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2014 Oct 17, 4:43pm
TGIF As Markets Rally; S&P 500 Posts Longest Weekly Loss Streak Since 2011
U.S. stocks rallied on Friday following positive earnings reports from several large-cap multinationals this morning on a relatively light day of market moving news. The Dow traded higher by more than 300 points before giving back some of the gains. The S&P 500 rallied but still posted its...
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General Electric Conference Call Highlights
2014 Oct 17, 4:42pmGeneral Electric Company (NYSE: GE) reported its third quarter earnings. Shares of the company are 3 percent. Below are some key highlights from its conference call. • EPS was $0.38, an increase of 6% versus last year. • Our Industrial segment profits grew by 9%. • Our...
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SanDisk Conference Call Highlights
2014 Oct 17, 4:15pmSanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) reported its third quarter earnings. Shares of the company are 3 percent. Below are some key highlights from its conference call. • We expect our enterprise SSD revenue to surpass $1 billion in 2015. • The Fusion-io business performed in line with...
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Advanced Micro Devices Conference Call Highlights
2014 Oct 17, 3:55pmAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) reported its third quarter earnings. Shares of the company are up 4 percent. Below are some key highlights from its conference call. • While our Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom segment had a strong quarter. • We did face some challenges...
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Google Conference Call Highlights
2014 Oct 17, 3:44pmGoogle Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) reported its third quarter earnings. Shares of the company are down 3 percent. Below are some key highlights from its conference call. • Our gross total consolidated revenue grew a healthy 20% year-over-year to $16.5 billion and was up 4% quarter-over-quarter...
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2014 Oct 17, 3:37pm
Belus Capital's Brian Sozzi Previews Chipotle Mexican Grill's Q3 Results
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) is set to report its third quarter results on Monday after market close. Analysts are expecting the popular fast-casual restaurant operator to earn $3.81 per share on comp growths of 16.9 percent. Chipotle reported its second quarter results on July 21....
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Urban Outfitters Drops On Q4 Profit Warning; Mead Johnson Nutrition Shares Spike Higher
2014 Oct 17, 3:18pm
Toward the end of trading Friday, the Dow traded up 1.42 percent to 16,346.40 while the NASDAQ surged 0.93 percent to 4,256.52. The S&P also rose, gaining 1.14 percent to 1,883.96. Leading and Lagging Sectors Industrials shares jumped by 1.53 percent on Friday. Top gainers in the sector...
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Analysts Trim Outlook For Urban Outfitters
2014 Oct 17, 2:56pmUrban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) made its second apology in a month Thursday, this time for falling same-store sales it said will hurt profits in the current quarter. Urban Outfitters fell more than 15 percent Friday to $29.15 per share. The Philadelphia-based company last month issued a...
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Morgan Stanley Jumps On Upbeat Results; Athenahealth Shares Dip
2014 Oct 17, 1:38pm
Midway through trading Friday, the Dow traded up 1.70 percent to 16,391.74 while the NASDAQ surged 1.44 percent to 4,277.97. The S&P also rose, gaining 1.51 percent to 1,890.80. Leading and Lagging Sectors Energy shares jumped 1.81 percent on Friday. Top gainers in the sector included...
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Markets Open Higher; GE Profit Beats Estimates
2014 Oct 17, 10:56am
Following the market opening Friday, the Dow traded up 1.35 percent to 16,335.52 while the NASDAQ surged 1.33 percent to 4,273.45. The S&P also rose, gaining 1.37 percent to 1,888.34. Leading and Lagging Sectors Energy shares jumped 2.46 percent on Friday. Top gainers in the sector...
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Kansas City Southern Reports Record Revenues
2014 Oct 17, 9:48amKansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) is up about 1 percent after reporting record revenues of $678 million. Top line strength was driven by a 4 percent increase in carloads over the year ago quarter. This flowed through to the bottom line driving operating Income up 15 percent year over year and...
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UPDATE: M&T Bank Posts Downbeat Q3 Earnings
2014 Oct 17, 9:30amM&T Bank (NYSE: MTB) reported weaker-than-expected earnings for the third quarter. The Buffalo, New York-based bank posted a quarterly profit of $275.3 million, or $1.91 per share, versus a year-ago profit of $294.5 million, $2.11 per share. Its operating earnings came in at $1.94 per share in...
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Wells Fargo Previews IBM Ahead Of Q3 Earnings
2014 Oct 17, 9:23amIn a note released Friday, Wells Fargo analyst Maynard Um described his expectations for International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) third-quarter results. Looking to revenue, Um believes there is slight downside to the consensus of $23.4 billion and is predicting $23.2 billion. However,...
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UPDATE: Huntington Bancshares Q3 Profit Misses Estimates
2014 Oct 17, 9:18amHuntington Bancshares (NASDAQ: HBAN) reported weaker-than-expected earnings for the third quarter. The Columbus, Ohio-based bank posted a quarterly profit of $155 million, or $0.18 per share, versus a year-ago profit of $178.8 million, or $0.20 per share. The latest quarter included Q3 $22.8...
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UPDATE: Kansas City Southern Q3 Profit Tops Street View
2014 Oct 17, 8:56amKansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) reported upbeat results for the third quarter. The Kansas City, Missouri-based company posted quarterly net income of $138 million, or $1.25 per share, compared to $118.3 million, or $1.07 per share, in the year-ago period. Excluding items, it earned $1.29 per share...
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