Where Are Analysts Most Optimistic on Ratings for S&P 500 Companies Heading into Q2 2021? By John Butters| March 19, 2021 With the end of the first quarter approaching, where are analysts most optimistic and pessimistic in terms of their ratings on stocks in the S&P 500 heading into the second quarter?
This year's first-quarter earnings haven't even been reported yet, but strategists are already looking ahead to 2022. And for good reason-that's where the opportunity lies. Earnings will be fantastic in 2021. How could they not be?
Shares of S&P Global Inc. sank 0.31% to $347.37 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.06% to 3,913.10 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.71% to 32,627.97. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Shares of Beyond Meat Inc. rose 4.24% to $139.39 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 0.76% to 13,215.24 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.71% to 32,627.97. Beyond Meat Inc.
Here is a list of stocks with an above 5% expected next quarter sales growth, and a 3% or higher return on equity. May these stocks be a good medium-term investment option? FactSet Research Systems Inc. provides integrated financial information and analytical applications to the investment and corporate communities in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific.
Signet Jewelers were rising Thursday after the jewelry retailer posted stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings and offered strong guidance. Shares of the Hamilton, Bermuda, parent of 3,200 stores -- under the Kay, Zales, Jared and other brand names -- at last check were up 8.3% to $64.30.
FedEx , the Memphis package-delivery and logistics major, reported fiscal-third-quarter net income per share more than doubled on 23% higher revenue. The latest figures exceeded the consensus estimates from Wall Street analysts. The results reflect the company's operations in the holiday season, which were bolstered by people ordering online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
European buyout giant EQT AB's stock has surged as investors embrace the firm's bet on U.S. real estate. EQT stock has more than tripled in less than two years since its initial public offering, far outpacing better-known, much-larger U.S. rivals such as Blackstone Group Inc. and Apollo Global Management Inc.
As we lap the one-year anniversary of many major lockdowns related to the Covid-19 pandemic, many Americans are mourning what they've lost while also looking forward to a return to normalcy later this year. Yet there's at least one sector for which the pandemic never seemed to exist, judging by its stock performance, despite being one of the hardest hit.
Here is a list of stocks with an above 5% expected next quarter sales growth, and a 3% or higher return on equity. May these stocks be a good medium-term investment option? Ituran Location and Control Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides location-based services and wireless communications products.
Shares of S&P Global Inc. shed 0.49% to $348.46 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.48% to 3,915.46 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.46% to 32,862.30. S&P Global Inc.
In Part 1 of this series, I explained the research behind the scary idea that the tech-laden Nasdaq could fall as much as 30% off its highs due to rapidly rising interest rates. (Source: MarketWatch) I also explained why, according to a study from Lipper Financial, the reality of inflation expectations means that such a severe 30% tech bear market is highly unlikely.
Investors expecting GameStop Inc.'s stock to get a boost as the latest government stimulus payments hit bank accounts will likely be disappointed, according to BofA Securities analyst Curtis Nagle. Nagle wrote in a research note Friday that in collaboration with BofA's predictive analytics group, he analyzed the potential impact on GameStop's stock from the $1,400 stimulus payments that are currently being made.
Baron Growth Fund recently published its fourth-quarter commentary - a copy of which can be downloaded here. During the fourth quarter of 2020, the Baron Growth Fund returned 21.1% (institutional shares). In comparison, the benchmark S&P 500 Index was up 12.15%, while the Russell 2000 Growth Index was up 29.61%.
Pinduoduo (PPD ) was a whirl of activity Wednesday, as the e-commerce company posted better-than-expected results, beat out rival Alibaba to become China's largest e-commerce company by annual active buyers and announced the resignation of founder and chairman Colin Huang. Shares of the Shanghai-based company were sliding 8.4% to $147.31 at last check.
The housing market is still hot and one of the nation's largest home builders, is reaping the rewards. Lennar (ticker: LEN) announced earnings of $3.20 per share for the first quarter of 2021.
Shares of CrowdStrike rose after the cybersecurity company reported fourth-quarter results that topped analyst estimates. For the quarter ended Jan. 31, CrowdStrike narrowed its GAAP net loss to 9 cents a share from 14 cents in the year-earlier quarter. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company reported non-GAAP net income of 13 cents a share on revenue of $264.9 million.
Shares of Coupa Software Inc. rallied nearly 10% in the extended session Tuesday after the company swung to a surprise adjusted profit in its fiscal fourth quarter and reported quarterly sales above Wall Street expectations.
Shares of Pinduoduo Inc. fell 3.7% in premarket trading Wednesday, even after the China-based mobile marketplace reported a fourth-quarter loss that narrowed more than expected, as revenue more than doubled to beat forecasts. The net loss narrowed to RMB1.38 billion ($210.9 mln), or RMB1.13 per American depositary share, from RMB1.75 billion, or RMB1.52 a share, in the year-ago period.
Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP announced today that its Shareholder Activism Practice has once again been named the leading legal adviser to activist investors around the globe in the Refinitiv 2020 Global Shareholder Activism Scorecard, a position it has held since the inception of the rankings.