Thursday, February 06, 2014

Disney Reports Good Quarterly Results. Walt Disney's (DIS) reported quarterly results that beat Wall Street’s expectations. Disney announced that their FQ1 net profit rose +33% to $1.84B and earnings of $1.04. Revenue at the entertainment giant climbed +8.6% to $12.31B. Sales grew across all of Disney's different divisions with close to half of the company's profit coming from Media Networks, led by ESPN. The films "Frozen" and "Thor: The Dark World" helped studio revenue leap +23% to $1.89B. Pre-market: 74.65 +2.89 (4.03%)
Upgrades:
American Express (AXP): Janney Capital raised their rating from Neutral to Buy and placed a target price of $90.00 on the company. Pre-market: 84.25 +0.53 (0.63%)
Green Mountain Coffee (GMCR): Stifel raised their rating from Sell to Hold. Pre-market: 112.20 +31.32 (38.72%)
Mosaic (MOS): HSBC raised their rating from Underweight to Neutral. Pre-market: 45.25 +0.39 (0.87%)
Downgrades:
Diamond Offshore (DO): Iberia lowered their rating from Sector Perform to Underperform and placed a target price of $30.00 on the company. Pre-market: 47.25 +0.74 (1.59%)
Ford Motor Co. (F): Argus lowered their rating from Buy to Hold. Pre-market: 14.64 -0.09 (-0.61%)
Twitter (TWTR): Sterne Agee lowered their rating from Neutral to Underperform and placed a target price of $43.00 on the company. Pre-market: 50.71 -15.26 (-23.13%)
Twitter (TWTR): Atlantic Equities lowered their rating from Neutral to Underweight. Pre-market: 50.71 -15.26 (-23.13%)
Coverage Initiated:
Dow Chemical (DOW): BGC Financial initiated coverage with a Buy rating and target price of $55.00. Pre-market: 45.40 +0.55 (1.23%)
Earning Reports:
Advance Auto (AAP): Reported EPS of $0.94 beating estimates by +$0.13. Pre-market: 123.00 +12.25 (11.06%)
AOL (AOL): Reported EPS of $0.43 missing estimates by -$0.05. Pre-market: 49.49 +1.92 (4.04%)
Dunkin Brands (DNKN): Reported EPS of $0.43 beating estimates by +$0.03. Pre-market: 48.31 +1.01 (2.14%)
General Motors (GM): Reported EPS of $0.67 missing estimates by -$0.22. Pre-market: 34.57 -0.67 (-1.90%)
Kellogg (K): Reported EPS of $0.83 beating estimates by +$0.01. Pre-market: 57.00 -0.37 (-0.64%)
Snap-On (SNA): Reported EPS of $1.60 beating estimates by +$0.04.  
Sony (SNE): Reported EPS of $26.00 beating estimates by +$11.40.  Pre-market: 15.18 -0.72 (-4.53%)
Twitter (TWTR): Reported EPS of $0.02 beating estimates by +$0.03. Pre-market: 50.71 -15.26 (-23.13%)
Walt Disney (DIS): Reported EPS of $1.04 beating estimates by +$0.15. Pre-market: 74.65 +2.89 (4.03%)
Markets: 
Futures at 8:39: Dow +0.42%. S&P +0.42%. Nasdaq +0.52%. Crude +0.77% to $98.13. Gold +0.01% to $1257.20. U.S. 10 year -3/32 to 2.683%.
Europe: London +0.74%. Paris +0.48%. Frankfurt +0.42%.
Asia: Japan -0.18% to 14155. Hong Kong +0.72% to 21423. China closed. India +0.25% at 20311. 

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