“Winning” may be President Trump’s motto, but Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) isn’t feeling the warm and fuzzies. Last year sparked a stellar performance in BAC stock, with shares returning nearly 33% for jubilant contrarians. Though Trump had previously caused concerns, his business acumen apparently boosted market confidence once in office.
And to be fair, Bank of America stock is still up in positive territory. Year-to-date, shares have gained 4.4%. But investors have reason for concern. The vanilla benchmark SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) is right on the cusp of double-digit territory. Therefore, blindly picking a basket of blue chips has netted stronger returns than jumping on BAC.
More critically, BAC stock is really a bellwether investment. As a member of the “Big Four,” which includes JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), Citigroup (NYSE:C), and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), BofA demands significant attention. Simply put, if customers aren’t knocking on their doors for loans and other financial services, the economy isn’t that great.
Top Blue Chip Stocks To Own Right Now: Amedisys Inc(AMED)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Joseph Griffin]
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- [By Stephan Byrd]
Amedisys Inc (NASDAQ:AMED) – Equities researchers at SunTrust Banks increased their Q3 2018 EPS estimates for Amedisys in a research note issued on Tuesday, June 5th. SunTrust Banks analyst D. Macdonald now anticipates that the health services provider will earn $0.77 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.73. SunTrust Banks also issued estimates for Amedisys’ Q4 2018 earnings at $0.79 EPS, Q3 2019 earnings at $0.84 EPS and Q4 2019 earnings at $0.88 EPS.
- [By Shane Hupp]
Shares of Amedisys Inc (NASDAQ:AMED) hit a new 52-week high and low during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as low as $75.59 and last traded at $74.60, with a volume of 202894 shares. The stock had previously closed at $74.00.
- [By Lisa Levin]
Companies Reporting After The Bell Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HTZ) is projected to post quarterly loss at $1.31 per share on revenue of $1.97 billion. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE: IFF) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $1.59 per share on revenue of $909.36 million. Zillow Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZG) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.06 per share on revenue of $294.79 million. General Cable Corporation (NYSE: BGC) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $0.15 per share on revenue of $980.61 million. Central Garden & Pet Company (NASDAQ: CENT) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.84 per share on revenue of $598.45 million. Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $1 per share on revenue of $746.42 million. Fabrinet (NYSE: FN) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.71 per share on revenue of $319.71 million. National General Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: NGHC) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.55 per share on revenue of $1.08 billion. The Navigators Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NAVG) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $0.75 per share on revenue of $320.92 million. Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. (NYSE: DPLO) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.22 per share on revenue of $1.29 billion. Trex Company, Inc. (NYSE: TREX) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $1.19 per share on revenue of $172.22 million. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AMC) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.09 per share on revenue of $1.35 billion. Envision Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: EVHC) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.64 per share on revenue of $2.02 billion. Regal Beloit Corporation (NYSE: RBC) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $1.23 per share on revenue of $869.64 million. Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.67 per share on revenue of $39 - [By Ethan Ryder]
Stephens reissued their hold rating on shares of Amedisys (NASDAQ:AMED) in a report published on Tuesday. They currently have a $78.00 price objective on the health services provider’s stock.
Top Blue Chip Stocks To Own Right Now: PetroChina Company Limited(PTR)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Matthew DiLallo]
The project has been in the works for seven years but was put on hold when oil and LNG prices plunged during the recent energy market downturn. However, with those markets improving and demand for LNG growing at a brisk pace, Shell and its partners are moving forward with the project. PetroChina (NYSE: PTR), China's largest natural gas producer, recently approved investing $3.46 billion for its 15% share of the project, following a similar approval from Korea Gas Corp. for its 5% stake. Meanwhile, Shell (40%), Malaysia's Petronas (25%), and Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. (15%) appear set to announce their approvals this week, according to Bloomberg. That would enable them to start construction on the project next year, putting them on track to complete the first phase by 2023.
- [By Max Byerly]
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- [By Todd Campbell]
The following table highlights the 10 biggest energy companies by market capitalization. Some of these companies operate upstream, midstream, and downstream businesses, but all of them derive the majority of their revenue from upstream operations.
Rank Company Market Cap 1 ExxonMobil $348 billion 2 Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS-A)(NYSE:RDS-B) $286 billion 3 Chevron (NYSE:CVX) $223 billion 4 Petrochina Co. Ltd. (NYSE:PTR) $218 billion 5 Total SA (NYSE:TOT) $163 billion 6 BP Plc (NYSE:BP) $143 billion 7 China Petroleum (NYSE:SNP) $107 billion 8 Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) $89 billion 9 ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) $84 billion 10 Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE:SLB) $84 billionData source: Yahoo! Finance on Sept. 13, 2018.
