Stock market news for April 27, 2020

Most active stocks March 12 2020, US stock market These are the most active stocks for the US stock market on Thursday, March 12, 2020: Stock market data: Investing.com Stock market Daily stock news, stocks, stock market news, and a premium stock market newsletter, with stocks to buy, stocks to sell, investing.

Stock market news “Stocks dropped on Wednesday as weak economic data and disappointing bank earnings dragged the major averages lower. Retail sales in March fell 8.7% — the most on record — while the latest reading from the Empire State Index showed that manufacturing in the New York area hit a record low reading of -78.2. Meanwhile, as earnings season gets underway investors are getting their first glimpse of the coronavirus’ economic toll” Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/15/stock-market-today-live.html How the US stock market closed on April 15, 2020 S&P 500: 2,783.36,-62.70(-2.20%)Dow 30: 23,504.35,-445.41(-1.86%)Nasdaq: 8,393.18,-122.56(-1.44%)Russell 2000: 1,183.98,-53.36(-4.31%) Stocks gainers Fibra UNO (FBASF) stock was among stock gainers with a stock price of 0.9750+0.1350 (+16.07%). Stocks losers Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK) stock was was among stock losers with a stock price of 16.38-9.86 (-37.58%). Stock investing | Stock trading | Most active stocks General Electric Company (GE) stock was among the most active stocks with a stock price of 6.50-0.43 (-6.20%). Stock Market, U.S. Sectors & Industries Performance Health Care was the best performing sector -0.52%, Energy was the worst-performing sector -4.67%. Source: https://eresearch.fidelity.com/eresearch/goto/markets_sectors/landing.jhtml Stock Earnings Notable earnings today April 16, 2020 include Abbott Laboratories (ABT), BlackRock Inc (BLK), Honeywell International Inc (HON), Morgan Stanley (MS), and Skechers USA Inc (SKX). Stock market update All data about the stock market, stocks, stock investing, stock trading is taken from Yahoo Finance, Fidelity, and stockcharts.com. Investing Check this link for stock trading.

Stock screener Utilities stocks There are economic risks for the stock market and stocks with recent Covid-19 cases spike in US states and globally. The stock screener today is about stocks that are in the Utilities sector making them defensive stocks in any upcoming stock market selloff. These stocks are not stocks to buy or stocks to sell, and we suggest further financial analysis before investing in stocks. Stocks based on our investment criteria There are 4 stocks today using the Investing.com stock screener and the following investing rules: Stocks must have a high dividend yield of at least 10%. Stocks must have a low P/E of no more than 9. The stocks are in the Utilities sector The stocks that meet these criteria and their stock prices, stock quotes at the close of June 26, 2020, are: Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE:EPD): 17.63 -0.51 -2.81%, dividend yield 1.78 (10.10%), P/E ratio 8.36 Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL (NYSE:ELP): 11.16 -0.61 -5.18%, dividend yield 0.58 (10.58%), P/E ratio 8.36 Enable Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:ENBL): 4.79 -0.25 -4.96%, dividend yield 0.66 (13.80%), P/E ratio 6.45 CNX Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:CNXM): 6.69 -0.38 -5.37%, dividend yield 1.28 (19.19%), P/E ratio 2.72. Stock screener searching for undervalued stocks This free stock screener is searching for stocks that are undervalued, in the US stock market, having a very attractive dividend yield and a low P/E ratio compared to the average P/E ratio of the S&P 500 index. The current S&P 500 PE Ratio is 21.57 as of June 26, 2020. Stock market data: https://www.multpl.com/s-p-500-pe-ratio There are numerous free stock screeners and paid stock screeners to analyze stocks for investing and trading. We do not own any of these stocks as of June 29, 2020. The stock market is closed as of 6:45 AM, ET time today June 29, 2020.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock shows strong signs of entering a consolidation and maturity phase, being a safe long-term stock pick -Solid financial performance but having difficulty generating excess market returns in the future -Valuation is not too expensive, signaling not any red flags compared to its main industry peers -Wells Fargo recent scandal may however have a negative effect to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. if in the future a global banking financial system crisis occur Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock class B (NYSE:BRK.B) has so far this year an identical performance compared to major market indices S&P and Dow Jones, showing a gain of about 12%. Having a beta of 0.77 means that in fact being a defensive stock, actually performed better than the general stock market. The company is actually a conglomerate, being in the financial sector and insurance industry, but having a diverse portfolio of businesses. The stock has a solid financial performance last year, but in the future there are risks of not being able to provide excess returns According to a survey by IDC about challenges and trends for the insurance industry in 2016, 2 major risks are the threat of new entrants entering in the market and rising competition, and new investments required in the digital era to face new forms of threats. While profitability for last 5 years is good and shows a rising trend as both net profit margin ratio and return on equity ratio have increased, growth in net income and earnings per share seems to decrease. 5 years revenue growth also seems to increase at a diminishing rate. Free cash flow growth on a yearly basis for last 5 years shows a very erratic move, with a very significant decrease in last year, while debt/equity ratio shows a remarkable stability and is low enough, showing financial strength and stability. 5 years earnings growth forecast is 7.1% which is not too excessive and shows a mature growth company. Valuation of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock class B (NYSE:BRK.B) is not too expensive, although price growth is expected not to be excessive Current valuation of stock price class B for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. compared to its industry show that the stock has a lower Price/Earnings ratio of 14 compared to the Price/Earnings ratio of 17 for the insurance industry, while the stock has higher Price/Book, Price/Sales and Price/Cash Flow ratios than relevant industry ratios. Operating Margin and Net Profit Margin ratios for the company on a 5 years average are both significant higher than the ratios of the insurance industry. The same result applies also for Return on Equity ratio for the company, showing a better profitability and management effectiveness compared to its industry. Wells Fargo recent scandal could be a high risk event as Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is the largest institutional owner of Wells Fargo stock As a conglomerate the significant investment in Wells Fargo stock at about 9.5% total ownership is both promising and risky. In many cases stocks that have bad related news, such as scandals about financial statements tend to underperform the general stock market as the demand for their shares falls significantly. A significant drop in the stock price of Wells Fargo due to the recent scandal could have negative impact on the overall profitability of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. The banking sector is fragile this period as another important global bank, Deutsche bank is under pressure having to deal with an enormous amount of fine, $14 billions, imposed to it by the US Department of Justice for selling mortgage securities in the US a few years ago. A domino effect scenario in the financial sector and banks with a new crisis can only hurt Berkshire Hathaway Inc. At the same time the company has increased its position in Apple(Nasdaq:AAPL), and so far Apple stock is performing well enough having increased lately due to strong sales of new IPhone 7. Conclusion of investment thesis We think that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock class B having closed on September 28th 2016 at $145.28 per share is a hold. Valuation does not seem to be excessive, but at projected future 5 years earnings growth of 7.1% the potential for stock price increases, but at a moderate pace. We have a 12 months price target increase of 8-10% from current level or $156-$160 per share, ideally buying shares at any possible sell-off for a better risk adjusted return. Sources and legal disclaimer: The author does not owe any BRK.B stocks, this is not an investing recommendation,just financial analysis https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=EMEA41489516 Reuters.com, MorningStar.com, Google finance The stock market on the internet is a blog about stock market analysis focusing on stocks both from a long and short position and does not offer investing recommendation,just pure financial analysis.

