22 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Profit Margins Are Key Barometer Of Company’s Health
Profit Margins Are Key Barometer Of Company’s Health
Investors looking to buy a great stock should not only study its earnings and sales growth. Be sure to also check out a company’s profit margins. Profit margins measure how much a company keeps on every dollar of sales. For example, a company that earns 22 cents for each dollar of sales before taxes has a 22% pretax profit margin.
22 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Foot Locker Wild After Earnings; Cigna Breaks Out
Foot Locker Wild After Earnings; Cigna Breaks Out
A few top-rated stocks broke out of bases Friday, including a couple that moved on earnings news or a buyout rumor. Quest Diagnostics (DGX) soared as much as 20% but closed with a gain of 5.72, or 8%, to 79.60 in huge volume. Shares of the lab-testing company closed above a buy point at 78.43. A Twitter user known as @OptionsHawk posted that Quest had hired Goldman Sachs to explore a sale, Bloomberg reported.
22 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Hot Software Stocks: BroadSoft Gets Earnings On Track
Hot Software Stocks: BroadSoft Gets Earnings On Track
Well before the Great Recession slammed the American economy in 2008 to 2009, BroadSoft (BSFT) was up to its neck in a pool of red ink. The small-cap specialty software firm for the telecom market lost a cumulative $1 per share over four years from 2006 to 2009. In 2010, a light at the end of the tunnel emerged. That year, BroadSoft jump-started its sales to $96 million, up 39% vs. the prior year.
22 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on NXP Semiconductors: Climbing The Chip Market Food Chain
NXP Semiconductors: Climbing The Chip Market Food Chain
Life revolves around semiconductor chips — a fact that is becoming increasingly true. That makes chip stocks hot, even as the industry’s traditional stronghold in personal computers sputters. The question is, which chip stock? For a while, the answer was easy: the one that supplies the most chips to Apple’s iPhone. Then Samsung’s Galaxy phones entered the picture. Then the iPad.
22 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Skyworks, Avago Among IBD 50 Stocks You Need To Know
Skyworks, Avago Among IBD 50 Stocks You Need To Know
The major averages have barely inched higher since a May 14 follow-through, but some leaders have made bullish moves and many more are setting up. For the week, the IBD 50 climbed 2.3%, outperforming the major averages. The Nasdaq rose 0.8% and the S&P 500 0.2%. Some of the outperformance came from highly rated chip stocks that have bounced back. Many have flashed breakouts or are nearing buy points.
22 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 3 Trends Drive CarMax Closer To New Buy Point
3 Trends Drive CarMax Closer To New Buy Point
After stalling out in March, CarMax (KMX) is now trying to rev up a new breakout. IBD recently noted three reasons to take CarMax on a test drive, including an expanding market, favorable vehicle demographics and falling prices for used cars. The Virginia-based company ended 2014 with 144 car dealerships and plans to open 13 to 16 new locations in each of the next three fiscal years.
22 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Hot Medical Stocks: Why Is AmerisourceBergen Pounding Profit Views?
Hot Medical Stocks: Why Is AmerisourceBergen Pounding Profit Views?
AmerisourceBergen (ABC), the branded and generic-drug distributor, has produced some big earnings surprises lately. In the first quarter of this year, the firm’s earnings of $1.45 a share trounced the Wall Street consensus estimate by 26 cents, or 22%. In the quarter before that, AmerisourceBergen smashed the consensus view of 97 cents a share by nearly 18%.