PerkinElmer, Inc. (PKI Quick QuotePKI ) is well-poised for growth, backed by a robust product portfolio and an impressive margin expansion. However, forex remains a concern.
Shares of this currently Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stock have gained 27.2% compared with the industry’s growth of 21.6% in the past three months. The S&P 500 Index has rallied 5.1% in the same time frame.
PerkinElmer — with a market capitalization of $20.97 billion — offers scientific instruments, consumables and services to pharmaceutical, biomedical, environmental testing, chemical and general industrial markets worldwide. It anticipates earnings to improve 37.9% over the next five years. The company has a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise 24.3%, on average.
Key Catalysts
PerkinElmer delivers a comprehensive suite of scientific informatics and software solutions to aggregate data into actionable insights in an automated and scalable way.
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Top Medical Stocks To Own For 2023: Transocean Inc.(RIG)
Transocean Ltd. provides offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells worldwide. It offers deepwater and harsh environment drilling, oil and gas drilling management, and drilling engineering and drilling project management services. The company also offers well and logistics services. In addition, it engages in oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities primarily in the United States offshore Louisiana and Texas, and in the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea. As of February 10, 2011, the company owned, had partial ownership interests in, and operated 138 mobile offshore drilling units, including 47 high-specification floaters, 25 midwater floaters, 9 high-specification jackups, 54 standard jackups, and 3 other rigs, as well as 1 ultra-deepwater floater and 3 high-specification jackups under construction. Transocean Ltd. was founded in 1953 and is based in Zug, Switzerland.
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This was one of those quarters where Transocean’s (NYSE:RIG) results aren’t necessarily reflective of the company’s accomplishments. Even though Transocean posted yet another quarterly loss, the company completed a major acquisition and netted some notable contract wins. These won’t show up on the financial statements for a while, but they are indicative of a company poised to do better in the future.
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Transocean Ltd (NYSE:RIG)Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallFeb. 19, 2019, 9:00 a.m. ET
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Transocean LTD (NYSE:RIG) shares traded down 5.4% on Thursday . The stock traded as low as $8.03 and last traded at $8.35. 14,556,095 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 5% from the average session volume of 13,824,703 shares. The stock had previously closed at $8.83.
Top Medical Stocks To Own For 2023: First Business Financial Services Inc.(FBIZ)
First Business Financial Services, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for First Business Bank and First Business Bank ? Milwaukee that provide commercial banking products and services to small and medium size businesses, business owners, executives, professionals, and high net worth individuals in Wisconsin. It offers various deposits, such as demand deposits, NOW accounts, money markets accounts, and certificates of deposits. The company?s product lines include commercial and consumer treasury management services, commercial lending, commercial real estate lending, equipment financing, and personal loans, as well as various deposit accounts, such as demand deposits, NOW accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. It also offers trust and investment services, as well as secured lines of credit and term loans on equipment and real estate assets to manufacturers and wholesale distribution companies in the United States. In addition, the company is involved in financing general equipment, as well as holding and liquidating real estate and other assets acquired through foreclosure or other legal proceedings. It has three loan production offices in the northeast region of Wisconsin to serve Appleton, Oshkosh, and Green Bay, as well as their surrounding areas. The company was founded in 1909 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin.
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International Bancshares (NASDAQ: IBOC) and First Business Financial Services (NASDAQ:FBIZ) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
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Top Medical Stocks To Own For 2023: Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc.(BUFF)
Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc., through its subsidiary, Blue Buffalo Company, Ltd., operates as a pet food company in the United States, Canada, Japan, and Mexico. The company develops, produces, markets, and sells dog and cat food under the BLUE Life Protection Formula, BLUE Wilderness, BLUE Basics, BLUE Freedom, and BLUE Natural Veterinary Diet lines. It also produces and sells cat litter under the BLUE Naturally Fresh line. The company sells its products to retail partners and distributors in specialty channels, including national pet superstore chains, regional pet store chains, neighborhood pet stores, farm and feed stores, ecommerce retailers, military outlets, hardware stores, and veterinary clinics and hospitals. Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut.
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Wednesday was another positive day on Wall Street, as market participants reacted favorably to signs that business investment remains strong. Major benchmarks were generally up between 0.6% and 0.7%, and other parts of the financial market also did well, with oil prices climbing 3% to around $58.50 per barrel and gold picking up 1% to $1,311 per ounce. Several individual stocks enjoyed even larger gains, with company-specific news bolstering their prospects. Oaktree Capital Group (NYSE:OAK), Guardant Health (NASDAQ:GH), and Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) were among the top performers. Here’s why they did so well.
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Shares of Oaktree Capital Group (NYSE:OAK) climbed 12% on Wednesday morning after Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) announced a $4.8 billion deal to acquire a majority stake in Oaktree, creating an entity with $475 billion of assets under management and $2.5 billion in annual fee-related revenue.
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When it comes to dividend stocks, Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) is a household name. In fact, the beverage giant just approved its 57th consecutive annual dividend increase, bumping it up to $0.40 per share and a juicy yield of 3.5%. But if investors are looking for even bigger dividend yields for their portfolios, three Motley Fool contributors suggest taking a peek at Macy’s (NYSE:M), Oaktree Capital Group (NYSE:OAK), and General Motors (NYSE:GM). Here’s why.
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Oaktree Capital Group LLC (NYSE:OAK) – Analysts at Oppenheimer reduced their Q2 2019 earnings per share estimates for Oaktree Capital Group in a report released on Tuesday, February 5th. Oppenheimer analyst L. Rudary now expects that the asset manager will earn $0.50 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.65. Oppenheimer also issued estimates for Oaktree Capital Group’s Q3 2019 earnings at $0.60 EPS.
Top Medical Stocks To Own For 2023: LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.(LMAT)
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices and implants for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease worldwide. The company provides angioscope, a fiber optic catheter used for viewing the lumen of a blood vessel; carotid shunts to temporarily divert or shut blood to the brain during the removal of plaque from the carotid artery in a carotid endarterectomy surgery; and powered phlebectomy devices that enable less invasive removal of varicose veins. It also offers embolectomy catheters to remove blood clots from arteries or veins; occlusion catheters that temporarily occlude blood flow; and perfusion catheters that temporarily perfuse blood and other liquids into the vasculature. In addition, the company provides radiopaque tape, a medical-grade tape applied to the skin and provides interventionists to cross-reference between the inside and the outside of a patients body, and allows them to locate tributaries or lesions beneath the skin; and remote endarterectomy devices to remove severe atherosclerotic blockages from the arteries of the leg. Further, it offers valvulotomes for use as a bypass vessel to carry blood past diseased arteries to the lower leg or the foot; vascular grafts to bypass or replace diseased arteries; vascular patches used in conjunction with carotid endarterectomy, remote endarterectomy, and other vascular reconstructions; vessel closure systems that allows surgeons to attach vessels to one another by deploying titanium clips in place of suturing; and laparoscopic cholecystectomy devices to inject dye into the cystic duct during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. markets its products through direct and indirect sales force, as well as distributors. The company was formerly known as Vascutech, Inc. and changed its name to LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. in April 2001. LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.
