General Electric Company (GE) may not be the bellwether it once was, but the $265 billion industrial giant is still an important gauge of the health of the U.S. economy. On Friday, GE revealed its business is on track, reporting first-quarter earnings and revenue beats and reaffirming its 2017 guidance.
Starbucks Corporation (ticker: SBUX) stock has lagged many of its large-cap restaurant peers in the past year, but the company’s recent struggles may soon be over. Stifel analyst Mark Astrachan has upgraded SBUX stock from “hold” to “buy” and says there’s nothing wrong with Starbucks’ innovation or core business.
Internet commerce company eBay Inc (ticker: EBAY) saw its stock fall more than 3 percent on Thursday after the company forecasted a weaker-than-expected second quarter. However, the long-term bullish case for EBAY stock remains intact.
With competition among social media companies getting higher by the day, Facebook (ticker: FB) investors can rest assured that the internet giant won’t be backing down from any fights. In fact, according to Loop Capital analyst Blake Harper, Facebook is actually picking a few fights of its own.
International Business Machines Corp. (ticker: IBM) reported its 20th consecutive quarter of negative year-over-year revenue growth on Tuesday, sending IBM stock tumbling despite some big-name Wall Street supporters who remain on its side.
The rollout of the Apple Inc (ticker: AAPL) 10th anniversary iPhone is just months away, but a growing number of Wall Street analysts are shifting their attention to Apple’s Services segment instead. Apple’s Services include products such as Apple Pay, Apple Music, iCloud, iTunes and the App Store, but the approach Apple takes with its…
Bank of America Corp. (ticker: BAC) is making the most of an improving environment for big U.S. banks. On Tuesday morning, the company reported first-quarter earnings and revenue that topped consensus Wall Street expectations.
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (ticker: CMG) investors just received yet another sign that the company is back on track after a devastating string of E. coli outbreaks starting in mid-2015. Chipotle has reportedly raised prices by an average of 5 percent at about 440 of its locations. The 440 restaurants represent about a fifth of…
China kicked off 2017 with its strongest economic growth since 2015. Over the weekend, China reported 6.9 percent GDP growth in the first quarter, news that has U.S.-listed Chinese stocks trading higher on Monday morning.
Twitter Inc (ticker: TWTR) may have delivered some much-needed user growth in the first quarter, but the stock remains a risky bet for long-term investors. According to a new report by Aegis Capital analyst Victor Anthony, Twitter’s road to success is getting narrower by the day in the face of growing competition from Facebook (FB)…