Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

The first quarter of 2020 so far has been plagued with the Middle East tensions and the coronavirus outbreak. However, Wall Street rallied despite all odds as global central banks continued being...

PBF Energy Inc. (NYSE:PBF) reported fourth-quarter 2019 earnings of 60 cents a share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 50 cents but deteriorating from the year-ago quarter’s $1.03.Total...

Realty Income Corp. (NYSE:O) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter and full-year 2019 results after market close on Feb 19. The company’s results are anticipated to reflect year-over-year...

NextEra Energy’s (NYSE:NEE) board of directors announced a 12% hike in quarterly dividend to $1.40 per share from the previous rate of $1.25. The new quarterly dividend will be paid on Mar 16,...

HSBC Holdings (LON:HSBA) (NYSE:HSBC) has recorded a pre-tax loss of $3.9 billion in fourth-quarter 2019 against a pre-tax profit of $3.3 billion reported in the prior-year quarter. The pre-tax loss...

Here are three stocks with buy ranks and strong growth characteristics for investors to consider today, February 18th:Legg Mason, Inc. (LM): This asset management holding company carries a Zacks Rank...

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America Fund (TIAA), previously known as TIAA-CREF, was founded in 1918. Nuveen, the investment management arm of TIAA, seeks to offer financial services...

Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH) is set to release fourth-quarter 2019 results on Feb 19, 2020, before the opening bell. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the to-be-reported quarter is a profit of 89...

The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:SCHW) has released the monthly activity report for January 2020, which shows decent results compared with the prior month. Net new assets of $20.9 billion...

GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE:GDDY) reported fourth-quarter 2019 adjusted earnings of 34 cents per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 37 cents. However, the bottom line was up 21.4% from the...

Citigroup’s (NYSE:C) chief executive officer (CEO) — Michael Corbat — did not receive any pay hike in his total compensation package. His annual salary for 2019 has been kept...

The utility sector has come up with mixed results so far this earnings season. Of the 32.1% S&P companies in the utilities sector that have reported, 66.7% beat on the bottom-line estimates, while...

Microsoft (MSFT) has become the largest publicly traded company in the US because of its best-in-class management team that has been able to stay ahead of the competitive curve for decades. Microsoft...

Israel Chemicals Ltd. (NYSE:ICL) logged earnings of 4 cents per share in fourth-quarter 2019, down from 6 cents in the year-ago quarter. Earnings per share were in line with the Zacks Consensus...