Analyst calls from Wall Street are sometimes great and sometimes not. We look each week for those standout research calls that are above the grain or are outside of the pack. Some…
These are some of this Friday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs. AT&T, Inc.…
Corporation are now sitting on billions and billions of dollars in their corporate treasuries. They are keeping their share prices higher by returning capital to shareholders. Most are certainly not hiring large…
United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) is looking like another conglomerate winner. The company beat earnings estimates, gave positive commentary, and reiterated guidance. The news, though, was mostly priced into the stock. As…
Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) carries a market cap about half that of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), but the German conglomerate does not have a financing arm comparable to GE Capital. One…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of this Monday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Reiterated Buy with $198 target at BofA/ML. AMR…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
These are some of this Friday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Started as Neutral at Collins Stewart. Danaher…
GE (NYSE: GE) beat analyst estimates are its revenue last quarter rose 1% to $41.4 billion. Fourth-quarter 2010 earnings from continuing operations (attributable to GE) were $3.9 billion, or $0.36 per share,…
Douglas A. McIntyre Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) substantially changed its board. Four directors left and several, including former Ebay (NASDAQ: EBAY) CEO Meg Whitman, were added (Reuters) Paul Volcker will leave his post as an advisor…
The rising dividend theme of 2010 is already continuing in 2011 and this looks to be another great year for investors seeking higher dividends. We have seen three fresh dividend hikes from…
Earnings season is well under way now and we wanted to offer previews for the biggest impact stocks which have earnings on Thursday and Friday. The remaining most important earnings we are…
The visit of China’s president Hu Jintao has given several US companies an opportunity to announce deals with a variety of Chinese companies in everything from clean energy projects to airplane avionics.…
There are several ways to rank America’s most widely followed public companies. They could be ranked by annual sales, brand value, market capitalization, number of customers, or profits. Another approach is to…
Obama and China president Hu Jintao are likely to clash on economic issues. (Reuters) The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai said regulations which are not enforced are the largest problem in…
