For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL – March 29, 2019 – 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: JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) , Disney (NYSE:DIS) , Citigroup (NYSE:C) , PNC Financial (NYSE:C) and Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) .
Here are highlights from Thursday’s Analyst Blog:
Top Stock Reports for JPMorgan, Disney and Citigroup
The Zacks Research Daily presents the best research output of our analyst team. Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including JPMorgan (JPM), Disney (DIS) and Citigroup (C). These research reports have been hand-picked from the roughly 70 reports published by our analyst team today.
You can see all of today’s research reports here >>>
JPMorgan’s shares have outperformed the Zacks Major Regional Banks industry in the past year (-9.5% vs. -10.8%). The company has an impressive earnings surprise history, having surpassed expectations in three of the trailing four quarters.
The Zacks analyst thinks expansion into new markets by opening branches, focus on strengthening credit card business, higher rates and improving loan balance will continue supporting its revenues. Also, the bank's steady capital deployment plans reflect a strong balance sheet position. However, dismal mortgage banking performance (owing to lower origination volume and refinancing activities) remains a major concern.
The company's significant dependence on capital markets revenues is another worry. These are expected to hurt the bank's fee income growth to an extent.
Shares of Disney have gained +9.8% over the past year, outperforming the Zacks Media Conglomerates industry’s gain of +6.7% during the same period. The Zacks analyst thinks Disney’s strong film slate will boost its Studio Entertainment segment results. Recently released Captain Marvel became the third-highest domestic release of all times in the month of March and the seventh highest MCU debut film.
Additionally, future releases including Avengers 4 may aid top-line growth. Moreover, with the completion of the Fox acquisition, Disney can strengthen its TV slate and expand its international presence and DTC offerings. Disney’s upcoming streaming service Disney+, supported by content strength from Disney and Fox, may give tough competition to Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN).
However, higher programming costs at ESPN and heavy investments in streaming services continue to hurt profitability. Moreover, softness experienced in tourism in China negatively impacted Shanghai Disney Resort results.
Citigroup's shares have outperformed the Zacks Major Regional Banks industry in the past three months (+16.7% vs. +6.8%). Also, the company possesses an impressive earnings surprise history, beating expectations in all the trailing four quarters.
The Zacks analyst thinks the company’s restructuring and streamlining efforts along with strategic investments in core business bode well for the long-term. Also, declining costs base supports bottom-line improvement.
Recently, the company entered the booming digital consumer payments industry, thereby expanding sources of revenues. Nevertheless, pending litigation issues might keep legal expenses elevated. Moreover, muted fee income growth, due to dismal performance of investment banking revenues, keeps its topline under pressure.
Other noteworthy reports we are featuring today include Intuitive PNC Financial (PNC) and Twitter (TWTR).
Zacks' Top 10 Stocks for 2019
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