Q4 Earnings Scorecard And Research Reports On Netflix, Chevron & Others

 | Jan 23, 2020 12:17AM ET

Thursday, January 23, 2020

The Zacks Research Daily presents the best research output of our analyst team. Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Chevron (CVX), Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) (NFLX) and NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) (NEE). These research reports have been hand-picked from the roughly 70 reports published by our analyst team today.

We have also provided you a real-time update on the ongoing Q4 earnings season, which takes into account this morning's releases.

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Featured Reports/h6

Per the Zacks analyst, IBM's blockchain, cloud and ML capabilities, among others poises its offerings well to gain robust adoption.

Per the Zacks analyst, the buyout of Express Scripts has diversified Cigna's operations opening up new revenue streams.

Per the Zacks analyst, its growing top-line driven by increasing admissions has led to significant growth of the company.

Per the Zacks analyst Exelon's cost management initiatives will have positive impact on margins and its planned $23B investments will strengthen its operation.

The Zacks analyst believes that strength in device architectures and non-memory segments will drive its top line.

Per the Zacks analyst, Brown-Forman's investments in the brands portfolio, including broadening of the Jack Daniel's family of brands should aid growth.

Per the Zacks analyst, Splunk is benefiting from solid demand for cloud-based solutions and new customer wins.

New Upgrades/h6

Per the Zacks analyst, Post Holdings is likely to keep gaining from its foodservice segment strength. Notably, unit sales grew 4.5% in the fourth quarter on solid refrigerated potato products demand.

Per the Zacks analyst, Pure Storage's robust adoption of cloud storage solutions, including Cloud Block Store, ObjectEngine Cloud and CloudSnap is driving prospects.

HMS Holdings continues to gain from its core Analytical Services. The Zacks Analyst is optimistic about a strong guidance 2019.

New Downgrades/h6

The Zacks analyst expects lower refining margins to affect BP's profit levels. Moreover, massive debt is likely to constraint its financial flexibility.

The Zacks analyst is concerned about the persistent decline in coal revenues due to low export demand and benchmark prices, which forced the company to provide a drab outlook for 2020 revenues.

The Zacks Analyst is worried due Schneider National's truckload segment's underperformance. Moreover, higher operating expenses are hurting the bottom line.


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