Stocks tend to be most volatile around earnings season, when a good or bad report can make or break it. However, a good or even great earnings report doesn't necessarily translate into a huge pop for a stock.
During earnings season, BullMarket.com publishes a comprehensive 20- to 30-page Earnings Preview report for the week ahead each Friday.
Over the past year, BullMarket.com used the data it has collected to correctly predict investor reactions for approximately two-third of the stocks it's previewed.
In its latest earnings preview, BullMarket.com looks at several popular stocks, including Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU - News), Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM - News), Green Mountain Coffee (Nasdaq: GMCR - News), Yum Brands (NYSE: YUM - News), Shutterfly (Nasdaq: SFLY - News), Acme Packet (Nasdaq: APKT - News), Mastercard (NYSE: MA - News), Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN - News), and Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG - News).
Here is just a tiny sample of what BullMarket.com wrote about Yum Brands:
"Yum Brands has delivered EPS beats in six of the last eight quarters, missing once and meeting the consensus once. During that span, the stock has risen the next session five of eight quarters. Seasonally, the stock has risen once in the past four years.
"Outside of earnings, Yum Brands is largely an international growth story. U.S results have been weak for quite some time now, while China has been a strong growth driver. India, meanwhile, is viewed as the next big potential growth driver, and both its Pizza Hut and KFC concepts fit very well into an Indian culture that by and large does not eat beef. ..."
The full BullMarket.com earnings analysis includes a look at historical earnings data and EPS trends for the companies above and more; examines past investor reactions to earnings in various contexts; gives options activity analysis; reviews previous-quarter earnings; and gives an opinion on both what earnings will look like and how investors will react based on the aforementioned data points.
Just a few of the correct calls BullMarket.com has made for Q4 so were:
to be bearish on Google (Nasdaq: GOOG - News) ahead of earnings.
to be bullish on Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL - News) ahead of earnings.
to be bearish on Sandisk (Nasdaq: SNDK - News) ahead of earnings.
to be bullish on EMC (NYSE: EMC - News) ahead of earnings.
to be bullish on eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY - News) ahead of earnings.
A daily investment service that is committed to creating long-term wealth for its members, BullMarket.com's Recommended List of stocks is up 33.3% from 2008-2011 versus a -14.4% return for the S&P, topping the benchmark each year since the start of the Great Recession. Subscribers receive actionable market commentary, access to 40+ stock ideas on the Recommended List, and real-time trade alerts. Plus, sign up for a free trial today to view Bull Market's in-depth Special Reports - including its annual High Yield and MLP reports - and its timely Earnings Previews, which are published every Friday during the heart of earnings season. Get a Risk-Free Trial to Bull Market Today! (Please note returns are unaudited.)
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