Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) reported on a mixed quarter that saw its cloud business underwhelm.
For its second quarter, the company posted revenue of $9.62 billion, topping Wall Street’s expectations of $9.57 billion, according to Thomson Reuters. The figure also grew 6% year-over-year.
Top 5 Heal Care Stocks To Watch For 2018: LINE Corporation (LN)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Wayne Duggan]
In addition to DianDianChong, Japanese company Line Corp (ADR) (NYSE: LN) holds a nearly 50 percent stake in a South Korean Snapchat clone called Snow. Line’s recent $45 million investment in Snow values the company at around $207 million compared to Snap’s $24.8 billion market cap. Snow currently has 40 million–50 million active users, less than a third of Snapchat’s audience. Snow’s app also features familiar face filters and disappearing messages.
- [By Seth McNew]
Shares of the Japanese messaging and increasingly social media-like company Line Corp.(NYSE:LN)took a hit today, falling nearly 12% at one point today, even though the company reported a strong rise in sales for its first quarter and positive results from its new features.
Top 5 Heal Care Stocks To Watch For 2018: Coach, Inc.(COH)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Ben Levisohn]
When we examined historical transactions in the specialty retail sector, we noticed a wide range of valuations. Select relevant transactions to consider would be ~2x EV/Sales Coach (COH) paid for Stuart Weitzman, Samsonites acquisition of Tumi at 14x EV/EBITDA, 13x EV/EBITDA for Joseph A. Banks by Mens Wearhouse (TLRD) and Kerings acquisition of Volcom for 18x EV/EBITDA. We believe potential valuation could be as high as ~2x EV/ Sales and ~14x EV/EBITDA given Kate Spade’s unique growth profile to expand to ~$4bn in revenue (from $1.4bn in FY16) and improving profitability from 12% EBIT margin TY to at least HTeens-LDD, in our view (Coach is 18.7% and Michael Kors (KORS) is 21.3%). On these two metrics, Kate Spade would be valued at $21-23…
- [By Lisa Levin]
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- [By Ben Levisohn]
Coach (COH) rose to the top of the S&P 500 today after reports that Kate Spade (KATE) had put itself up for sale caused shares of fashion-accessory retailers to rise.
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Coach gained 2% to $35.14 at 4:20 p.m. today, while the S&P 500 dropped 0.8% to 2,249.92.
Wells Fargo’s Ike Boruchow lists Coach among the companies that could be interest in buying Kate Spade:
Today, the Wall Street Journal reported that Kate Spade & Co is considering a sale of the company, following pressure from activist investors given the volatile performance ever since Kate Spade became a mono brand company over 2 years ago. The article cites thatKate Spade has hired an investment bank and has reached out to possible buyers (including other retailers) althoughKate Spade has not responded. This comes at a time when brand houses like VF Corp. (VFC), PVH Corp. (PVH), Hanesbrands (HBI), Michael Kors Holdings (KORS), and Coach have said they are looking to make a branded acquisition, andKate Spade could be one of the strongest candidates. While other brands are seeing negative comps, pulling back on wholesale exposure or restructuring,Kate Spade continues to grow.
Coach’s market capitalization rose to $9.9 billion today from $9.7 billion yesterday. It reported net income of $461 million on sales of $4.5 billion in fiscal 2016.
- [By Lisa Levin]
Kate Spade & Co (NASDAQ: KATE) was down, falling around 14 percent to $19.60 after it was reported the company would spend more time to negotiate the Coach Inc (NYSE: COH) offer.
- [By Ben Levisohn]
Coach (COH) has risen 1.1% to $37.76 after getting upgraded to Buy from Hold at Evercore ISI.
Illumina (ILMN) has dropped 2.4% to $156.22 after beating fourth-quarter earnings forecasts but offering first-quarter revenue guidance that fell short of analyst expectations.
Top 5 Heal Care Stocks To Watch For 2018: Molson Coors Brewing Company(TAP)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Seth McNew]
It isn’t the only beer company facing hardships now, and in fact, it’s still growing faster than its largest competitors — Sam Adams parent Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) and Molson Coors Brewing (NYSE:TAP). Boston Beer’s total sales fell 5.4% in 2016, year over year, and Molson Coors’ sales were down 2.3%.
- [By Mark Fritz]
Price Target: 116 euros.
