Top Analyst Reports For Coca-Cola, Wells Fargo & U.S. Bancorp
Zacks Investment Research | Feb 24, 2020 03:15AM ET
Monday, February 24, 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 Coca-Cola (KO), Wells Fargo (WFC) and U.S. Bancorp (USB). These research reports have been hand-picked from the roughly 70 reports published by our analyst team today.
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Coca-Cola’s shares have outperformed the Zacks Soft Drinks Beverages industry over the past year (+33.8% vs. +21.2%). The Zacks analyst believes that the company’s revenues are benefiting from strength across all segments as well as growth in volume and price/mix.
Its focus on consumer-centric innovation, solid core brand performance and improved execution in the marketplace is aiding performance. Notably, it boasts a robust trend of quarterly performances with top line beat in four straight quarters and bottom line beat in three of the last four quarters.
Innovation and investment in core categories and brands have been the key focus area, which led to the expansion of retail value share. However, it expects adverse currency rates to mar results in 2020. Further, the company expects the coronavirus outbreak in China to hurt organic revenues and earnings per share in first-quarter 2020.
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Shares of Wells Fargo have gained +6.1% in the past six months against the Zacks Major Regional Banks’ rise of +21.2%. The Zacks analyst believes that Wells Fargo's revenues remain under pressure owing to lower interest rates and volatile non-interest income. Also, elevated costs, due to rising compensation and benefit expenses, curb bottom-line expansion.
Also, the company's earnings surprise history remains unimpressive, having surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in only two of the trailing four quarters. Notably, Wells Fargo recently entered into a $3 billion settlement with the authorities over its historical fake account opening scandal.
Nevertheless, strategic acquisitions, along with rising loans and deposit balances, are impressive which is likely to aid net interest margin. Moreover, the company's investment in the businesses to enhance compliance and risk-management capability seems encouraging.
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U.S. Bancorp’s shares have lost -8.8% over the past three months against the Zacks Major Banks industry’s fall of -1.2%. The Zacks analyst believes that opening branches in new regions, improved digital offerings, decent loan demand and efforts to control costs will aid profitability despite lower interest rates.
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) has an impressive earnings surprise history, having outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate in each of the trailing four quarters. Improved capital markets performance and decent loan growth aided fourth-quarter 2019 results.
Efforts to focus more on consumer banking business have started bearing fruit. The company's enhanced capital deployment actions reflect a solid liquidity position. However, significant dependence on capital markets performance makes us apprehensive, given its cyclical nature. This is likely to hurt the company’s fee income growth, and in turn negatively affect the top line.
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Other noteworthy reports we are featuring today include Automatic Data Processing (ADP (NASDAQ:ADP)), TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) (TJX) and Southern (SO).
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The Zacks analyst believes that acquisition of WorkMarket is helping ADP to expand business and strengthen client base.
Per the Zacks analyst, TJX Companies is set to benefit from comps growth, which has long been gaining from solid traffic and merchandise efforts.
The Zacks analyst believes that increase in Southern's regulated business customer base will support its revenue growth.
Per the Zacks analyst, Target's focus on enhancing omni-channel capacities and expanding same-day delivery options are likely to fuel top-line growth.
Per the Zacks analyst, Infosys is benefiting from digital services growth, which is helping it win customers.
While the company faces headwind from high production costs, it should gain from investment in its growth projects and efforts to improve efficiency, per the Zacks analyst.
Per the Zacks analyst, Sprint is poised to benefit from various cost-effective initiatives backed by healthy growth fundamentals from the impending T-Mobile merger.
The Zacks analyst believes that acquisition of WorkMarket is helping ADP to expand business and strengthen client base.
Per the Zacks analyst, TJX Companies is set to benefit from comps growth, which has long been gaining from solid traffic and merchandise efforts.
The Zacks analyst believes that increase in Southern's regulated business customer base will support its revenue growth.
Per the Zacks analyst, Target's focus on enhancing omni-channel capacities and expanding same-day delivery options are likely to fuel top-line growth.
Per the Zacks analyst, Infosys is benefiting from digital services growth, which is helping it win customers.
While the company faces headwind from high production costs, it should gain from investment in its growth projects and efforts to improve efficiency, per the Zacks analyst.
Per the Zacks analyst, Sprint is poised to benefit from various cost-effective initiatives backed by healthy growth fundamentals from the impending T-Mobile merger.
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Per the Zacks Analyst, SBA Communications will likely witness healthy growth with infrastructure assets on rising consumer demand and adoption of data-driven mobile devices and applications.
Per the Zacks analyst, Pacira's lead drug-Exparel continues to perorm well and the company is also looking to expand the label of the drug.
Huge acreage holdings in the prospective Appalachian Basin will contribute to Antero Resources' gas equivalent production, per the Zacks analyst.
Per the Zacks Analyst, SBA Communications will likely witness healthy growth with infrastructure assets on rising consumer demand and adoption of data-driven mobile devices and applications.
Per the Zacks analyst, Pacira's lead drug-Exparel continues to perorm well and the company is also looking to expand the label of the drug.
Huge acreage holdings in the prospective Appalachian Basin will contribute to Antero Resources' gas equivalent production, per the Zacks analyst.
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Per the Zacks analyst, grounding of 737 Max jets and subsequent production halt hit Boeing's commercial business hard. Airbus beat Boeing, seizing the title of the world's largest plane maker.
Per the Zacks analyst, weaker phosphate prices due to oversupply in the market will weigh on Mosaic's margins.
Per the Zacks analyst, limited meetings have been denting Nu Skin's sales in Mainland China. Further, coronavirus outbreak is likely to hurt region sales that are expected to fall 20-25% in 2020.
Per the Zacks analyst, grounding of 737 Max jets and subsequent production halt hit Boeing's commercial business hard. Airbus beat Boeing, seizing the title of the world's largest plane maker.
Per the Zacks analyst, weaker phosphate prices due to oversupply in the market will weigh on Mosaic's margins.
Per the Zacks analyst, limited meetings have been denting Nu Skin's sales in Mainland China. Further, coronavirus outbreak is likely to hurt region sales that are expected to fall 20-25% in 2020.
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