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Tax-Related Miss Blamed for Decline in Ford Motor (F) Shares; UBS Cuts Price Target to $22

October 28, 2015 11:31 AM EDT

UBS maintained a Buy rating on Ford (NYSE: F), and cut the price target to $22.00 (from $23.00), following the company's 3Q earnings results. Ford shares fell ~5% after todays tax-related miss.

Analyst Colin Langan commented, "The reaction likely reflects the higher tax forecast & a... More

Twitter (TWTR) Attributes EBITDA Upside to Cost Shifting to 4Q; Sterne Agee CRT Remains Neutral

October 28, 2015 10:30 AM EDT

Sterne Agee CRT maintained a Neutral rating on Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) following the company's 3Q earnings results. 3Q revenue and EBITDA were 2% and 22%. Management attributed some of the EBITDA upside to costs shifting to 4Q. Monthly Active Users (MAUs) were again light relative to... More

Leerink Partners Reiterates Market Perform on Merck (MRK) Following 3Q EPS Beat

October 28, 2015 9:31 AM EDT

Leerink Partners reiterated a Market Perform rating and $67.00 price target on Merck (NYSE: MRK) following the company's 3Q earnings results. MRK reported a $0.04 EPS beat. US sales of Januvia/Janumet increased by 22%, but was benefited by ~$100M due to the timing of consumer buying that is expected to negatively impact future quarters.

Analyst Seamus Fernandez... More

RBC Boosts PT on Alibaba (BABA) to $95; Mobile Monetization Improvements Seen as Sustainable

October 27, 2015 2:56 PM EDT

RBC is raising its price target on Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) from $80 to $95 following Q3 results released earlier in the session. The firm has Alibaba at Outperform.

Analyst Mark Mahaney noted the following focus points and observations from today's report from Alibaba:

Solid Sept Q Results Revenue of 22.2B RMB beat our/Street views of 21.1B/21.3B RMB and EBITDA of 11.1B RMB also beat the Street @10.4B. Non-GAAP EPS... More

Stifel Affirms Ford (F) at 'Buy' Post-Q3 Results; Product Mix Still Favorable to Peers

October 27, 2015 9:27 AM EDT

Stifel is out with initial commentary on Ford Motor (NYSE: F) following the company's Q3 report earlier Tuesday.

Analyst James Albertine noted that Ford's adjusted EPS of $0.45 came in slightly below the firm's $0.47 estimate.

Albertine continued: Ford reported better than expected results from its North America... More