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Benzinga's Bulls & Bears Of The Week: Altria, DowDupont, Oracle, Roku And More
Sunday, March 25, 2018 - 5:26pm | 773Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included top mining stocks and a Detroit automaker. Bearish calls featured biotech stocks and a key cloud player. Rising concerns about a trade war, another interest rate increase and a social...
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Benzinga's Bulls & Bears Of The Week: Capital One, FedEx, Tesla, Walmart And More
Sunday, February 25, 2018 - 6:10pm | 803Benzinga has featured looks at many investor Bullish calls included sector leaders in retail, technology and transportation. Bearish calls featured a struggling social media company and a top financial name. While volatility may have settled somewhat in the past week or so, the...
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Roku Doubles In Three Days After First Earnings Report
Monday, November 13, 2017 - 7:39pm | 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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Blue Apron, Yogaworks Race To The Bottom Of 2017's IPO Heap
Monday, November 13, 2017 - 5:05pm | 960After 2016 marked a low point for initial public offerings, or IPOs, 2017 was expected to bring a reversal of fortune. High-profile startups in the emerging technology sectors have gone public, including Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP), the parent of ephemeral photo and video sharing platform Snapchat, and...
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Roku Impresses With First Publicly Reported Quarter
Thursday, November 9, 2017 - 4:31pm | 428Roku Inc (NASDAQ: ROKU) reported stellar quarterly results Wednesday — its first report as a public company — driving shares up solidly. Sell-side firms were left impressed by Roku's strong user growth. The Analyst Morgan Stanley's Benjamin Swinburne reviewed Roku...
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Funko Flops As IPO Market Cools Once Again
Saturday, November 4, 2017 - 2:38pm | 686When pop culture consumer products company Funko Inc (NASDAQ: FNKO) went public, it offered 10.42 million shares at $12 per share. On its Thursday, Nov. 2 debut, the stock opened down at $8 and closed with a loss of 41 percent at $7.07. It's one of many signs that the IPO market,...
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Roku's Monthly Active Users Have Risen 243% In 3 Years, But Can The Stock Keep Its Momentum?
Friday, September 29, 2017 - 1:08pm | 553Roku Inc (NASDAQ: ROKU) shares rocketed more than 60 percent in their inaugural trading day, inciting some traders to wonder if this would herald the return of the high flying IPO market. Shares closed at $23.50 after the IPO was priced at $14. Other market commentators were left stupefied by what...
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Roku On Wall Street: Did The Stock Fare Better Than Other Recent IPOs?
Thursday, September 28, 2017 - 4:34pm | 802Joining the list of companies that have IPO-ed this year is the TV streaming company Roku Inc (NASDAQ: ROKU). Roku's Grand Premiere For the uninitiated, Roku offered 9 million shares of its Class A common stock in a public offering, while selling shareholders offered an additional 6.67...
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Roku IPO Watch: Things To Know
Thursday, September 28, 2017 - 7:58am | 447Roku is set to go public this week in one of the most highly anticipated IPOs of 2017. However, before investors dive in head first, memories of disastrous 2017 IPOs Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) and Blue Apron Holdings Inc (NYSE: APRN) have them taking a closer look at Roku and exactly what they will be...
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Once Again, Pharma Dominates The IPO Slate
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - 8:23am | 383Apparently biotech is where it’s at. This year’s expansive class of newly public pharmaceuticals will add three to its ranks with this week’s initial public offerings. Roku will also make its market debut after three years of speculated interest. Here is the entire lineup: RYB...
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Is Roku's Speculated IPO A Viable Option Right Now?
Sunday, July 30, 2017 - 10:10am | 748Video and audio streaming device maker Roku is reportedly prepping for an IPO, which could materialize before the end of the year. Even as news trickled in, there were musings over the legitimacy and viability of the public offering. The IPO rumors aren't new, as Dow Jones reported back...
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AT&T's DirecTV Now 'Revolution' Begins Wednesday
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 - 9:17am | 560AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is set to unveil its TV streaming services on November 30 in the form of DIRECTV NOW as part of its efforts to regain customers who cut the cord and retain those considering doing so in the future. The biggest highlight is AT&T’s mobile customers get Data Free TV,...
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How The Netflix-Comcast Deal Could Spark A New Net Neutrality Debate
Friday, July 8, 2016 - 3:06pm | 434The recent deal between Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) could trigger a fresh debate on net neutrality, the idea that Internet service providers should treat all Internet traffic equally. A report on Wired.com stated that Comcast's X1 interactive television box...
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NBC Expands Streaming Comedy Service Seeso To Roku And Amazon Devices
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 10:13am | 271NBC (Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA))'s dive into the world of online media continued on Monday with the expanded launch of "Seeso," the subscription comedy service that houses over 2,000 hours of content. Priced at $3.99 a month, the service originally debuted in January, but presented limited...
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Showtime Cashes In With Record Audience For 'Billions' Debut
Friday, January 22, 2016 - 3:17pm | 316Between "Homeland," "The Affair" and "Ray Donovan" (among others), CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS)'s Showtime has slowly come into its own over the past years in the original series realm. No longer seen as an also-ran to the Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX-owned HBO, the network been able to add new hit...