Mizuho Securities Remains Sidelined on Yahoo! (YHOO) Following 3Q Report and Guidance

Oppenheimer Remains Bullish on Yahoo! (YHOO) - PT Cut to $54

October 19, 2016 9:52 AM EDT

Oppenheimer maintained an Outperform rating on Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), and cut the price target to $54.00 (from $55.00), following the company's 3Q earnings report.

Analyst Jason Helfstein commented, "We are reiterating our Outperform rating, but modestly decreasing our PT from $55 to $54, reflecting a revised... More

RBC Capital Raises Price Target on Yahoo! (YHOO) to $45 Following 3Q

October 19, 2016 9:42 AM EDT

RBC Capital reiterated a Sector Perform rating on Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), and raised the price target to $45.00 (from $39.00), following the company's 3Q earnings report. YHOO reported revenue of $858MM, relatively in-line with the Street's estimate. 2017 Net Revenue estimate remains unchanged at $3.7B.... More

Yahoo! (YHOO) PT Bumped to $45 at Nomura

October 19, 2016 8:22 AM EDT

Nomura Securities analyst Anthony DiClemente raised his price target on Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) to $45.00 (from $39.00) following Q3 results but maintained a Neutral rating.

DiClemente commented, "Yahoos 3Q results and 4Q guidance were modestly ahead of our estimates. Although incrementally... More

Oil, earnings lift Wall Street but Intel drags

October 19, 2016 7:35 AM EDT

By Chuck Mikolajczak

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks notched a second straight day of gains on Wednesday, as climbing oil prices lifted the energy sector and earnings from Morgan Stanley provided a boost to financials.

Brent crude settled up 1.9 percent and U.S. crude settled up 2.6 percent after touching a 15-month high following a government report that showed a sharp drop in domestic inventories for the sixth week in seven.

The energy sector rose 1.4 percent, its biggest gain in seven sessions. A 4.2-percent rise in Halliburton (NYSE:... More

Verizon (VZ) Is Unlikely To Get A Kickback From Yahoo! (YHOO) - Needham

October 19, 2016 7:01 AM EDT

Needham & Company analyst, Laura Martin, reiterated her Hold on shares of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) noting that although YHOO did not hold a call, questions about results were answered.

The analyst pointed out that earnings slide #6... More

Yahoo! (YHOO) PT Lifted to $48 at Susquehanna

October 19, 2016 6:44 AM EDT

Susquehanna analyst Shyam Patil reiterated a Positive rating and lifted his price target on Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) to $48.00 (from $44.00) following results.

Patil highlighted:

Our thoughts going forward and upcoming catalysts. At this point, the focus is on the sale of the core to Verizon and whether there could possibly be a cut to the... More

After-Hours Stock Movers 10/18: (YHOO) Higher; (CREE) (VIVO) (MANH) Lower (more...)

October 18, 2016 6:16 PM EDT

After-Hours Movers

Cree (NASDAQ: CREE) 9.5% LOWER; reported Q1 EPS of $0.09, $0.02 worse than the analyst estimate of $0.11. Revenue for the quarter came in at $321.3 million versus the consensus estimate of $322.77 million. GUIDANCE: Cree sees Q2 2017 EPS of $0.13-$0.19, versus the consensus of $0.15. Cree sees Q2 2017 revenue of $310-330 million, versus the consensus of $336.7 million.

Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIVO) 9% LOWER; announced that based on preliminary results, it expects revenues for fiscal year 2016, ended on September 30, 2016, to be approximately $196... More

Yahoo! (YHOO) Tops Q3 EPS by 6c; Mobile Revenue Rose 46%

October 18, 2016 4:07 PM EDT

Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) reported Q3 EPS of $0.20, $0.06 better than the analyst estimate of $0.14. Revenue for the quarter came in at $1.23 billion versus the consensus estimate of $1.31 billion.

Mobile Revenue*:

Q3 2015 Q3 2016Mobile revenue $ 271 million $ 396 millionDesktop revenue 844 million... More

UPDATE: Verizon (VZ) Losing Patience with Yahoo! (YHOO) Over Hack Probe; Said Still Interested in Deal- Bloomberg

October 18, 2016 2:48 PM EDT

(Updated - October 18, 2016 2:51 PM EDT)

Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) said still interested in Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) deal, according to Bloomberg. Verizon is losing patience with Yahoo over its hack probe.

Lack of disclosure said to potentially jeopardize the deal, sources said.

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Notable Analyst Rating Changes 10/18: (PKG) (INTC) (GPOR) Upgraded; (DDR) (CMG) (CRZO) Downgraded

October 18, 2016 10:20 AM EDT

UPGRADES
BofAMerrill Lynchh upgrades Packaging Corp. of America (NYSE: PKG) from Neutral to Buy with a price target of $92.

Barclays raises Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) from Equalweight to Overweight with a price... More

Needham & Company Downgrades Yahoo! (YHOO) to Hold

October 18, 2016 7:25 AM EDT

Needham & Company downgraded Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) from Buy to Hold.

Analyst Laura Martin commented, "We are downgrading YHOO to Hold from Buy because: 1) YHOO now trades above our previous $40/share target price; 2) We worry that VZ will walk away or renegotiate its... More

Trading Radar for 10/18: Goldman Sachs (GS), Intel (INTC), Yahoo! (YHOO), J&J (JNJ), Harley-Davidson (HOG) Report

October 17, 2016 2:07 PM EDT

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for the next trading session:

Before Markets Open:
Economics:
8:30am EDT

CPI - Street sees 0.3%Core CPI - Street sees 0.2%

Earnings:

Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) - consensus EPS $0.33
BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) - consensus EPS $4.98
Comerica (NYSE: CMA) -... More

MKM Partners Raises price Target on Yahoo! (YHOO) Ahead of 3Q Report

October 17, 2016 10:43 AM EDT

MKM Partners reiterated a Buy rating on Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), and raised the price target to $51.00 (from $44.00), ahead of the company's 3Q earnings report. MKM believes that the earnings report will most likely be a "non-event" with the acquisition by Verizon (NYSE:... More