Year: 2020

(Bloomberg) — Tilray shares fell as much as 15% Tuesday to a record low after the cannabis company missed fourth-quarter revenue and Ebitda estimates and recorded $181 million of writedowns and impairment charges.Several analysts cut their price targets on the stock, and some questioned whether Tilray will be able to meet its goal of reaching positive Ebitda by the fourth quarter of this year. Tamy Chen at BMO believes that won’t happen until 2022, in which case it will need to raise an additional $240 million of funding.Here’s what analysts are saying:Eight Capital, Graeme KreindlerKreindler cut his rating on Tilray …read more […]

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Monday was a good day in the stock markets, no doubt about that. The S&P 500 jumped 136 points, and the Dow saw its highest point gain ever, a 5% increase in just one session. Market watchers, though, are still giving mixed views of the situation. On the negative side, the virus continues to spread – worldwide, there have been some 90,000 confirmed cases and 3,000 deaths. And the full economic impact has yet to be felt. On the positive side, the gains broke a 7-day market losing streak, and bring a ray of hope that the coronavirus outbreak may …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Chevron Corp. plans as much as $80 billion in dividends and share buybacks over the next five years, boosting distributions by as much as 20% compared with the most recent pace of payouts as the U.S. oil giant tries to reassure investors.Mike Wirth, who took over as chief executive officer little more than two years ago, promised shareholders a mix of cost-cutting and production growth centered in the prolific Permian basin in Texas and New Mexico to offer attractive financial returns even as customers and policymakers demand lower-carbon fuels.Returning cash to shareholders is “our number one priority,” Wirth …read more […]

Investors appeared upbeat on Kohl’s Corp. on the heels of its better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results.The Menomonee Falls, Wis.-based company delivered adjusted earnings per share of $1.99, beating analysts’ estimates of $1.88, on profits of $265 million. Revenues for the same period ended Feb. 1 rose 4.5% to $6.83 billion, also trouncing expectations of $6.52 billion, while same-store sales were flat, versus a forecasted drop of 0.1%.As of 9:00 a.m. ET, shares for Kohl’s were up about 5%. Looking ahead, Kohl’s is calling for earnings per share in the range of $4.20 and $4.60 and comps between a 1% loss and …read more […]

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a maker of scientific instrument and laboratory supplies, is buying Qiagen in a deal valued at about $10.1 billion. Qiagen NV is a provider of molecular diagnostics and sample preparation technologies. The Netherlands-based company has approximately 5,100 workers at 35 locations in more than 25 countries. …read more […]