- [By Max Byerly]
Gabelli Funds LLC lessened its holdings in shares of PetroChina Company Limited (NYSE:PTR) by 34.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 3,800 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock after selling 2,000 shares during the quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC’s holdings in PetroChina were worth $290,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
- [By Ethan Ryder]
These are some of the news stories that may have effected Accern Sentiment’s analysis:
Get PetroChina alerts: PetroChina Company Limited (PTR) Receives Consensus Rating of “Buy” from Analysts (americanbankingnews.com) PetroChina to spend 5.3 bln yuan on Chongqing gas storage: Xinhua (reuters.com) UPDATE: Bernstein Upgrades Petrochina (PTR) to Outperform (streetinsider.com) Kunlun Energy Company Limited — Moody’s changes Kunlun Energy’s outlook to stable from negative (finance.yahoo.com) PetroChina (PTR) Upgraded at Sanford C. Bernstein (americanbankingnews.com)Shares of PetroChina traded down $0.85, reaching $82.35, during midday trading on Friday, Marketbeat Ratings reports. The company had a trading volume of 165,409 shares, compared to its average volume of 150,236. The company has a market capitalization of $152.09 billion, a P/E ratio of 46.26 and a beta of 1.43. PetroChina has a 52-week low of $60.69 and a 52-week high of $84.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 0.82.
- [By Logan Wallace]
Here are some of the media stories that may have effected Accern Sentiment’s rankings:
Get PetroChina alerts: PetroChina Continues to Increase its Reserves and Output of Oil and Gas Net Profit for the First Half of 2018 Increased 113.7% Year-on-Year (webwire.com) PetroChina Company Limited (PTR) Announces Special Dividend of $0.32 (americanbankingnews.com) China's Natural Gas Imports Soar Despite Domestic Output Growth (finance.yahoo.com) China state oil firms clash over ownership rights – Global Times (finance.yahoo.com) China Oil Companies Report Strong First-Half Profits (caixinglobal.com)PTR opened at $73.10 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $135.55 billion, a PE ratio of 41.07 and a beta of 1.44. PetroChina has a 52-week low of $61.87 and a 52-week high of $85.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 0.82.
Top Blue Chip Stocks To Own Right Now: Progress Software Corporation(PRGS)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Shane Hupp]
BidaskClub upgraded shares of Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research note released on Thursday morning.
Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. Zacks Investment Research cut Progress Software from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 29th. National Securities initiated coverage on shares of Progress Software in a research report on Monday, July 16th. They issued a buy rating and a $50.00 price objective on the stock. Wedbush upped their price objective on shares of Progress Software from $39.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a neutral rating in a research report on Thursday, June 28th. Finally, Benchmark upgraded shares of Progress Software from a sell rating to a hold rating and set a $29.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Thursday, June 28th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. Progress Software currently has an average rating of Hold and a consensus price target of $41.00.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The software maker reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.53 by $0.07, RTT News reports. Progress Software had a net margin of 13.86% and a return on equity of 25.03%. The firm had revenue of $96.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $95.03 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.42 earnings per share. Progress Software’s quarterly revenue was up 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. Progress Software updated its Q3 guidance to $0.56-$0.58 EPS and its FY18 guidance to $2.45-$2.50 EPS.
- [By Shane Hupp]
GSA Capital Partners LLP trimmed its holdings in shares of Progress Software Co. (NASDAQ:PRGS) by 21.6% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 58,142 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 16,052 shares during the quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP owned about 0.13% of Progress Software worth $2,257,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Top Blue Chip Stocks To Own Right Now: Fogo de Chao, Inc.(FOGO)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Dustin Parrett]
But with a VQScore of 4, our top score, this company is one of the best stocks you can buy right now, which means the Raymond James rating might be too conservative. Not only are you getting a company with growth potential, you're getting it at an excellent price.
Restaurant Stocks to Buy, No. 2: Fogo de Chao Inc. (Nasdaq: FOGO)Fogo de Chao Inc. (Nasdaq: FOGO) is upscale Brazilian steakhouse, originally opened in Brazil in 1979. Fogo de Chao currently has 47 restaurants across the world.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
Fogo De Chao (NASDAQ:FOGO) and Texas Roadhouse (NASDAQ:TXRH) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and dividends.
- [By Max Byerly]
Fogo De Chao (NASDAQ: FOGO) and Habit Restaurants (NASDAQ:HABT) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
Top Blue Chip Stocks To Own Right Now: Blackstone GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund(BSL)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Stephan Byrd]
News articles about Blackstone/GSO Senior Fltg Rt Term Fund (NYSE:BSL) have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Blackstone/GSO Senior Fltg Rt Term Fund earned a daily sentiment score of 0.19 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news coverage about the company an impact score of 47.9711105753708 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the near term.
- [By Max Byerly]
Press coverage about Blackstone/GSO Senior Fltg Rt Term Fund (NYSE:BSL) has been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Blackstone/GSO Senior Fltg Rt Term Fund earned a news impact score of 0.01 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news headlines about the company an impact score of 47.5730037272636 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the near future.
- [By Shane Hupp]
News headlines about Blackstone/GSO Senior Fltg Rt Term Fund (NYSE:BSL) have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Blackstone/GSO Senior Fltg Rt Term Fund earned a media sentiment score of 0.00 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media headlines about the company an impact score of 47.30334299338 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next several days.
Top Blue Chip Stocks To Own Right Now: TAL International Group Inc.(TAL)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Ethan Ryder]
TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) was upgraded by equities research analysts at ValuEngine from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued on Tuesday.
- [By Max Byerly]
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- [By Joseph Griffin]
Flow Traders U.S. LLC purchased a new stake in shares of TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 6,570 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $244,000.
- [By Stephan Byrd]
Shares of TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) have earned an average rating of “Hold” from the eight brokerages that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have given a hold recommendation and three have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $49.00.
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