Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

The second-quarter reporting cycle has begun and 54 S&P 500 members, representing 16.9% of the index’s total market capitalization, have already reported their results.Per the latest...

Defense major, Lockheed Martin Corp.’s (NYSE:LMT) business segment, Rotary and Mission Systems, recently clinched a modification contract to supply fiscal 2017 AEGIS modernization production...

Unilever (LON:ULVR) N.V. (NYSE:UN) posted sales growth of 4.9% in second-quarter 2017, on the back of favorable currency and gains from acquisitions. Organic sales increased 3.0% on a constant...

People's United Financial Inc (NASDAQ:PBCT).’s (NYSE:C) second-quarter 2017 operating earnings of 24 cents per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a cent. The reported figure was up 4%...

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) is scheduled to report first-quarter 2017 results on Jul 27, before the opening bell. Last quarter, the company beat earnings estimates by 16.7%.Bristol-Myers...

Kansas CitySouthern (NYSE:KSU) second-quarter 2017 earnings of $1.33 beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.26 per share. The bottom line expanded 9.02% on a year-over-year basis. Results were...

Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ:SGMS) is slated to report second-quarter 2017 results on Jul 24 before the opening bell. Last quarter, the company posted a negative earnings surprise of 24.32%....

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI) is scheduled to release second-quarter 2017 results before the market opens on Jul 25.The company reported net earnings of 16 cents per share in the...

The swimming pool and lifestyle product maker, Pool Corporation (NASDAQ:POOL) , posted mixed second-quarter 2017 results, wherein the top line surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate while the bottom...

Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ:TXN) or TI, a global semiconductor company and one of the world's leading designers and suppliers of digital signal processors and analog integrated circuits, is...

Oilfield service giant Schlumberger Limited’s (NYSE:SLB) second-quarter 2017 earnings of 35 cents per share (excluding charges and credits) beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 30 cents and...

3M Company (NYSE:MMM) is slated to release second-quarter 2017 results before the opening bell on Jul 25. In the last reported quarter, the company’s earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2017 earnings (adjusted for Windows 10 deferrals and impairment & restructuring charges) of 98 cents per share, which beat the...

Upbeat earnings results are more often than not followed by an uptick in the share price. Notably, earnings are essentially revenues that the company generates after deducting the cost of production...