IBD’s Medical-Biomed/Biotech group holds the No. 1 spot on the list of 197 industry groups tracked, as several of its members topped Street forecasts over the past week. Today’s Screen of the Day focuses on Top Fundamentals, stocks with three-year earnings and revenue growth rates of 25% or more. Gilead Sciences (GILD), which has a three-year EPS growth rate of 91%, develops medicine for life-threatening conditions, including cancer, HIV/AIDS and
The threat of a cyberattack always seems to loom large, as entities from Target (TGT) to Anthem (ANTM) to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management have fallen victim to security breaches. Even a car in motion is vulnerable to getting hacked. The OPM breach, linked to Chinese hackers, reportedly exposed the personal information of over 21 million people who had been given a government background check. The attack was soon followed by hints that the
Video game maker Electronic Arts (EA) knocked out Street views by 400% last week when it delivered per-share earnings of 15 cents, above views for 3 cents. Can Activision Blizzard (ATVI) and Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) do the same when they report quarterly results? Today’s Screen of the Day, Estimate Beaters, takes a look at companies that beat earnings estimates by a wide margin. Activision Blizzard The publisher behind the “Call of Duty”