VeriFone Systems, Inc. (NYSE:PAY) is a global leader in payments and commerce solutions. The company designs, manufacturers, markets, and supplies a broad range of payment devices and services that enable secure electronic payment transactions and value-added services at the point-of-sale (POS). PAY has two operating segments, systems and services. Systems provides POS electronic payment devices and services provides device related leasing and maintenance, payment transaction routing and reporting, and commerce based services such as advertising on digital screens.
When PAY reported third quarter FY16 results on September 1 st, the share price declined by about 20% as investors were disappointed with the company’s guidance for Q4 and FY17. At the core of investors’ disappointment is the slower than expected uptake of EMV POS electronic payment devices in the US. To provide some perspective on this particular challenge, it is possible that there are tribal villages that have upgraded to EMV before the US has upgraded; in other words, pretty much every developed country and several developing and emerging countries have switched over to this more secure form of electronic payment.
online broker: Transcananda Pipelines Ltd.(TRP)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By WWW.KIPLINGER.COM]
Energy stocks were driven by a hefty dose of M&A during the third quarter. And that will drive returns for TransCanada Corporation (TRP) during the next one.
- [By Ben Levisohn]
In a number of articles recently, following the US recent revival and potential approval of the previously blocked Keystone XL pipeline, a number of estimates have been provided suggesting a pending boom for the US steel industry is on the horizon (and US steel stocks have reacted in kind). In fact, this optimism, we believe, peaked today when a report from one of our competitors was published claiming that, the keystone XL pipeline could increase line pipe demand by 14.7% for 2 years. The problem here, we believe, rests with the facts that: (a) TransCanada (TRP) has already taken, and paid for, the steel to build the Keystone XL pipeline (the steel currently sits in storage facilities in both Regina, Canada and Arkansas, United States), (b) neither US Steel (X; SELL), AK Steel, Steel Dynamics, or Nucor have the ability to make the specialized steel required for the miles of pipe associated with this project, to include both the thickness and pressure requirements, according to this article from Reuters, and (c) assuming some of the pipe does need replacement, this would likely come from international steel makers who are capable of producing the specialized steel (again, as highlighted in this Reuters article).
- [By Paul Ausick]
That includes pipeline companies like Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI), which already operates a pipeline transporting natural gas from Texas into Mexico, and master limited partnerships (MLPs) Energy Transfer Partners L.P. (NYSE: ETP) and TransCanada Corp. (NYSE: TRP), the company that has (so far) failed to get U.S. approval for its Keystone Pipeline expansion from Canada’s oil sands across the U.S. border.
- [By Matthew DiLallo]
Energy infrastructure companies ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) and TransCanada (NYSE:TRP) are both emerging from the energy market downturn as stronger entities. Each made smart acquisitions, with TransCanada buying U.S. gas pipeline company Columbia Pipeline Group, while ONEOK is in the process of gobbling up its MLP,ONEOK Partners (NYSE:OKS). While these deals enhanced the growth profiles of both companies, TransCanada still stands out as the better buy for long-term income investors. Here’s why.
- [By Matthew DiLallo]
After a series of setbacks in its attempts to build new oil pipelines, Canadian pipeline giant TransCanada (NYSE:TRP) completed a transformation transaction to acquire U.S. natural gas pipeline company Columbia Pipeline Group for $13 billion, which includes the assumption of debt. The key to that deal was that it increased the combined company’s near-term project pipeline to 23 billion Canadian dollars, which supports TransCanada’s ability to increase its dividend by 8% to 10% annually through 2020. After completing that deal, TransCanada made a bid to acquire all of the outstanding units that it did not own of affiliated MLP Columbia Pipeline Partners (NYSE:CPPL) in a transaction valued at $915 million. These acquisitions solidified TransCanada’s natural gas pipeline growth ambitions, enabling it to diversify away from oil pipelines.
online broker: ADA-ES Inc.(ADES)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Jim Robertson]
Yesterday, our Under the Radar Moversnewsletter suggested small cap emissions solutions stock Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc (NASDAQ: ADES) as a potential long/bullish trade:
online broker: Polycom Inc.(PLCM)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Emily Stewart]
Polycom (PLCM) is Soros’ top tech holding. As of the end of the second quarter, he owns 7.9 million shares valued at $89.2 million.
