Global Equity Analytics & Research Service LLC. Robert Gay, Director of Research — Website: http://www.the-gears.com Freeport McMoran Cop-Gold (FCX) $67.97 – May 17, 2010 (http://www.google.com/finance?q=fcx) Current Positive factors are: Lower interest costs/sales(inverted) Higher income taxes to sales Lower SGA costs to sales(inverted) Lower shareholders capital(inverted) Lower inventory turnover(inverted) Higher net […]
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Global Equity Analytics & Research Service LLC. Robert Gay, Director of Research — Website: http://www.the-gears.com Blackrock Inc (BLK) $171.00 – May 17, 2010 (http://www.google.com/finance?q=blk) Current Positive factors are: Lower shareholders capital(inverted) Increased cash from operations ROI Higher net shareholder wealth Rising gross margin Current Negative factors are: Decreased cash from […]
Global Equity Analytics & Research Service LLC. Robert Gay, Director of Research — Website: http://www.the-gears.com Western Digital Corp (WDC) $39.08 – May 17, 2010 (http://www.google.com/finance?q=wdc) Current Positive factors are: Lower interest costs/sales(inverted) Higher net shareholder wealth Increased cash from operations ROI Increased cash from operating atv ROI Rising gross margin […]
Visit Global Equity Analytics and Research Services (GEARS) on Covestor The positive surprise pattern is traced in fundamental data. Companies with rising sales growth, higher gross profit margins, lower fixed costs to sales, lower financing cost, and rising profitability are more likely to announce a positive surprise. The Earnings Surprise Model […]
VisitGlobal Equity Analytics and Research Services(GEARS) on Covestor Positive surprises continue to outnumber negative ones by a wide margin. Maybe that should not be such a surprise when during 1Q2010 over 80% of companies showed a rising sales growth rate and nearly 70% recorded a profit margin improvement (according to […]
Visit Global Equity Analytics and Research Services (GEARS) on Covestor The first week of earnings season was underway last week with positive surprises outnumbering negative 8 to 1. Still the market dropped, and broadly. Last week, 86% of stocks were down. It seems that the market focus has shifted from […]
Earnings season got off to a great start today with the earnings announcement from Alcoa (NYSE: AA) and CSX Corp (NYSE: CSX) making headlines. Both companies recorded an earnings surprise pattern in their fundamentals last quarter. The Earnings Surprise model owns Alcoa (NYSE: AA). The positive surprise pattern in the […]