earnings
Friday, October 7, 2016 - 6:23am | 290Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is scheduled to announce its third quarter results on October 18. Ahead of the report, SunTrust’s Bob Peck reiterated a Neutral rating and $42 price target on the stock, and shared 10 questions investors are (or should be) asking heading into earnings. 1....
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Olive Garden Dominates The Darden Story Post Earnings
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 - 1:22pm | 269Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) is coming off an earnings and revenue beat and a raised guidance outlook for the rest of the year. A primary contributor to the strength of the chain-restaurant operator has been Olive Garden's turnaround story. In Q1, Olive Garden outperformed the industry by...
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Ariad Pharmaceuticals Expected To See Clinical Catalysts
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 - 1:21pm | 319SunTrust Robinson Humphrey sees potential upside of 65 percent in Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) given clinical catalysts and the company could be a takeover target. Ariad's lead product Iclusig is a potent chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), drug, with the potential for broader use...
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Sell-Side Sentiment On Twitter Following Buyout Chatter Has Not Been Positive
Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 9:49am | 834It has now been almost a full week since CNBC's David Faber reported that Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) is engaged in discussions with potential acquirers over a sale of itself. The initial report last Friday singled out salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM) and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) as...