The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Verizon, Goldman Sachs, Kinder Morgan, Citigroup and Stanley Black
For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL –March 22, 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: Verizon VZ, Goldman Sachs GS, Kinder Morgan KMI, Citigroup C and Stanley Black & Decker SWK.
Here are highlights from Thursday’s Analyst Blog:
Top Research Reports for Verizon, Goldman Sachs & Kinder Morgan
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 Verizon, Goldman Sachs and Kinder Morgan. 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 >>>
Verizon’s shares have gained +21.6% in the past year, outperforming the Zacks Wireless National industry’s increase of +4% during the same period. The Zacks analyst thinks Verizon remains poised to benefit from the upcoming 5G boom as it aims to launch the 5G Ultra Wideband network in Chicago and Minneapolis in April.
Subsequently, it plans to increase the tally of 5G Ultra Wideband mobility cities to 30 in 2019. It further combines end-to-end fiber network with a large deployment of small cells for improved connectivity and millimeter wave bandwidth. Focus on online content delivery, mobile video and online advertising should also stoke growth.
However, Verizon continues to struggle in a competitive and saturated U.S. wireless market, where spectrum crunch has become a major issue. The wireline division is struggling with persistent losses in access lines owing to competitive pressure from VoIP service providers and aggressive triple-play offerings by cable firms. Verizon is spending heavily on promotion and lucrative discounts, contracting its margins.
(You can read the full research report on Verizon here >>>).
Shares of Goldman Sachs have gained +24.8% in the past three months, outperforming the +18.8% gain of the Zacks Investment Banking industry. Further, the company boasts an impressive earnings surprise history, outpacing expectations in all the trailing four quarters.
The Zacks analyst thinks the company’s well-diversified business and focus to capitalize on growth opportunities through strategic moves, along with cost-control efforts, will continue to strengthen the overall business. Also, its focus on digitization initiatives bode well.
However, declining revenues from the Institutional Client Services division remain a hindrance to the bottom-line expansion. Notably, Goldman has been embroiled in the heightened scandal related to the multibillion-dollar 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), which is a major concern.
(You can read the full research report on Goldman Sachs here >>>).
Kinder Morgan’s shares have gained +11% in the six months, outperforming the +6% increase of the Zacks Oil & Gas Pipeline industry. The Zacks analyst emphasizes that Kinder Morgan has the largest network of natural gas pipelines in North America that spreads over almost 84,000 miles.
The company’s midstream properties are linked to all the prospective plays in the United States that are rich in natural gas. These extensive networks of natural gas pipelines provide it with stable fee-based revenues. Moreover, the company’s proposed Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) Project will help the company to cash in on the region’s bottlenecks and improve cash flow visibility.
However, Kinder Morgan has significant exposure to debt with its balance sheet being more levered than the industry. Also, the current backlog of $5.7 billion is significantly lower than the high of $22 billion recorded in 2015, affecting the company’s future cash flows.
(You can read the full research report on Kinder Morgan here >>>).
Other noteworthy reports we are featuring today include Intuitive Citigroup and Stanley Black & Decker.
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