The Stocks Wall Street Is Watching
The following stocks may be
impacted due to significant news as noted:
Key insurance companies have chimed in with
earnings, as Aetna
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expectations by $0.04 with profits of $0.63 per share. MetLife
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beat its fourth-quarter earnings by $0.01 per share with profits of $0.65 per
share. And, WellPoint Health
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PowerRating) beat its fourth-quarter earnings
by $0.03 per share with profits of $1.18 per share.
Communications company Qualcomm
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has announced its first ever dividend, and will also buy back $1 billion worth
of its own stock.
Video retailer Blockbuster
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PowerRating) has
missed its fourth-quarter earnings expectations by $0.01 with profits of $0.17
per share.
Household product maker Clorox
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PowerRating) has
beat its second-quarter earnings expectations by $0.04 with profits of $0.39 per
share.
Printing and publishing company Scholastic Corp.
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PowerRating) has issued a profit warning for the full year 2003, and has been
downgraded Merrill Lynch to "neutral" from "buy", and by CSFB to "neutral" from
"outperform".
Restaurant company YUM! Brands
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PowerRating) has
beat its fourth-quarter earnings expectations by $0.01 with profits of $0.56 per
share.
Retailer Sears
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negative Wall Street Journal article which says the company’s credit problems
could hurt its turnaround plan.
Pre-market action:
(
SCMR |
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PowerRating) +7%,
(
AET |
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PowerRating) +2.2%,
(
AAP |
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PowerRating) +1.9%,
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NOK |
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PowerRating)
+1%,
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DELL |
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PowerRating) +1%,
(
INTC |
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PowerRating) +0.9%.
(
SCHL |
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PowerRating) -25%,
(
IMPH |
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PowerRating) -6%,
(
SBX |
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PowerRating) -2.5%,
(
CE |
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PowerRating) -1%.