Box Drops 9% on Weak Earnings and Outlook: Is it Time to Sell This Stock Or Will Things Turn Around?
Shares of Box Inc. (BOX) fell more than 9% when the market opened Wednesday. The company reported second-quarter earnings yesterday after hours and the results were anything but positive. While revenue did climb 6% to $261.4 million, this was only a hair above the analyst consensus of $261 million. Meanwhile, net income of $10.8 million contributed to an EPS [...]
Best Buy Appears to Be Struggling Despite an Earnings Beat: Time to Buy or Sell This Stock?
Best Buy (BBY) reported second-quarter earnings early this Tuesday morning that topped the analysis consensus. And yet, the key takeaway from the earnings call is that the electronics retailer is struggling beneath the surface. After the company strategically set low expectations for this quarter way back in May, the consensus remained low - setting Best Buy up to deliver [...]
3M Jumps 5% After Settling For Half of Expected $10 Billion Payout: 3 Things Investors Need to Know
Shares of 3M (MMM) started the week strong with a 5% gain upon news that the company has settled a legal battle with the US Military. The industrial manufacturing company will pay out $5.5 billion for defective combat earplugs. The case in its entirety represents more than 300,000 separate suits. While 3M claimed the earplugs blocked out loud noises [...]
Gibraltar Industries Breaks Out to 2023 Highs: Can It Keep Going?
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (ROCK), is a Nasdaq-listed firm incorporated in 1972 that is headquartered in Buffalo, NY. The company employs 2,117 individuals. There are 30.4 million shares outstanding. Revenues totaled $1.37 billion, and ROCK’s market cap is $2.2 billion. Gibraltar is a leading manufacturer of building products for residential, renewables, agtech, energy, and [...]
ETF Weighting Methods – What You Need to Know
by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Investors and traders may not give much thought to the weighting of the ETF that they purchase. However, the price performance of the ETF is heavily dependent on how the stocks are weighted in the portfolio. I will provide a tutorial on the two weighting methods that everyone should be familiar with. First, a [...]
An Overview on ETF Indexing
by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA If it wasn’t for the concept and development of “indexing,” no-load mutual funds and index-based ETFs would not exist in their current format or popularity. Today, there are currently 1901 passive indexed ETFs in existence in the United States. ETF indexing is based on a sponsoring firm’s selection of indexes it would like to [...]
