Analytics, News, and Forecasts for CFD Markets: stock news — 26-04-2019.

U.S. stock-index futures rose slightly on Friday as investors assessed mixed batch of earnings and preliminary Q1 GDP data.

Global Stocks:

(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)

FedEx (FDX) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at UBS; target lowered to $161

3M (MMM) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at BofA/Merrill

Starbucks (SBUX) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo; target lowered to $80

Chevron (CVX) reported Q1 FY 2019 earnings of $1.39 per share (versus $1.90 in Q1 FY 2018), beating analysts’ consensus of $1.33.

The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $35.200 bln (-6.8% y/y), missing analysts’ consensus estimate of $38.425 bln.

CVX traded at $117.90 (0.00%) in pre-market trading.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported Q1 FY 2019 earnings of $0.55 per share (versus $1.09 in Q1 FY 2018), missing beating analysts’ consensus of $0.74.

The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $63.625 bln (-6.7% y/y), missing analysts’ consensus estimate of $67.354 bln.

XOM fell to $80.40 (-2.22%) in pre-market trading.

Starbucks (SBUX) reported Q1 FY 2019 earnings of $0.60 per share (versus $0.53 in Q1 FY 2018), beating analysts’ consensus of $0.57.

The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $6.306 bln (+4.5% y/y), generally in line with analysts’ consensus estimate of $6.326 bln.

The company also issued upside guidance for FY 2019, projecting EPS of $2.75-2.79 versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $2.73.

SBUX fell to $77.09 (-0.03%) in pre-market trading.

Intel (INTC) reported Q1 FY 2019 earnings of $0.89 per share (versus $0.87 in Q1 FY 2018), beating analysts’ consensus of $0.87.

The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $16.100 bln (0.0% y/y), generally in line with analysts’ consensus estimate of $16.031 bln.

The company issued downside guidance for Q2, projecting EPS of $0.89 (versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $1.02) and revenues of approx. $15.6 bln (versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $16.88 bln).

The company issued downside guidance for FY 2019, projecting EPS of $4.35 (versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $4.50) and revenues of approx. $69.0 bln (versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $71.07 bln).

INTC fell to $53.30 (-7.48%) in pre-market trading.

Ford Motor (F) reported Q1 FY 2019 earnings of $0.44 per share (versus $0.43 in Q1 FY 2018), beating analysts’ consensus of $0.27.

The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $40.342 bln (-3.9% y/y), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $37.366 bln.

F rose to $10.17 (+8.19%) in pre-market trading.

Amazon (AMZN) reported Q1 FY 2019 earnings of $7.09 per share (versus $3.27 in Q1 FY 2018), beating analysts’ consensus of $4.66.

The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $59.700 bln (+17.0% y/y), generally in line with analysts’ consensus estimate of $59.731 bln.

The company also issued guidance for Q2, projecting revenues of $59.5-63.5 bln (versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $62.42 bln) and operating income of $2.6-3.6 bln (versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $4.2 bln).

AMZN rose to $1,914.30 (+0.63%) in pre-market trading.