The latest stock market news for July 15, 2020. A higher close for the US stock market today, with gains for all major indices, and plenty of volatility for stocks. Nasdaq managed to close higher, earlier it was negative. Small-cap stocks today outperformed, the Russell 2000 index gained more than 3.5% or more than 50 points. Stock market at the close today S&P 500: 3,227.43,+29.91(+0.94%)Dow 30: 26,876.84,+234.25(+0.88%)Nasdaq: 10,550.49,+61.92(+0.59%)Russell 2000: 1,483.77,+55.51(+3.89%) Stock movers Genetic Technologies Limited (GENE) was a stock mover closing at 5.67+3.41 (+150.88%). Source: Stockscharts.com Stock Market, U.S. Sectors & Industries Performance The Industrials sector was the best performing sector +2.55%, the Utilities sector was the worst-performing sector -0.44%. Source: Fidelity Stock market update All data about the stock market, stocks, stock investing, stock trading is taken from Yahoo Finance, Fidelity, and stockcharts.com. Investing Check this link for stock trading. Subscribe to our stock market newsletter, with stocks to buy, stocks to sell, investing. Daily stock market news.

The stock market closed higher today with a choppy trading session, Dow gained more than 470 points At the close today the US stock market numbers were: S&P 500: 3,041.31,+39.21(+1.31%)Dow 30: 25,605.54,+477.37(+1.90%)Nasdaq: 9,588.81,+96.08(+1.01%)Russell 2000: 1,387.68,+31.46(+2.32%) Commodities At 4:28 PM, ET time today the crude oil was higher but the gold price was marginally lower. Crude Oil: 36.43,+0.09(+0.25%)Gold: 1,738.50,-1.30(-0.07%) Bonds The 10-Yr Bond yield today rose at 0.6990,+0.0460(+7.04%). Stocks today Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (HTZ) stock today closed at 2.8300+0.7700 (+37.38%). There was news that “Hertz, after filing for bankruptcy, looks to sell $1B in shares.” Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/video/hertz-looks-sell-1b-shares-161007266.html. Trading HTZ stock now is not investing, it is pure speculation. eMagin Corporation (EMAN) stock closed at 0.9100+0.3082 (+51.21%) and was among the trending stocks today. Another trending stock for today was IZEA Worldwide, Inc. (IZEA) tumbling more than 35%, with a stock price at the close of 1.7200-1.1000 (-39.01%). Stock market sectors performance Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/sectors Utilities were a laggard sector today closing -0.22%, Real Estate was the leader sector today closing +3.16%. Economic and finance news The US stock market today made a rebound today and the release of the Michigan Consumer Sentiment Preliminary index beating the expectation was a positive factor. The figure came in at 78.9 better than the forecast of 75, higher than the previous figure of 72.3. Consumer sentiment and consumer spending are top important economic indicators about the state of the US economy. Source: Dailyfx.com

