Carmax (KMX) Fourth Quarter Earnings Preview

Posted On Wednesday, 30 Mar 2011 By . Under Earnings, Forecasts, Good News, Stocks to Watch, upgrades  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   
Carmax (KMX) Fourth Quarter Earnings Preview Auto retail giant Carmax (KMX) will be reporting its fourth quarter earnings Thursday before the market opens. Going into tomorrow's earnings report, analysts are expecting to see Carmax report earnings of $0.38 per share. During the same period last year the company had earnings of $0.33. Carmax has a strong history of posting better than expected earnings... easily surpassing analyst estimates for each of its past 8 quarters. Over the past month the ...

Caterpillar Posts Better Than Expected Q1 Earnings

Posted On Monday, 26 Apr 2010 By . Under Earnings, Forecasts, Good News, Major Moves, Market Updates  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   
Caterpillar Posts Better Than Expected Q1 Earnings Strong first quarter earnings from Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) have helped pushed the market higher to start off the week. Shares of Caterpillar are up 4.5% on the day to $71.91, up $3.13 following better than expected results this morning before the market opened. Analysts were forecasting $0.39 per share, and the company easily outpaced those estimates with a reported $0.50 per share. Revenues were a bit shy of analyst estimates, but the stock ...

General Electric and Bank of America pull down the market

Posted On Friday, 16 Oct 2009 By . Under Bad News, downgrades, Earnings, Good News, Major Moves, Market Updates, New Highs, upgrades  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   
General Electric and Bank of America pull down the market The market closed in the red today, as poor earnings from General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) brought out the bears. The DOW closed the session down 0.67%, the NASDAQ ended the day down 0.76%, while the S&P slipped by 0.8%. General Electric started off the day off on a bad note when the company reported revenues that came up short of analyst estimates. GE was able to ...

Stock upgrades and downgrades: DKS, STT, JPM, SLB, BTU, APC, BHI, BJS

Posted On Thursday, 15 Oct 2009 By . Under Bad News, downgrades, Good News, upgrades  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   
Stock upgrades and downgrades: DKS, STT, JPM, SLB, BTU, APC, BHI, BJS A lot of big name stocks received upgrades and downgrades today. Here are a few such stocks: Analyst upgrades: Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) was upgraded today to Neutral from Underperform by Buckingham. State Street Corp (NYSE: STT) was upgraded by CLSA to Outperform from Underperform and the broker lifted its price target on the stock to $62 from $45. JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) received an upgrade today from Fox-Pitt to Outperform from ...

DOW closes over 10,000, some big names hit new highs: INTC, JPM, EMC

Posted On Wednesday, 14 Oct 2009 By . Under After the Bell, Earnings, Major Moves  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   
DOW closes over 10,000, some big names hit new highs: INTC, JPM, EMC The DOW closed above the psychological 10,000 mark today for the first time in a year, and ended the day up 1.47% to 10,115.86. The first time that the DOW rose above the 10,000 mark was all the way back in 1999, and at that time investors celebrated, and drank champagne, but this time it was not so much a reason to celebrate as a reason to relax a bit, as ...