About this content About Angela Harmantas Angela Harmantas is an Editor at Proactive. She has over 15 years of experience covering the equity markets in North America, with a particular focus on junior resource stocks. Angela has reported from numerous countries around the world, including Canada, the US, Australia, Brazil, Ghana, and South Africa for leading trade publications. Previously, she worked in investor relations and led the foreign direct investment program in Canada for the Swedish government ...

Investors might want to bet on SmarFinancial (SMBK) , as earnings estimates for this company have been showing solid improvement lately. The stock has already gained solid short-term price momentum, and this trend might continue with its still improving earnings outlook.Analysts' growing optimism on the earnings prospects of this bank holding company is driving estimates higher, which should get reflected in its stock price. After all, empirical research shows a strong correlation between trends in earnings ...

Bank of NT Butterfield & Son (NTB) could be a solid choice for investors given the company's remarkably improving earnings outlook. While the stock has been a strong performer lately, this trend might continue since analysts are still raising their earnings estimates for the company.Analysts' growing optimism on the earnings prospects of this community bank is driving estimates higher, which should get reflected in its stock price. After all, empirical research shows a strong correlation between trends in e ...

Shares of Block (XYZ -20.90%) are falling on Friday. The stock dropped 20.7% as of 12:55 p.m. ET and was down as much as 24.3% earlier in the day. The move comes as the S&P 500 (^GSPC 1.44%) and Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC 1.59%) gained 1.5% and 1.8%, respectively.A big miss for BlockBlock reported its Q1 2025 numbers yesterday, underperforming across the board. Revenue for the quarter was down 3% year over year (YOY), coming in at $5.77 billion when $6.2 billion was expected. While its earnings per share (EPS) ...

CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 2, 2025 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Josh Schutzer - VP, Finance Chris Marr - President and CEO Tim Martin - CFO Conference Call Participants Samir Khanal - Bank of America Merrill Lynch Nick Carn - Citi Spenser Glimcher - Green Street Todd Thomas - KeyBanc Capital Markets Michael Griffin - Evercore ISI Ravi Vaidya - Mizuho Daniel Tricarico - Scotiabank Ki Bin Kim - Truist Securities Michael Goldsmith - UBS Hong Zhang - JPMorgan Brendan Lynch - ...

Eaton Corporation (ETN) reported first-quarter 2025 earnings of $2.72 per share, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.7%. The bottom line increased around 13.3% year over year and was near the upper end of the guidance of $2.65-$2.75. (See the Zacks Earnings Calendar to stay ahead of market-making news.)GAAP earnings for the reported quarter were $2.45 per share, up 20.1% from $2.04 in the year-ago quarter. The difference between GAAP and operating earnings in the reported quarter was due to ch ...

Chevron Corporation (CVX) reported adjusted first-quarter earnings per share of $2.18, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.15. The outperformance stemmed from higher-than-expected U.S. natural gas production in the company’s key upstream segment. The unit’s domestic output of 2,859 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) came in above the consensus mark of 2,666 MMcf/d. A healthy gain in the commodity’s U.S. realizations also played its part.However, the bottom line came well below the year-ago adjusted ...

Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) will report its first-quarter 2025 results on May 5, after the bell.We expect a significant year-over-year improvement in the company’s top line in the to-be-reported quarter, driven by healthy business from existing, as well as new customers, strengthening both Government and Commercial segments. The current Zacks Consensus Estimate for total revenues stands at $862.9 million, indicating 36% growth from the year-ago reported quarter.Going by segments, the consensus estimat ...

Economic data released this week doesn’t paint a rosy picture, raising concerns over the economy slipping into a recession in the coming months. Although President Donald Trump temporarily paused reciprocal tariffs last month, which helped markets rebound from their earlier lows, Wall Street remains volatile.Given this uncertainty, cautious investors looking for a steady income and ways to protect their capital may want to hold or buy dividend-paying stocks. Three such stocks are Atkore Inc. (ATKR) , Enact ...

If you are looking for a stock that has a solid history of beating earnings estimates and is in a good position to maintain the trend in its next quarterly report, you should consider Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) . This company, which is in the Zacks Computer - Integrated Systems industry, shows potential for another earnings beat.This chipmaker has seen a nice streak of beating earnings estimates, especially when looking at the previous two reports. The average surprise for the last two quarters was 1.48%. ...