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UBS Raises Price Target on General Motors (GM) Following a $0.31 EPS Beat in Q3

October 22, 2015 11:57 AM EDT

UBS reiterated a Buy rating on General Motors (NYSE: GM), and raised the price target to $50.00 (from $48.00), following the company's 3Q15 earnings results. GM reported a $0.31 Q3 beat vs. consensus. Adjusted EBIT of $3.1bn beat consensus of $2.7bn, reflecting strong margin growth in... More

RBC Capital Raises Price Target Following eBay's (EBAY) 3c EPS Beat

October 22, 2015 10:58 AM EDT

RBC Capital reiterated a Sector Perform rating on eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), and raised the price target to $30.00 (from $29.00), following the company's 3Q15 earnings report. EBAY reported Q3 Revenue of $2.10B, which was essentially right-in-line with The Street estimates. $0.43 in Non-GAAP EPS beat The Street at... More

Boeing (BA) Reports 3Q EPS Beat; Canaccord Genuity Reiterates Buy

October 22, 2015 10:27 AM EDT

Canaccord Genuity reiterated a Buy rating and $165.00 price target on Boeing (NYSE: BA) following the company's 3Q15 earnings results. BA reported adjusted core EPS of $2.52 compared to the consensus estimates of $2.22.

Analyst Ken Herbert commented, "Boeing reported a better than expected Q3/15... More

Mizuho Securities Remains Neutral Following a 3c EPS Beat by eBay (EBAY)

October 22, 2015 9:43 AM EDT

Mizuho Securities reiterated a Neutral rating on eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), and cut the price target to $29.00 (from $30.00), following the company's 3Q15 earnings results. eBay reported 3Q15 revenue of $2.1b, which was slightly better than the Street estimates of $2.09b. Non-GAAP EPS came in at... More

RBC Capital Raises Price Target on Boeing (BA) Following 3Q15 EPS Beat

October 21, 2015 3:19 PM EDT

RBC Capital reiterated a Sector Perform rating on Boeing (NYSE: BA), and raised the price target to $149.00 (from $145.00) following the company's 3Q15 earnings results. BA reported 'core' EPS of $2.52 coming in ahead of consensus at $2.21. Boeing defined 'core' EPS guidance was increased from... More

Mizuho Securities Cuts Price Target on VMware (VMW) Following 3Q15 Results

October 21, 2015 10:42 AM EDT

Mizuho Securities maintained a Neutral rating on VMware (NYSE: VMW), and cut the price target to $60.00 (from $75.00), following the company's 3Q15 earnings results.

Analyst Abhey Lamba commented, "We are reiterating our Neutral rating while lowering our PT to $60 from $75 as we think VMW's... More

BMO Capital Cuts Price Target as VMware (VMW) Tries to Sell Virtustream Assets

October 21, 2015 10:31 AM EDT

BMO Capital maintained a Market Perform rating on VMware (NYSE: VMW), and cut the price target to $76.00 (from $88.00), as the company forms a JV with EMC to sell Virtustream assets.

Analyst Keith Bachman commented, "EMC and VMW are forming a JV to sell the... More

VMware (VMW) Reports 3Q EPS of $1.02; Drexel Hamilton Reiterates Hold Rating

October 21, 2015 10:24 AM EDT

Drexel Hamilton reiterated a Hold rating on VMware (NYSE: VMW), and cut the price target to $73.00 (from $80.00), following the company's 3Q15 earnings results. VMware reported 3Q:15 non-GAAP sales of $1.67 billion, with pro forma EPS of $1.02.

Analyst Brian White commented, "Last night, VMware... More

Jefferies Reiterates Buy Following Verizon Communications (VZ) 3Q Results

October 21, 2015 9:04 AM EDT

Jefferies reiterated a Buy rating and $53.00 price target on Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) following the company's 3Q15 earnings results.

Analyst Mike McCormack commented, "Results reflected better profitability in both Wireless and Wireline. Wireless continues to perform well in a challenging environment, evident in... More

Piper Jaffray Raises Price Target on Yahoo! (YHOO) Following 3Q Results

October 21, 2015 8:10 AM EDT

Piper Jaffray reiterated an Overweight rating on Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), and raised the price target to $33.00 (from $32.00), following the company's 3Q15 earnings results. Yahoo! reiterated its plan to proceed with its Aabaco/Alibaba spin-off despite the IRS's decline to rule on the transaction. The company stated it still hopes to... More

Wedbush Cuts Price Target on Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Following EPS Miss

October 21, 2015 7:57 AM EDT

Wedbush reiterated a Neutral rating on Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG), and cut the price target to $700.00 (from $740.00), following the company's 3Q15 earnings results. EPS of $4.59 was slightly below $4.62 consensus.

Analyst Nick Setyan commented, "October comps are trending in-line with the August & September... More

Baird Cuts Price Target as VMware's (VMW) 3Q Results Fall In-Line with Preliminary Results

October 21, 2015 7:43 AM EDT

Baird maintained an Outperform rating on VMware (NYSE: VMW), and cut the price target to $80.00 (from $95.00), following the company's 3Q15 earnings results. Revenue/non-GAAP EPS of $1.67 billion/$1.02 was in line with the preliminary results released in connection with the Dell-EMC merger announcement.

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Boeing (BA) Tops Q3 EPS by 30c; Boosts FY15 Outlook

October 21, 2015 7:38 AM EDT

Boeing (NYSE: BA) reported Q3 EPS of $2.52, $0.30 better than the analyst estimate of $2.22. Revenue for the quarter came in at $25.8 billion versus the consensus estimate of $24.69 billion.

Boeing sees FY2015 EPS of $7.95-$8.15, versus prior guidance of $7.70-$7.90 and the consensus of $8.06. Operating cash flow... More

General Motors (GM) Tops Q3 EPS by 31c

October 21, 2015 7:33 AM EDT

General Motors (NYSE: GM) reported Q3 EPS of $1.50, $0.31 better than the analyst estimate of $1.19. Revenue for the quarter came in at $38.8 billion versus the consensus estimate of $38.78 billion.

Segment EBIT-Adjusted Results

GM North America reported record levels for EBIT-adjusted of $3.3... More

Raymond James Downgrades VMware (VMW) to Market Perform

October 21, 2015 7:23 AM EDT

Raymond James downgraded VMware (NYSE: VMW) from Outperform to Market Perform.

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Shares of VMware closed at $68.76 yesterday.

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Susquehanna Cuts Price Target on Yahoo! (YHOO) Following 3Q15 Results

October 21, 2015 7:22 AM EDT

Susquehanna maintained a Positive rating on Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), and cut the price target to $41.00 (from $43.00), following the company's 3Q15 earnings results.

Analyst Shyam Patil commented, "Core continues to languish. Lackluster search and other revenue caused revenue ex TAC to miss us and... More