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Enterprise Posts Solid Results - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 11:20am | 520Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPD) has reported its fourth quarter results. Recurring earnings per limited partners unit was 52 cents, easily beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 47 cents and year-ago earnings of 44 cents. Including one-time items, earnings were 60 cents per unit. ...
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Earnings Round up Of Companies Reporting Before The Bell (ADM, DOW, DHI, EMR, ETR, HSY, LKX, MRO, UPS, WHR)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 7:34am | 322Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE: ADM): The food production company is expected to report earnings of $0.72 a share on revenues of $16.54 billion. This reflects a year-over-year fall in both earnings and revenues. Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW): Analysts expect the chemical company to post earnings of $0.11...
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Top 5 Stocks for February 2, 2010 (UPS, WHR, PBG, KFT, HSY)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 7:30am | 224Some stocks that might make a wave in the market today are: United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), which is scheduled for a results announcement before the market opens, is likely to report earnings of $0.73 per share for the latest quarter. UPS has a 52-week trading range of $37.99-$63.38 and its...
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Kraft Earnings Preview (KFT)
Monday, February 1, 2010 - 9:12pm | 93Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT), which is engaged in takeover negotiations with Cadbury PLC, is due to report its earnings numbers tomorrow. Analysts are anticipating EPS of $0.44 versus $0.43 in the year ago period. The shares rose 1.45% in today's trading session. Cadbury has until tomorrow to accept...
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NuStar Reports Profit Growth - Analyst Blog
Monday, February 1, 2010 - 1:49pm | 677NuStar Energy L.P. (NS), a master limited partnership (MLP), announced better-than-expected fourth quarter results on the strength of higher margins in its asphalt business. The partnership reported earnings per unit (EPU) of 50 cents, topping both the Zacks Consensus Estimate and the prior-year...
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Sunoco Logistics Profit Drops - Analyst Blog
Friday, January 29, 2010 - 2:01am | 668Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (SXL) – a master limited partnership (MLP) − announced weaker-than-expected fourth quarter results, hurt by lower earnings in the Crude Oil Pipeline System segment. The partnership reported earnings per unit (EPU) of $1.30, below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.41...
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Earnings Overview (GMCR)
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 5:28pm | 117The best performing stock of the last decade, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR), has just released their earnings report. The company reported earnings per share of $0.27 versus analysts' estimates of $0.16. Revenues came in at $349.4 million versus a $329.63 million estimate. Green...
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Lightening Round: Time To Sell Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B, AONE, THS, PAR, SVU, AMAT, FLEX, SRE, MO, KSU, NICE, GLD, SLW)
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 11:05am | 320In his “Lightening Round”, Jim Cramer says that it is best to sell Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B), after the stock spiked on being added to the S&P. Cramer asks investors to wait for a dip. He also advices against buying A123 (NASDAQ: AONE). Jim advises investors against buying into 3Par (...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (CI, JCI, WBD, AXE, TSCO)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 10:12am | 265CIGNA Corporation (NYSE: CI) declined 1.32% to $35.87 in the pre-market session after CIGNA Corporation was downgraded by Oppenheimer to Perform from Outperform and the price target set to $38. The 52-week trading range for CI is $12.68 - $39.26. CIGNA Corporation closed at $36.35 in the previous...
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Foods: Ralcorp And Chiquita Look Yummy (RAH, CQB, SWY, HNZ, THS, KR, K)
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 3:18pm | 181Analysts at Janney Capital Markets, in a recent note on the Foods industry, have rated Ralcorp (NYSE: RAH) and Chiquita (NYSE: CQB) as the best stocks around. Both Ralcorp and Chiquita have been rated as Buy while Safeway (NYSE: SWY) and Heinz (NYSE: HNZ) have been rated as Neutral. With input...
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Barron's Reports Sara Lee (SLE) Shares As Undervalued
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 12:58pm | 101Brenda Barnes, CEO of Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE), has been sharpening SLE’s product line with new, healthier innovations and selling non-core businesses and cutting costs in an effort to improve Sara Lee’s performance. According to Barron's, Sara Lee Corp. is also getting ready to buyback shares...
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Roger Carr Blames Takeover Rules For Cadbury’s (CBY) Acquisition
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 11:13am | 306Roger Carr, the chairman of Cadbury (ADR) (NYSE: CBY), has come down heavily on the takeover rules that allowed the acquisition of Cadbury by Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT). After months of defending itself against a hostile bid by Kraft, Cadbury finally agreed to be acquired at 850 pence a share....
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Ferrero International Officially Drops Out Of Cadbury Takeover Battle
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 6:50am | 123Italy's Ferrero International SA has officially declared itself out of the takeover battle for U.K. candymaker Cadbury PLC (NYSE: CBY). Ferrero made the announcement on the deadline for companies to submit firm offers. Following last week's announcement by the Hershey Co. (NYSE: HSY) that it would...
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Kraft Offers Lower Price To Cadbury Shareholders Who Choose Cash Option
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 6:24am | 181Kraft Foods Inc (NYSE: KFT) reported on Monday that any shareholders who choose to receive only cash under the mix and match facility in its buyout offer for Cadbury PLC (NYSE: CBY) will only receive 799 pence per share for their stock, although the combined offer of cash and Kraft shares is...
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Department Of Justice Sues Dean Foods Co.
Saturday, January 23, 2010 - 3:46pm | 191The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Friday in a Milwaukee federal court against Dean Foods Co. (NYSE: DF) on antitrust grounds in an attempt to reverse last year's acquisition of Foremost Farms USA's consumer products division. "The acquisition eliminates one of Dean's most aggressive...