Molson Coors Brewing Co (NYSE: TAP): Sell.
Price Target: $78.Boston Beer Company Inc (NYSE: SAM): Sell.
Price Target: $124.
- [By Jayson Derrick]
The Canadian beer market, much like the American beer market, is seeing a growth in craft products at the expense of established players. And one of the biggest established beer makers in Canada is Molson Coors Brewing Co (NYSE: TAP), Bereneberg’s Javier Gonzalez Lastra and Matt Reid commented in an initiation note.
Top 5 Heal Care Stocks To Watch For 2018: One Horizon Group, Inc.(OHGI)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Lisa Levin] Gainers
Aimmune Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: AIMT) shares jumped 35 percent to $34.64 in response to failed DBVT peanut allergy trial.
Exactech, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXAC) shares surged 30.9 percent to $41.88 after the company agreed to be acquired by TPG Capital for $42 per share in cash.
Dextera Surgical Inc (NASDAQ: DXTR) shares climbed 27.6 percent to $0.238 after surging 40.48 percent on Friday.
Petmed Express Inc (NASDAQ: PETS) jumped 21.8 percent to $44.73 as the company reported better-than-expected Q2 results.
SenesTech Inc (NASDAQ: SNES) shares surged 21.7 percent to $1.95 after the company disclosed that Univar will be marketing and selling ContraPest.
Yulong Eco-Materials Ltd (NASDAQ: YECO) shares gained 18.3 percent to $0.560.
One Horizon Group Inc (NASDAQ: OHGI) shares rose 18 percent to $1.18.
Atossa Genetics Inc (NASDAQ: ATOS) shares climbed 18 percent to $0.566. Atossa Genetics is schedule to host a conference call to announce preliminary results from Phase 1 study of oral Endoxifen on October 25, 2017.
ReneSola Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE: SOL) shares rose 15.3 percent to $2.72
Renren Inc (NYSE: RENN) shares gained 11.9 percent to $10.71 after gaining 2.68 percent on Friday.
Kalvista Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: KALV) shares rose 11.8 percent to $12.59. KalVista Pharma 13D filing from Longwood Fund showed registration for an 8.7 percent stake.
Xunlei Ltd (NASDAQ: XNET) shares gained 9.4 percent to $7.20 after surging 25.33 percent on Friday.
VF Corp (NYSE: VFC) shares surged 7.1 percent to $71.09 after the company reported upbeat earnings for its third quarter and raised its FY2017 guidance.
CAI International Inc (NYSE: CAI) rose 6.6 percent to $39.70. Cowen & Co. upgraded CAI from Market Perform to Outperform.
Agenus Inc (NASDAQ: AGEN) shares gained 5.7 percent to $4.58 as the company disclosed that GSK's shingle vaccine received FDA approval.
Deltic Timber Corp (NYSE: DEL) shares climbed 5.6 percent to $94.11
Top 5 Heal Care Stocks To Watch For 2018: Werner Enterprises, Inc.(WERN)
Advisors’ Opinion:
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Werner Enterprises (Nasdaq: WERN) competes in the full-truckload (FTL) segment of the industry where drivers deliver entire truck-loads between two points, rather than making many stops to consolidate partial loads as in the LTL segment. This could mean that the company has relatively more to gain from autonomous trucking since highway driving is a larger portion of total drive time.
- [By Michael Flannelly]
Following Werner Enterprises, Inc.’s (WERN) third quarter earnings warning, analysts at KeyBanc downgraded the transportation and logistics company on Tuesday.
The analysts downgraded WERN from “Buy” to “Hold.”
KeyBanc analyst Todd Fowler said, “We downgrade WERN from Buy to HOLD following its negative 3Q pre-ann’ct, which reflected a number of company-specific issues that we expect to limit upside going forward; we would focus investors on other, stronger-performing names within the truckload space, specifically, BUY-rated Swift Transportation Company (SWFT), Marten Transport Ltd. (MRTN), and Knight Transportation Inc. (KNX).”
Werner Enterprises shares were down $1.66, or 6.80%, during pre-market trading on Tuesday. The stock is up 12.64% year-to-date.
- [By Monica Gerson]
Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ: WERN) shares dropped 4.83% to $23.23 in pre-market trading after the company issued a weak third-quarter profit forecast.