The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Roku, Jack in the Box, Wendy's and MindBody
For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL – February 22, 2018 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Roku ROKU, Jack in the Box JACK, Wendy's WEN and MindBody, Inc. MB.
Here are highlights from Wednesday’s Analyst Blog:
Q4 Stock Roundup: ROKU, JACK, WEN and More
After the closing bell Wednesday, a new group of companies reported quarterly earnings reports, with widely varying results.
Entertainment platform Roku swung to a big positive earnings surprise from what was supposed to be a bottom-line miss -- 6 cents per share earned versus and expected -11 cents per share. The company also surpassed expectations in quarterly sales -- $188.3 million vs. $183.2 million expected. But lower guidance than anticipated for Q1 is sending the Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) company tumbling in after-hours trading, currently down 19%. For more on ROKU's earnings, click here.
Regional quick-service restaurant Jack in the Box outperformed expectations on its top and bottom lines after today's closing bell, putting up $1.23 per share as opposed to the $1.06 in the Zacks consensus estimate, on $294.46 million in sales that improved on the $285.94 million expected. The company's pending sale of its Qdoba franchise is expected to benefit the company. For more on JACK's earnings, click here.
Wendy's, however, came up short on both its earnings and sales estimates for the quarter, with a bottom line of 11 cents per share missing by a penny and a top-line of $309.2 million down from the $315.3 million expected. Comps in North America were up slightly, but the quick-service player was operating with nearly 300 fewer restaurants in 2017. As a result, sales fell 14.8% year over year. For more on WEN's earnings, click here.
MindBody, Inc., payment platform services company for the wellness industry, beat quarterly expectations and issued stronger guidance for the coming quarter and fiscal year. The Zacks Rank #3 firm posted 3 cents per share, beating expectations of 1 cent, on revenues of $49.7 million which outperformed the $48.9 million we had been looking for. MindBody showed 30% year-over-year growth on better-than-expected subscription services revenue. For more on MB's earnings, click here.
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