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Barron's Picks And Pans: Boeing, Comcast, Conoco, Emerson And More
Sunday, October 20, 2019 - 7:13am | 705This weekend's Barron's cover story suggests how to play the streaming TV revolution. Other featured articles discuss the effect of lower enterprise tech spending and offer dividend stock picks for a low-rate world. Also, the prospects for an oil giant, an optical retailer, a beleaguered...
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Bulls & Bears Of The Week: Caterpillar, eBay, Intel, Morgan Stanley And More
Sunday, October 28, 2018 - 9:46am | 893Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included a semiconductor, financial and construction equipment giants. Bearish calls included a couple of internet stocks and a popular cannabis play. While a bomb plot captured headlines last week,...
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Benzinga's Bulls & Bears Of The Week: Apple, GE, IBM, Nike, Tesla And More
Sunday, September 30, 2018 - 8:47am | 832Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included leaders in e-commerce, smartphones and footwear. Bearish calls included a struggling conglomerate and an electric vehicle leader. Much attention was taken up by the kerfuffle in Washington...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Pot Stocks, Comcast, Bank Buybacks And More
Sunday, April 1, 2018 - 8:50am | 678This weekend's Barron's cover story shows how Canadian pot stocks are preparing for marijuana legalization. Other featured articles examine the risks posed by big tech stocks and why oil refiners have a profitable future. Also, the prospects for semiconductor makers and a bank...
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Roku Doubles In Three Days After First Earnings Report
Monday, November 13, 2017 - 6:39pm | 799Shares of TV streaming company Roku Inc (NASDAQ: ROKU) are on a run after the release of third-quarter results. The stock has more than doubled over three sessions. Roku's Fundamentals Roku said in its S-1 IPO filing that it's the No. 1 TV streaming platform in the U.S. based on the total...
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Benzinga's Bulls And Bears For The Past Week: Comcast, Starbucks, Tesla And More
Monday, July 31, 2017 - 7:54am | 717Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Some of those calls featured stocks somewhat appropriate to the summer season. They included beverage, media and auto stocks. We are in the heart of summer, and the markets remain at all-time highs,...
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Analyst Says 31 Million Homes Could Cut Cord On Legacy Media; New Study Shows 64% Of U.S. Households Now Stream Programs
Monday, July 24, 2017 - 2:45pm | 616Cling to legacy media at your own peril. Barclays analyst Kannan Venkateshwar said 31 million homes in the United States could cut the cord on pay television or drastically scale back on such services as more consumers opt for Internet-delivered entertainment. In a note on Monday, he predicted...
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Investors Seem To Be Materially Discounting T-Mobile Shares Based On 2 Factors
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 - 2:17pm | 435T-Mobile US Inc (NASDAQ: TMUS) has suffered a minor decline over the past month, largely due to the fact that investors do not appear certain that the mobile carrier will take part in potential future sector deals, following the news of a possible Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)/Sprint Corp (...
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Sprint CEO Could Get Huge Pay Bonus If Stock Remains Above $8; Here's How
Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - 6:23am | 421Sprint Corp (NYSE: S) CEO Marcelo Claure is set to collect an $8-million bonus after successfully keeping the telecom stock above the $8 mark for nearly five months. If Sprint continues to stay above the $8 mark Thursday, Claure and other members of the executive team will earn big stock bonuses....
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The Street Tries To Get A Clear Signal On Comcast's New Mobile Phone Service
Sunday, April 9, 2017 - 10:15am | 733Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)'s entrance into the mobile phone segment certainly changes the competitive landscape of the entire market. But what are Wall Street analysts saying? 'Cost Disciplined Approach' Matthew Harrigan of Wunderlich commented in a report that Comcast is...
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Deutsche Bank: Comcast's Xfinity Mobile Service 'A New Growth Driver'
Friday, April 7, 2017 - 9:47am | 518Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)’s leap into the mobile market could add billions to the company’s service revenue, but cable subscriber growth and retention remain job No. 1, according to Deutsche Bank. XFinity Mobile, the wireless service announced Thursday by Comcast, will be...
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EBay The Latest Big Name To Plan Snapchat Content Campaign
Friday, April 7, 2017 - 7:51am | 505EBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) announced it is turning the dial up to 11 on advertising after announcing a “massive” nationwide ad campaign this spring aimed at bringing in new buyers to the once dominant e-commerce platform. EBay's Spring Fling With Social: What To Look For In May, the...
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Mixed Earnings Expectations For Transportation Giants
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - 8:27am | 742Three leading transportation companies are due to report earnings this week. Expectations for the two rail giants and a big airline are very different. The ongoing Trump rally and anticipation of infrastructure spending marked the quarter. The fourth-quarter earnings reporting season is underway...
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Former Dreamworks Shareholders Might Look To Lions Gate Shares As A Replacement Position
Wednesday, August 24, 2016 - 2:46pm | 343DreamWorks Animation and NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA), announced their intent to merge in April and the deal was officially completed on Monday. DreamWorks shareholders will receive $41 in cash for each share owned and investors who are bullish on the studio...
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Comcast Posts Q2 Results, But Are Investors Only Concerned About Its Recent M&A Spree?
Wednesday, July 27, 2016 - 6:45am | 304Shares of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) were trading higher by nearly 2 percent at $68.50 early Wednesday morning after the company reported its second quarter results. Comcast earned $0.83 per share in the second quarter on revenue of $18.7 billion. Wall Street analysts were expecting...