Previews

Deutsche Bank issued a Q3 preview for VF Corp (NYSE: VFC) on Friday and saw that "fundamentals remain intact." A Buy rating was maintained while the price target was lowered from $75 to $73. Analyst Dave Weiner trimmed the "4Q & 2015 EPS model (3Q remains intact), to...

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....

Deutsche Bank issued a 3Q 2014 preview for Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ: STLD) on Thursday and expected higher shipments and spread. Analyst Jorge Beristain expected the company to "report 3Q14 adjusted EPS of $0.44 (+42 percent QoQ, +76 percent YoY) with sequential improvement primarily...

In 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,...

Bank of America issued an earnings preview on alternative energy companies Thursday. The firm saw a "prime buying opportunity" heading into earnings and the upcoming Solar Power International trade show. Analysts Krish Sankar and Andrew Hughes held the view that "solar stocks...

Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday, but is it worth buying ahead of the company's Q3 results? "Google looked to me like it was set up to be a pre-earnings play," Sean Udall, CIO of Quantum Trading Strategies and author of The TechStrat...

Deutsche Bank issued a F2Q 2015 preview for Xilinx, Inc. (NYSE: XLNX) and maintained a Hold rating and $45 price target. Analyst Ross Seymore expected "Xilinx to report F2Q2015 (September) revenue of $602 million (-2 percent q/q), in line with Consensus and guidance as we estimate...

Deutsche Bank issued a research note Tuesday on 500.com Ltd. (NYSE: WBAI) with a Q3 2014 preview and information on a new payout impact. The firm maintained a Buy rating. Analysts led by Alan Hellawell III noted that the "industry payout ratio raise (from 69 percent to 73 percent) of...

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) investors will get a look at third quarter earnings later Wednesday amid a backdrop of ailing conditions at casinos in Macau. Sands' shares are down more than 20 percent in the past three months and the company depends on its operations in the former...

With a trailing 12-month operating margin of 44.1 percent and EPS for the same period of $5.03, Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) sits in the No. 3 spot among consumer goods companies. Philip Morris generated $80 billion in revenue in 2013 and holds about 15 percent of the...

Jay McCanless of Sterne Agee on Wednesday released a preview for the homebuilder sector. Within the report, McCanless holds a generally bullish tone but does recommend investors exercise some caution. "Respect the seasonal trade but exercise caution," McCanless wrote referring to the...

Analysts aren't expecting too many surprises when eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) reports after the market close Wednesday, but investors are eager to see how PayPal performed. "Expect an in-line quarter," Needham analyst Kerry Rice told Benzinga. "Marketplace is still struggling,...

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL), which like its rivals has seen shares suffer due to the Ebola scare, is scheduled to report its third quarter results Thursday, October 16, before the markets open. Can investors have any hope for another big positive earnings surprise like the one back in the...

Investors only seem to have one question for Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) this week: Will the company continue to grow internationally? "International sub growth has been the key for this stock,” Sean Udall, CIO of Quantum Trading Strategies and author of The TechStrat Report, told Benzinga. The...

When trouble rears its ugly head in the financial world, China frequently becomes part of the conversation. Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) knows this all too well. Macau As a leader in both gaming and lodging, much of the company’s revenue has come from Macau, China. As Zack...