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CEO Shake-Up May Allow Viacom To Resume Focusing On Operations Rather Than Legal Battles
Monday, August 22, 2016 - 4:52pm | 285Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) said on Saturday CEO and President Phillipe Dauman would step down, remaining as non-executive Chairman until September 13. Until the company’s fiscal year ends on September 30, COO Tom Dooley will temporarily assume the CEO spot. The arrangement means all...
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BMO Says Facebook Is 'A Core Holding,' Raises Price Target To $145
Thursday, July 28, 2016 - 10:04am | 400Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) reported robust 2Q16 results, with key metrics ahead of expectations. BMO Capital’s Daniel Salmon maintains a Market Perform rating on the company, while raising the price target from $120 to $145. Beat Quarter Facebook reported its non-GAAP EPS for 2Q16 at $0.97,...
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Netflix Begins Breaking Out Original Programming In Financial Statements
Wednesday, July 27, 2016 - 2:42pm | 339For the first time ever, Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) provided investors with a breakdown of its produced content and licensed content assets in the notes to the consolidated financial statements in its 10-Q release dated July 19, 2016. Produced content includes Netflix's library of original...
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Could Netflix Be An Acquisition Target?
Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - 2:02pm | 307The lower-than-expected subscriber numbers from Netflix, Inc. 1(NASDAQ: NFLX) coupled with deceleration of near-term subscriber trends may trigger the M&A question from investors, with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) rumored as a potential suitor. But, analysts at BMO said it is unlikely. "We don't...
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The Biggest News From Yahoo's Earnings Report Was The Lack Of News On The Core Sale
Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - 11:46am | 366BMO Capital’s Daniel Salmon mentioned that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) reported its 2Q16 ex-TAC revenue ahead of the estimate and in line with the consensus, although the non-GAAP EPS came in below expectations. Salmon maintained a Buy rating on the company, while raising the price target...
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BMO Thinks Investors Should Be 'Pleased' With Google's Anvato Acquisition
Monday, July 11, 2016 - 3:44pm | 457BMO said investors should be "pleased" with the acquisition of Anvato by Google, owned by Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL). Anvato provides a software platform that fully automates the encoding, editing, publishing and secure distribution of video content across multiple platforms. The...
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Do You Need To Bet On Twitter After Microsoft-LinkedIn Deal? BMO Provides Insight
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 3:05pm | 537Shares of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) continued its rally on Tuesday after investors were optimistic that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)'s $26.2 billion agreement to buy LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD) may trigger another deal in the social media space. 'Sympathetic' Twitter But, BMO said Twitter is...
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Time To Buy Amazon And eBay?
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 10:35am | 453BMO Capital Markets’ Daniel Salmon initiated coverage of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) with an Outperform rating and a price target of $700. He also initiated coverage of eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) with a Market Perform rating and a price target of $26. Amazon Analyst Daniel Salmon...
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BMO Drastically Slashes Twitter Targets, But Still Sees 20% Upside
Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 11:24am | 362Shares of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) have plummeted 69 percent in the last year and are trading near their 52-week low of $14.31. BMO Capital Markets’ Daniel Salmon maintained a Market Perform rating on the company, while reducing the price target from $32 to $18. Salmon recommends...
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BMO Cuts Twitter Target, Didn't Expect Guidance Miss
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 10:53am | 293Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) shares have declined 33.45 percent over the past six months, from a high of $42.27 on April 28. BMO Capital’s Daniel Salmon has maintained a Market Perform rating on the company, while lowering the price target from $34 to $32. Salmon expressed...
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10 Netflix Analysts React To Company's Controversial Earnings Release
Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 12:06pm | 1229Shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) initially plunged more than 14 percent following its third quarter results. The stock briefly recovered on Wednesday, but were lower by 8 percent mid-Thursday morning. Analysts were mixed following the earnings report. Shares of Netflix initially...
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Pair Trade Opportunity: BMO Upgrades Nielsen, Downgrades TubeMogul
Monday, August 10, 2015 - 1:08pm | 482In a couple of reports published Monday, BMO Capital Markets analysts Daniel Salmon, Nirav Modi and Ygal Arounian look into two media and internet stocks and provide an idea for a pair trade. The experts recommend Nielsen NV (NYSE: NLSN), which they upgraded to Outperform from Market...
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BMO Capital Raises Google PT To $770, Says It's 'More Of A Value Stock'
Friday, July 17, 2015 - 2:58pm | 408Daniel Salmon, BMO Capital Markets equity research analyst, was on CNBC Friday to discuss Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s exceptional performance in the second quarter and where the stock goes from here. Here is what he said. Controlling Costs "Well, I think the story at...
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What Has Wall Street Been Saying About Google?
Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 12:03pm | 921Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is scheduled to report its second quarter results after Thursday's close. Estimize, the crowd-sourcing earnings and economic platform, is predicting Google will earn $6.77 per share in the second quarter (based on 126 estimates) on revenue of $14....
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BMO Upgrades Google To Outperform, Firm Confident In Upcoming Quarters
Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 7:28am | 202In a report published Thursday, BMO Capital analyst Daniel Salmon upgraded the rating on Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) from Market Perform to Outperform, while raising the price target from $570 to $670. The analyst expressed confidence in the company's performance in future quarters, driven by...