News on Stocks in Our Portfolios
courtesy of Seeking Alpha
Expeditors
International (EXPD):
Q4 EPS of $0.4 misses by $0.03. Revenue of
$1.53B (+2% Y/Y) beats by $0.02B.
Ecolab (ECL): Q4
EPS of $0.89 in-line. Revenue of $3.0B misses by $0.04B.
HollyFrontier
(HFC):
Q4 EPS of $1.92 misses by $0.32. Revenue of
$5.14B (+3.5% Y/Y) beats by $0.21B.
Home Depot (HD):
Q4 EPS of $0.68 beats by $0.04. Revenue of
$18.2B (+13.9% Y/Y) beats by $0.54B.
ONEOK Partners (OKS):
Q4 EPS of $0.66 beats by $0.04.
Economics
This Week’s Data
The
International Council of Shopping Centers reported weekly sales of major
retailers up 0.1% versus the prior week and up 2.9% versus the comparable
period a year ago; Redbook Research reported month to date retail chain store
sales up 1.4% versus the similar time frame last month and up 1.7% on a year
over year basis.
The
December Case Shiller home price index rose 0.9%% versus expectations of an
increase of 0.8%.
The
February Conference Board’ index of consumer confidence came in at 69.6 versus
estimates of 61.0
January
new home sales were up 16.5% versus an anticipated rise of 3.2%.
A complete review of the
housing market (medium):
The
February Richmond Fed’s manufacturing index was reported at +6 versus forecasts
of -3.
Weekly
mortgage applications fell 3.8% while purchase applications dropped 5.0%
January
durable goods orders declined 5.2% versus expectations of a decrease of 4.0%;
however, ex transportation, orders were up 1.9% versus estimates of up 0.2%.
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