While much of the sporting retail industry takes steps backward amidst this challenging economic climate, Hibbett Sporting (HIBB) reported second-quarter earnings that outperformed not just the analyst expectations, but industry rivals too. The company reported sales of $374.9 million, which was just shy of the consensus of $376 million. This was a 4.6% decline [...]
Shares of Splunk (SPLK) were trading higher in Wednesday afternoon’s extended trading session yesterday, and when the bell sounded this Thursday morning, they picked up where they left off. SPLK is up more than 13% so far after beating the consensus in the company’s second-quarter earnings. The San Francisco software company grew revenue by [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Celestica Inc. (CLS), is a NYSE-listed firm incorporated in 1996 headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Therefore, American investors are probably not familiar with this company which doesn’t get coverage in the U.S. financial media. Because of its future prospects based on its growing earnings and 85% price appreciation over the [...]
Foot Locker (FL) investors were in for a rude awakening this Wednesday morning as the company reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that featured another step backward on the full-year guidance. While the company’s earnings were right on target with what analysts were looking for (4 cents adjusted), revenue slid below the analyst consensus ($1.86 billion [...]
Lowes (LOW) reported second-quarter earnings in Tuesday morning’s trading session. So far, the news has sent shares more than 4% higher as the company may be suffering from a setback in sales but remains optimistic and upheld its full-year outlook. Revenue for the fiscal second quarter came in at $24.96 billion, which was just [...]
By Steve Chappell, Global Head of Trading Systems Development for VectorVest, Inc. It has always been ironic to me that seemingly everyone on Wall Street says, “You can’t time the market,” and then proceeds to make predictions about its future. Somewhere along the way, market timing became a myth, or worse, a total investing taboo. [...]
Over the past month or so, shares of Palo Alto Networks (PANW) had fallen more than 15%. Analysts and investors alike sent the stock into a downward spiral, overreacting after the company scheduled its earnings call for a Friday. There is no question that this is a rare occurrence, but investor sentiment can be [...]
Written by: Angela Akers The US Fed meeting minutes were released this week and they were more hawkish than anticipated causing interest rate concerns to resurface. Additionally, the global economic concerns that have permeated the last several weeks intensified this week with more bad news for China, the world’s second-largest economy. So, we’ve experienced [...]
The wildfires in Maui are officially the most deadly in the US in the last century, claiming the lives of more than 110 people so far. People have already rushed to assign blame - citing blunders by the city’s emergency chief, the mayor, and now, Hawaiian Electric (HE). Shares of the state’s energy provider [...]
Lyft (LYFT) has been trending positively over the past few months, and CEO David Risher has decided to hop aboard with an insider purchase of $1.15m in company stock. He flat out said, “I’m putting my money where my mouth is”. The purchase works out to 100,000 shares of the company’s common stock. Risher [...]
