20 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Hasbro: All This Fun And Big Dividends Too?
Hasbro: All This Fun And Big Dividends Too?
Hasbro (HAS) investors got an early Christmas present Monday as the stock gapped up and soared 13% to a new high on strong Q1 results. The maker of G.I. Joe, Nerf and My Little Pony toys reported earnings of 21 cents a share, up 50% from last year and 13 cents above views. Sales increased 5% to $713.5 million, also well past forecasts.
20 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Boeing Deliveries Top Airbus Ahead Of Q1 Results
Boeing Deliveries Top Airbus Ahead Of Q1 Results
Boeing’s first-quarter report comes as it reported more new airplane orders and deliveries during the quarter than its European rival Airbus. Analysts expect Boeing (BA) to post a 4% rise in Q1 earnings to $1.83 per share when it announces results Wednesday. Analysts see revenue climbing 10.4% to $22.6 billion. Earlier this month, Airbus (EADSY) said that it had added 121 aircraft gross orders on the books during the quarter vs.
20 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Hot Small Cap: Paycom Thrives In Human Capital Management
Hot Small Cap: Paycom Thrives In Human Capital Management
A high distribution-day count in the Nasdaq and S&P 500 usually indicates a market under duress, but you wouldn’t know it by Monday’s strong showing — or by looking at Sector Leaders’ charts. The current Sector Leader makeup is a microcosm of growth stocks in general. The vast majority are holding up well despite the institutional selling in the major averages.
20 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Apple’s 1980 IPO Offers A Lesson: Hype Seldom Helps
Apple’s 1980 IPO Offers A Lesson: Hype Seldom Helps
For many investors, the true romance with Apple (AAPL) didn’t begin until April 2003, when the stock was a split-adjusted 0.908. Anyone who invested $6,797 at that low, and held the stock 12 years, reached $1 million at the stock’s February high this year. Of course, no one knew to do that. Over its entire stock history (1980 to the present), Apple took more turns than a soap opera star. In 1976, Steve Jobs co-founded the company.
20 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Can Chipotle’s Stock Break Free From Sideways Action?
Can Chipotle’s Stock Break Free From Sideways Action?
Two kinds of Big Cap 20 stocks might be worth a look in this tentative uptrend. The first kind of stocks to consider are those that have good fundamentals but sport charts that look like the results of a medically induced coma. The stock moves sideways for months and never seems to wake up. Why would Dr. Market put a stock in a coma? Sometimes a stock just gets too hot and needs a rest.
20 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Check Point Software Hits High With Upbeat Earnings
Check Point Software Hits High With Upbeat Earnings
Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) vaulted to a new 14-year high Monday after reporting better-than-expected earnings and revenue. Before the open, the company said it earned 95 cents a share in Q1, compared to 84 cents a year ago and analysts’ estimates of 91 cents. Revenue came in at $372.6 million — a 9% increase from a year ago and above the $370 million that analysts were looking for.
20 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Norwegian Cruise Line Drops But Finds Support
Norwegian Cruise Line Drops But Finds Support
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH) has pulled back to its 50-day moving average for the first time since breaking out of a flat base, giving investors a chance to buy additional shares. The first two pullbacks from the 50-day line are generally safe places to add shares to an already successful position. It’s a sound method for building a larger position in a stock in which the investor has conviction.