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PayPal, Spirit Airlines, Discover Financial, TSMC, Tesla: Why These 5 Stocks Are On Investors' Radars Today
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 - 10:14pm | 640Read More...U.S. stocks were in the red at the end of trading on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished 0.25% lower at 37,266.67, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.56% to 4,739.21. The Nasdaq ended the day down 0.59% lower at 14,855.62. These are the top stocks that gained the attention of retail...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of April 21: Apple, Facebook, GM And More
Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 11:14am | 975Read More...The earnings crunch is underway. Highlights this week include scheduled quarterly reports from Amazon.com, Apple, Facebook, Netflix and Starbucks, which are all expected to post earnings growth, as well as from Ford, McDonald's and Microsoft, for which earnings declines are forecast. Here is a...
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Market Wrap For March 21: Markets End Friday On A Negative Note, But Still Positive For The Week
Friday, March 21, 2014 - 4:38pm | 2353Read More...U.S. stocks slipped to negative territory aided in part by Friday being a quadruple witching trading session. Major indices sold off in the afternoon as investors likely took some chips off the table going in to an uncertain weekend with the situation in Ukraine far from resolved. The S&P...
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Market Wrap For January 24: Fear Is Back In The Markets
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 5:30pm | 2424Read More...Major indices continued to plummet on Friday with no economic data released that could rejuvenate the market. Investors remain worried about a Chinese slowdown, a mixed-bag of corporate results on Wall Street and possible further tapering just around the corner as the Fed meets again next...
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Capital One Earnings Preview: Q4 EPS Expected to Nearly Double
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 8:56am | 607Read More...Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF), which was upgraded earlier this week by Goldman Sachs, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and full-year results Thursday, January 17, after the markets close. Investors will be looking to see what impact the weak holiday shopping season had on the use of...
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Caterpillar, Discover Financial and Other Illinois Primary Stock Picks
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 6:42am | 1149Read More...Today, Illinois holds its Republican Primary, as the candidates hope to add to their delegate counts. Polls show a close race between frontrunners Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. While the focus is on Illinois, let's have a look at the stocks of some of the many corporations headquartered in the...
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Visa, Ross Stores and Five Other Stocks Worth a Look Now
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 2:15pm | 902Read More...The stocks of the following dividend-paying companies are trading more than 20% higher than six months ago and all are within shouting distance of their 52-week highs. B&G Foods (NYSE: BGS): The New Jersey-based maker of shelf-stable foods, such as Cream of Wheat and Joan of Arc brands,...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of December 12
Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 12:13pm | 910Read More...Again this week, things will be fairly quiet on the earnings front. Among the week's most high profile quarterly reports are those from Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), which are forecast to post lower per-share earnings, as well as Discover Financial (NYSE: DFS) and FedEx (...
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MasterCard and Visa to Open Near 52-Week Highs
Monday, December 5, 2011 - 7:55am | 339Read More...Ending a strong week in the stock market, business services providers Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Visa (NYSE: V) reached new 52-week highs of $384.99 and $98.60 per share, respectively, in Friday's trading session. MasterCard recently announced an alliance with Western Union (NYSE: WU) to make...
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UPDATE: J.P. Morgan Color on Discover Financial PT Increase
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 8:58am | 101Read More...J.P. Morgan, which raised its PT on shares of Discover Financial (NYSE: DFS), is providing some color on the stock. “Despite an improved risk profile, shares of DFS appear fully valued,” J.P. Morgan writes. “We remain skeptical with respect to the company's ability to generate organic asset growth...
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JP Morgan Raises PT On Discover Financial To $24
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 5:56am | 27Read More...JP Morgan has raised the price target on Discover Financial (NYSE: DFS) from $21 to $24 and maintains its Neutral rating.
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J.P. Morgan Comments On DFS Annual Investment Meeting
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 7:33am | 100Read More...On Wednesday, Discover Financial (NYSE: DFS) hosted its annual Investment Community meeting, J.P. Morgan reports. “Headed into the meeting (and earnings), our view was that positive catalysts would drive shares toward the high end of our valuation range before potentially receding to preearnings...
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UPDATE: JP Morgan Raises PT on Discover Financial to $21 (DFS)
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 9:31am | 91Read More...JP Morgan is out with its report today on Discover Financial (NYSE: DFS), raising its PT from $20 to $21. In a note to clients, JP Morgan writes, "We are maintaining our Neutral rating but raising our December 2011 price target to $21. In our view, while shares of DFS may benefit from tailwinds in...
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J.P. Morgan's Thoughts on Discover Financial
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 11:02am | 126Read More...J.P. Morgan published its report today on Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) in anticipation of Thursday's earnings. In a note to clients, "YTD, DFS has significantly outperformed the peer group, appreciating 31.0% compared to the group average of 18.4% and the SPX return of 11.2%. The company...
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Keefe Bruyette & Woods On Credit Cards
Monday, December 13, 2010 - 9:31am | 110Read More...Keefe Bruyette & Woods writes "American Express, Capital One, Discover Financial, and Alliance Data Systems are expected to report November monthly data on Wednesday (12/15). In this note, we provide a recap of previous data, seasonal trends seen in November, our current estimates for the...
