What to watch Walgreens Boots: This week, pharmacy retailer Walgreens Boots announced it has reached a deal with a primary care firm to open doctors’ offices in more than 500 drug stores over the next five years, targeting underserved markets. That partnership will likely be one focus for analysts when the company reports its latest…
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What to watch Emergency UK budget: Today at 12:30pm, Chancellor Rishi Sunak will present an emergency summer budget update, in which he is expected to announce a host of measures intended to assist the UK economy’s recovery from the coronavirus lockdown. A multi-billion pound green jobs scheme, cash for firms that hire trainees, and vouchers…
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What to watch Paychex: Human resource and payroll outsourcing firm Paychex reports its latest quarterly earnings today. The $28bn market cap firm’s share price is down 8.6% year-to-date, after a 30% surge over the past three months. Analysts are expecting an earnings-per-share figure of $0.60, and overwhelmingly favour a hold rating on the stock. How…
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Banking stocks help FTSE 100 higher London-listed shares were buoyed by positive employment figures in the US, as the UK’s biggest companies make a substantial portion of their revenues from the US. The FTSE 100 jumped 1.3%, although it is still down 17.3% year-to-date, lagging far behind the major US indices. Banking, travel and retail…
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UK house prices fall for first time since 2012 London-listed shares had a mixed Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 marginally down, and the FTSE 250 up 0.4%. Data from Nationwide showed that UK house prices fell for the first time since 2012 in June, losing 0.1% versus the same month last year, after climbing 1.8%…
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What to watch General Mills: General Mills is the firm behind brands including Cheerios, Haagen-Dazs and Betty Crocker. The company’s share price is up 15.1% year-to-date, thanks to expectations of elevated demand for household staples driven by the pandemic. The $37bn market cap firm reports its latest set of quarterly earnings today. On the company’s…
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UK rallies as financials come to the rescue UK markets turned positive late yesterday to finish on a high, with financial stocks coming to the fore amid changes to the US regulatory landscape. Asset managers Schroders and Standard Life Aberdeen both closed up over 3%, while investment platforms were also in the ascendency, as investors…
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What to watch Nike: Attracting a lot of attention ahead of its Q4 results today is Nike as analysts flock to offer upbeat assessments of the share price. While the company’s stock tumbled with many others during the initial coronavirus outbreak, it has largely recovered all its losses in the subsequent rally and now hovers…
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What to watch Winnebago Industries: One of the more intriguing companies reporting earnings this week is Winnebago, which will issue its latest quarterly results on Wednesday. The company’s stock, having initially taken a huge hit in the broader market sell-off due to production line shutdowns, is up 33.8% year-to-date, after a huge 194% rally over…
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What to watch IHS Markit: IHS Markit is a financial information firm headquartered in London, but listed on the Nasdaq exchange. Its share price is close to flat year-to-date, and up 23.1% over the past year, after a huge 61.4% rally during the last three months. The near $30bn market cap company reports its latest…
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