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Mizuho Upgrades JD.com, Sees Significant Pharmacy E-Commerce Opportunity
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 3:42pm | 377JD.Com Inc (NASDAQ: JD) shares were trading higher Wednesday after Mizuho Securities upgraded the company's stock due to "significant opportunities in online sales" as more people turn to retail pharmacy. The JD.com Analyst James Lee upgraded JD.com from Neutral to Buy and...
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Why This Analyst Recommends Buying Amazon, Baidu, Facebook And Uber Following COVID-19 Battering
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 2:50pm | 730COVID-19 has triggered an across-the-board sell-off in financial assets, and one of the hardest hit sectors among equities is the Internet space. One analyst at Mizuho Securities thinks the sell-off in the space may be overdone. The Tech Analyst James Lee has the following ratings and price targets...
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3 Reasons To Buy Twitter Stock
Monday, February 10, 2020 - 4:05pm | 479Whether you’re going on Twitter Inc (NASDAQ: TWTR) searching for the latest tweets from Donald Trump or memes from Elon Musk, it’s clear that the platform plays an important role in connecting the world. If you’re on the fence about investing in the company, here are three reasons...
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Uber's End To 'Rock Star-Like Spending,' Aim For Quicker Profitability
Friday, February 7, 2020 - 10:54am | 816A big step toward profitability at Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE: UBER) and a stated interest at the company in ramping toward making money more quickly boosted the ride-hailing company's credibility on Wall Street, prompting sell-side analysts to boost price expectations on the stock. Analysts...
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'We Continue To Like The Company's Fundamentals': Investors, Analysts Cheer Alphabet's Q2 Rebound
Friday, July 26, 2019 - 11:45am | 590Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)’s solid second-quarter results continued to push the stock higher Friday and drove several sell-side analysts to raise their price targets. Pre-market and early morning buyers sent the Google parent company’s stock price up by more than...
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Analysts Aren't Shaken By Amazon's Q2 Earnings
Friday, July 26, 2019 - 11:21am | 698E-commerce giant Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported second-quarter results that fell short of expectations across multiple metrics. Amazon earned $5.22 per share in the quarter on revenue of $63.4 billion. This compares to the Street's expectations of $5.58 per share and $62.4 billion....
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Did Facebook's Q2 Earn A Thumbs Up From Analysts?
Thursday, July 25, 2019 - 11:31am | 791Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) reported second-quarter results that exceeded expectations. Daily active users (DAUs) of 1.59 billion and monthly active users (MAUs) were consistent with the Street's expectations, but average revenue per user (ARPU) of $7.05 beat estimates of $6.87. The company...
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Analysts Break Down Alibaba's Q4 Earnings
Thursday, May 16, 2019 - 11:05am | 599China-based e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) Wednesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter results that came in better than expected, but management's guidance for fiscal 2020 missed estimates. Here is a summary of how some of the Street's top analysts reacted to the...
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Booking Holdings Posts Q1 Earnings Miss: The Sell-Side Reaction
Monday, May 13, 2019 - 10:31am | 523Booking Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: BKNG) reported first-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $11.17 Thursday, missing the $11.26 consensus estimate. Here's how three analysts who watch the stock reacted. Mizuho Booking Holdings reported a good quarter, but the second-quarter room night...
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Trivago Analysts Unfazed By Q1 Sales Dip
Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 3:22pm | 477Hotel search platform company Trivago NV - ADR (NASDAQ: TRVG) reported mixed first-quarter results, but two analysts are sticking with a bullish stance. Mizuho: Challenges Ahead Trivago's first-quarter revenue fell short of expectations and was lower by 20 percent year-over-year, Mizuho...
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Difference Of Opinion: Mizuho Initiates Trivago With Buy, JPMorgan Downgrades To Underweight
Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 1:24pm | 397Sometimes, not even the professionals can agree on which direction a stock is likely to head next. On Thursday, both Mizuho and J.P. Morgan changed their coverage of Trivago NV – ADR (NASDAQ: TRVG) but one analyst became more bullish just as the other turned more bearish. The Analysts...
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Search Engine Optimization Helping eBay Attract New Users
Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 3:04pm | 354Reviewing the third-quarter results of eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY), CLSA said improved search engine optimization is driving new users, with SEO firm Searchmetrics pitching the sequential growth at 20 percent. However, analyst James Lee indicated that addition of active buyers was slow in the quarter...
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Analysts See Facebook, Google Able To Withstand Ad Dollar Competition From Snapchat; Twitter Not So Much
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 - 10:47am | 382The rise of Snapchat could be bad news for social media stocks, but some should be more scared than others. According to CLSA analyst James Lee, Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) could be the biggest victim of Snapchat’s success. CLSA recently conducted an investor conference call with an advertising...
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3 Key Takeaways From CLSA's China Trip
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 1:48pm | 458James Lee of CLSA finalized a fact finding channel check mission in China involving cross-border trade e-commerce activity. As a whole, the analyst noted that he came away incrementally positive on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) for its "opportunity to follow the successful product roadmap of WeChat."...
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Weibo Continues To Be The 'YouTube Of China'
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 12:47pm | 269CLSA’s James Lee mentioned that checks continue to indicate that Weibo Corp (ADR) (NASDAQ: WB) “is the default online celebrity platform in China - or the YouTube of China.” Lee believes Weibo’s platform is particularly effective at driving ecommerce sales, especially...