Polycom provides collaboration solutions for voice, video, and content sharing. It has a $1.7 billion market cap and trades at a P/E of 73.24.
online broker: Eastman Kodak Company(KODK)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By William Patalon III]
The first trade spat that I covered during my newspaper days was one back in the mid-1990s that pitted Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE: KODK) against Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (OTC ADR: FUJIY).
- [By Lee Jackson]
Another famous American company caught a seller last week. Eastman Kodak Co.(NYSE: KODK) had a 10% owner selling shares. Blue Mountain Capital sold a total of 1,353,653 shares, and prices ranged from $11.54 to $11.75 a share. The total for the sale was set at $16 million. The shares closed Friday at $11.50, in a 52 week range of $10 to $17.30. There was no consensus target as the stock is not followed on Wall Street.
- [By William Patalon III]
One of those analysts was a gent named Michael W. Ellmann, a onetime Shakespearian literature professor who’d become a securities analyst for Wertheim Schroder & Co. in New York. Michael was covering Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE: KODK) for Schroder when I took over the Kodak beat for Gannett Newspapers, and we became fast friends.
online broker: Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation(LGF)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Ben Levisohn]
Starz (STRZA) has jumped 14% to$32.16 after agreeing to be purchased by Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF) in a deal that values Starz at about $4.4 billion. Lions Gate has climbed 9.4% to $22.90.
- [By Ben Levisohn]
Here we think names trading in the mid-single digit multiple range such as AMC Networks (AMCX) should benefit the most as should Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF) / Starz (STRZA), Viacom (VIAB), Viacom (VIA) and Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI).
- [By Monica Gerson]
Benzinga's newsdesk monitors options activity to notice unusual patterns. These large volume (and often out of the money) trades were initially published intraday in Benzinga Professional . These trades were placed during Friday's regular session.
GrubHub Inc (NYSE: GRUB) Sep16 35.0 Calls Sweep: 1054 @ ASK $1.40: 2690 traded vs 178 OI: Earnings 7/26 $30.03 Ref
Macy's, Inc. (NYSE: M) Jul16 34.0 Calls Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $0.90: 13k traded vs 16k OI: Earnings 8/10 $33.14 Ref
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (USA) (NYSE: LGF) Jul16 21.0 Calls Sweep: 714 @ ASK $1.30: 778 traded vs 53 OI: Earnings 8/4 $21.64 Ref
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR) Sep16 19.0 Calls Sweep: 1500 @ ASK $0.66: 1967 traded vs 12k OI: Earnings 7/26 $15.05 Ref
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) Oct16 5.0 Calls Sweep: 4790 @ ASK $0.78: 9909 traded vs 4435 OI: Earnings 7/21 $5.01 Ref
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) Jul16 21.0 Calls Sweep: 2000 @ ASK $0.22: 5794 traded vs 1474 OI: Earnings 8/9 $19.98 Ref
Mobileye NV (NYSE: MBLY) Fri 7/22 40.0 Calls (Wkly) Sweep: 2331 @ ASK $1.30: 2481 traded vs 36 OI: Earnings 8/4 $38.08 Ref
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- [By Monica Gerson]
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (USA) (NYSE: LGF) is projected to post a quarterly loss at $0.01 per share on revenue of $740.67 million.
Eaton Vance Corp (NYSE: EV) is estimated to report its quarterly earnings at $0.48 per share on revenue of $321.42 million.
online broker: Century Casinos, Inc.(CNTY)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Lisa Levin]
Century Casinos, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNTY) shares dropped 15 percent to $7.77. Century Casinos priced its 4.25 million share offering at $7.50 per share.
