General Mills reported disappointing fourth-quarter and full fiscal year 2014 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. It has begun a formal review of its North American manufacturing and distribution network.
Paul Ausick A new report from Stifel makes the case that there are four large-cap, very solid consumer staples stocks that are not only still priced good, but may have solid upside for investors.
ThinkstockIf the world’s 10 largest food producers were a country, that country would be the world’s 25th largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHGs), pumping out more pollutants than Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and…
It will be interesting to see ultimately the overall effect on the stocks that were cut to a Sell. One thing is for sure, given the names that are hitting the Sell…
ThinkstockAt 24/7 Wall Street we have been running weekly research screens to scan the brokerage firms we cover for the stocks that are cut to Underperform or Sell ratings. The higher the…
Jon OggStocks are at all-time highs now that a deal has been reached in Washington, D.C., and investors have to wonder which stocks are set to keep rising and which ones may…
ThinkstockConAgra Foods Inc. (NYSE: CAG) reported first-quarter fiscal 2014 results before markets opened this morning. The food processor and packager posted quarterly adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.37 on revenues of…
June 26, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following the final reading on first quarter U.S. GDP growth, which came in lower than expected, but investors apparently believe that the…
June 25, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after speculation that China’s central bank would not allow the country’s banking system to collapse. In the U.S., data on housing prices…
ThinkstockThe research team at Deutsche Bank A.G (NYSE: DB), recently put out an in-depth piece on the food industry as a defensive place to put money and keep earning dividends. They point…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a stack of poor reports on the Italian economy. New industrial orders were down, industrial sales were down, and retail sales were down. To…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Tuesday, March 27, 2013. They include AOL, Bed Bath & Beyond,General Mills, Google and Oracle.
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and maintained the upside, anticipating that today’s FOMC statement would not provoke any surprises. And the markets were not surprised (more coverage here). In Europe,…
ThinkstockGeneral Mills Inc. (NYSE: GIS) reported fiscal third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The food processing and packaged foods maker posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.64 on…
Paul Ausick U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but worries about a resolution to the banking crisis in Cyprus soon took over and pushed shares down. In other parts of Europe, Spain’s bad…
