This should have been a bad time to own Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS). The global pandemic, the great cable cord cut, and the end of broadcasting as we know it should have all sent shares of Disney stock down. A rare quarterly loss, $2.61 per share, was announced in August. Another loss is expected when the company
For most of the 2010s, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has been one of the market’s most polarizing battleground stocks. But, over the past year, this bull versus bear debate has become increasingly one-sided, as TSLA stock has soared more than 800% on the back of record demand, record deliveries, record revenues and record profits. Source: InvestorPlace Have
Back when the novel coronavirus pandemic was at its ugliest in terms of societal and economic impact, most industries looked bleak. With American households hunkering down against an unknown microbiological threat, doom-and-gloom prognostications took on much greater credibility. However, streaming company Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) was one of the few obvious winners. After all, when sitting at
Dividends per share (DPS) is the sum of all dividends a company pays out over a fiscal year divided by the number of outstanding shares. It is used to share a company’s profits with its shareholders. Causes of Decreased Dividends per Share Some of the reasons a company’s DPS may decrease include reinvestment in a
Clearwater Seafoods (OTC:CSEAF, TSX:CLR) is a publicly traded harvester and processor of shellfish. The company is based in Atlantic Canada, and the majority of its operations are in the ocean surrounding that area. It also has an 85%-owned joint venture that harvests scallops off Argentina, and acquired a shellfish company operating from the UK in
Mario Gabelli Scott Mlyn | CNBC Investor Mario Gabelli struck a positive note on Tuesday on the U.S. economy even as coronavirus cases in the country are on the rise. More than 8 million coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the U.S. alone, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. A CNBC analysis also found
Check out the companies making headlines after hours Tuesday. Netflix — shares slipped more than 6% after the company missed estimates for the third quarter. The streaming giant earned $1.74 per share compared with the $2.14 expected by analysts polled by Refinitiv. Revenue came in at $6.44 billion, which was ahead of the $6.38 billion
Biotechnology penny stocks, such as Aptorum Group (NASDAQ:APM), have become highly popular. On Sept. 28, APM stock closed at $1.22. The next day, it hit an intraday high of $14.23, only to end the end day at $4.76. Now, the shares are hovering around $2.50. Source: Pavel Kapysh / Shutterstock.com Investors wonder if they should invest
Back in March, I produced an article recommending 10 stocks to buy for an income-generating portfolio. These were dividend stocks that didn’t just produce income; they also had an opportunity to deliver capital appreciation. How have they done? Not so well, I’m afraid. However, I’m confident that we’ll all be having a good laugh about
Searching for companies to invest in can be an interesting and challenging task using financial analysis. From the huge number of U.S. stocks publicly traded, stock screeners can help a lot to narrow down the list based on some investment criteria. For this article, the main investment criterion is mammoth growth in 2021. Growth in
Luckin Coffee (OTCMKTS:LKNCY) has had quite the year so far. Once touted as China’s answer to Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX), Luckin has been at the center of perhaps the largest Chinese fraud. The $300 million accounting fraud led to Luckin stock losing 74% of its value this year and its listing on the Nasdaq. However, with a
Basel III—also referred to as the Third Basel Accord or Basel Standards—is a 2009 international regulatory accord that introduced a set of reforms designed to improve the regulation, supervision, and risk management within the international banking sector. Basel III required that banks maintain proper leverage ratios and keep certain levels of reserve capital on hand.
The resiliency of Bank of New York Mellon (BK) in a low interest rate environment leaves the business looking like a great value investment sitting at an 8.2x trailing-twelve month P/E ratio and 0.85x book value. The majority of BNY Mellon’s revenue (81%) is earned from fee income with net interest income making up a
Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images The S&P 500 is up about 5% since the end of July, and that higher market historically would be a sign President Donald Trump will remain in the White House, if stocks hold their gains into the election. But strategists say the so-called stock market indicator
Would you talk differently if you knew a machine was listening to you and grading you based on what you were saying, or based on whether you were using positive or negative words, or even if the sound of your voice was optimistic or pessimistic? Apparently, Wall Street executives are talking differently. They are trying to
Noam Galai | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. IBM – Shares shed more than 6% after IBM’s third-quarter results showed a third straight quarter of declining revenue. The company earned an adjusted $2.58 per share for the quarter, which was in line with Street forecasts,
Fisker, an EV manufacturer that will join Spartan Energy (NYSE:SPAQ) as part of reverse merger that could be days away is getting in on a trend, that has made SPAQ stock unpredictable. Source: Eric Broder Van Dyke / Shutterstock.com Electric vehicles! Electric vehicles! The temptation among investors these days is to leap at anything that has
I’m a big bull when it comes to online gambling (or “iGaming”), saying back in mid-August that DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) stock was a great buy to play this emerging megatrend. Source: Stokkete/ShutterStock.com Since then, DKNG stock rose as much as 83%. But, at a $20 billion market cap, DraftKing stock now feels fully priced for enormous
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) reports its third-quarter earnings for fiscal year 2020 on Tuesday, and a few key aspects stick out ahead of the event. That said, let’s take a bit of a closer look at LMT stock. Source: Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com LMT stock is a cheap, worthwhile stock for investment that also happens to
Dow component Intel Corporation (INTC) reports third quarter 2020 earnings this week after stumbling in July, beating second quarter estimates but lowering guidance due to delays in the rollout of the company’s 7nm-based CPUs. The stock fell 16% after the news, battered by shareholder disappointment and at least seven Wall Street downgrades. The decline stretched