Stock market live. All major stock indices are up today, Dow is up more than 400 points as of 11:27 AM, ET time today, June 29, 2020. S&P 500: 3,039.91,+30.86(+1.03%)Dow 30: 25,439.77,+424.22(+1.70%)Nasdaq: 9,817.56,+60.34(+0.62%)Russell 2000: 1,414.49,+35.71(+2.59%) Small-cap stocks outperform, tech stocks underperform. Stock market data: Yahoo Finance

Stock futures today Stock futures fall today, Dow futures are down more than 40 points, Nasdaq futures are down more than 140 points. As of 8:31 AM, ET time today the latest stock futures update: S&P Futures: 3,560.75,-18.50(-0.52%)Dow Futures: 29,043.00,-47.00(-0.16%)Nasdaq Futures: 12,268.75,-142.75(-1.15%)Russell 2000 Futures: 1,588.90,-3.60(-0.23%) Stock market data: Yahoo Finance

Stocks biggest gainers February 19, 2020, US stock market These are the stocks biggest gainers for the US stock market on Wednesday, February 19,2020: Stock market data: Money CNN Investing – How to invest in stocks We have a US stock market newsletter with stocks to buy, stocks to sell, investing.

Stock market news A mixed trading session for the US stock market today. Early losses were erased but at the close today S&P 500 was flat, Dow was down more than 100 points and Nasdaq was higher more than 70 points. This is the stock market today update at the close: S&P 500: 2,930.19,+0.39(+0.01%)Dow 30: 24,221.99,-109.33(-0.45%)Nasdaq: 9,192.34,+71.02(+0.78%)Russell 2000: 1,324.32,-5.32(-0.40%) Commodities At 4:15 Pm today, ET time crude oil prices were unchanged and gold price was down about 0.80%: Crude Oil: 24.74,0.00(0.00%)Gold: 1,699.80,-14.10(-0.82%) Bonds 10-Yr Bond yield: 0.7260,+0.0440(+6.45%)Vix: 27.46,-0.52(-1.86%) Stocks today ArcelorMittal (MT) stock was among stock losers today, closing at 9.17-2.25 (-19.70%). NMC Health Plc (NMHLY) stock was among stock gainers today with a stock price of 0.7590+0.2841 (+59.81%). Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) stock was among the most active stocks today, closing at 55.74+2.55 (+4.79%). Stock market data: Yahoo Finance, Stockscharts. Trading and Investing Check this link if you are interested in trading.

A higher close for the US stock market today, tech stocks outperforming and Dow gaining more than 200 points. Stock market today at the close S&P 500: 3,100.29,+47.05(+1.54%)Dow 30: 25,812.88,+217.08(+0.85%)Nasdaq: 10,058.77,+184.61(+1.87%)Russell 2000: 1,441.37,+20.16(+1.42%) Commodities At 4:28 PM, ET time today the oil price was lower and gold price higher. Crude Oil: 39.37,-0.33(-0.83%)Gold: 1,798.90,+17.70(+0.99%) Bonds At 4:29 PM, ET time today the 10-Yr Bond yield was at 0.6530,+0.0170(+2.67%). Stocks today Stocks that moved today and were trending stocks: Polar Power, Inc. (POLA) stock gained more than 250%, with a stock price at the close of 4.9600+3.5900 (+262.04%). Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) stock closed at 1,079.81+70.46 (+6.98%) making today a new 52-week high at 1,087.50. Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (INO) stock closed lower more than 14% at 26.95-4.74 (-14.96%). Blink Charging Co. (BLNK) stock gained more than 40%, having a stock price of 5.68+1.67 (+41.65%) at the close. CytoDyn Inc. (CYDY) stock declined more than 35%, closing at 5.68-3.09 (-35.23%). Stock market data: Yahoo Finance

Stocks biggest gainers January 24 2020 These are the stocks biggest gainers for the US stock market on Friday, January 24, 2020: Source: https://money.cnn.com/data/hotstocks/

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Undervalued stocks The stock screener today July 29, 2020, is looking for potentially undervalued stocks in the Utilities sector. The investment criteria for these stocks are: Price / Book Value (P/B less than 1 Price / Sales (P/S) less than 1 1 Yr. % Change in Net Income greater than 10% The stocks for these criteria using the free Finance Yahoo stock screener are: Pampa Energia S.A. (PAM): 11.40-0.12 (-1.04%).As of 11:41 AM EDT. Market open. Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anonima (EDN): 3.9250-0.1450 (-3.56%).As of 11:39 AM EDT. Market open. Just Energy Group Inc. (JE): 0.3788-0.0162 (-4.10%). As of 11:44 AM EDT. Market open. We excluded OTC stocks as we want to have plenty of liquidity which is top important for investing in stocks. These stocks are not investment recommendations, stocks to buy. They are mentioned for further stock analysis, due diligence is required. After all, any stock screener is a filter to find stocks in the stock market, not automatically providing stock picks or stock recommendations. Further fundamental analysis is suggested.