In yet another beloved move by ‘independent ratings agencies,’ Moody’s Investors Service has placed the Debt Ratings (not equity) of Yum Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) on review for a possible downgrade. The…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are not all of the analyst calls affecting shares but these are ten that we are focused on this Thursday morning: Annaly Mortgage (NYSE: NLY) cut to Hold at Citigroup. CommScope…
There are many restaurants reporting earnings this week, some who have suffered from economic sensitivity and some who have not. People do have to eat when times are good and when times…
Below are the top research calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on: Aventine Renewable Energy (NYSE: AVR) downgraded to Sell from Hold at Soleil. Genentech (NYSE: DNA) raised to Outperform at Rodman &…
On Monday, we’ll get to see earnings out of Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM). The estimates from First Call for the fast food franchise giant are $0.42 EPS on $3.14 billion in revenues. …
These are not all of the pre-market research calls during a busy earnings morning, but these are the top calls that 247WallSt.com is looking at: Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) downgraded to Underperform…
We are updating our list of tier-one Defensive Stocks since so many of these stocks have run up and since lists need continual updating. Our originally updated list of tier one defensive…
Wednesday is much more than Halloween and it is more than the FOMC announcement date. We have an event that has been perhaps more influential to many key stocks than the upcoming…
Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM) beat earnings estimates again. The fast food and faster food giant posted 20% gains to $0.50 EPS on a 4% worldwide system same-store-sales. It did note a $0.02…
Douglas A. McIntyre Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM) is set to report earnings after the close, and this will be the start of a slow dribble of Q3 2007 earnings season before the onslaught of earnings…
Douglas A. McIntyre The head of McDonald’s (MCD) says that its business in the US has "huge potential" It is a bit hard to believe given that there is a McDonald’s on every corner in…
Stock Tickers: GE, AA, INFY, YUM, DNA, MAR, BOT, CME Next week is the official launch of earnings season, although as you will tell even though the stocks are important there are…
(ANDW) Andrew Corp being acquired for $15.00 per share.(APOG) Apogee Enterprises $0.34 EPS vs $0.23e; unsure if comparable.(AUTH) AuthenTec priced its 7.5M share IPO at the top of the $9.00 to $11.00…
Stock Tickers: CPKI, MRO, STR, PVA, AGN, ESRX, GILD, OMC, YUM TODAY (June 19, 2007)(CPKI) California Pizza Kitchen trades ex-split today to reflect a 3-2 stock Split.(MRO) Marathon Oil trades ex-split today…
Stock Tickers: WEN, THI, YUM, BKC, MCD When companies announce they will finally start accepting offers to be acquired, it usually creates at least some interest in the stock. When Wall Street…
