Paychex

Analysts at Morgan Stanley no longer hold a bearish view of Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) after the stock's 19 percent year-to-date underperformance compared to the S&P 500's track has created a more "balanced" risk to reward profile. Morgan Stanley's Danyal Hussain upgrades Paychex's stock...

Small businesses across the United States are more optimistic at the end of February than they were at the start of the month. Speaking as a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment Tuesday, Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX)'s president and CEO Marty Mucci noted February also marks the third consecutive...

Upcoming earnings highlights include the latest results from two consumer goods giants. Consensus Wall Street forecasts see lower earnings from each of them. But only one of them is expected to show some growth on the top line. In another quiet week on the earnings front, reports from consumer...

Wall Street is looking for solid quarterly results from Nike this week. Expectations are lower for earnings from Micron Technology. ConAgra Foods and Paychex are on deck ahead of the holiday too. In the holiday shortened week, there are just a few earnings reports of note on the...

Few earnings reports are scheduled for this week, ahead of the third-quarter reporting kickoff. Costco and Micron Technology are the highlights of the week, but expectations for them are quite different. Others reporting this week include Paychex and Walgreens. One calendar quarter ends and...

The week leading up to the Fourth of July holiday will be another quiet one on the earnings front. The new earnings season does not kick off until Alcoa and PepsiCo report their second-quarter results after Independence Day. But first, there are a few notable off-season reports to watch for this...

The performance of Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) shares, like the overall economy and job market, has been somewhat mixed but generally trending up. As Benzinga reported at the end of last year, investors have reasons to be bullish on Paychex. Indeed, Paychex is up for the last month, quarter,...

As the calendar quarter draws to a close this holiday-shortened week, so does another earnings season. The most significant quarterly reports due this week come from alcoholic beverage company Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) and payroll processor Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX). Analysts on average...

While investors watch the ongoing standoff between the West and Russia, and hope for fresh signs of economic growth in the GDP and PMI numbers, more off-season quarterly reports will roll out this week. Highlights will include earnings results from BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) and Walgreen (NYSE:...

On the earnings front, things will start out slow this week, but then FedEx (NASDAQ: FDX), Nike (NYSE: NKE), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and others will take their turns in the earnings spotlight. Below is a quick look at what analysts expect from some of this week's most prominent...

Highlights on the earnings front this week will include the reports from Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and Monsanto (NYSE: MON). Analysts are looking for year-over-year growth of revenues from both of them, but a net loss from the agribusiness giant. Others scheduled to step onto the earnings stage this...