Sentences with phrase «analysts and investors said»

As Mr Scott addressed Coles» management and staff in Melbourne on Monday, analysts and investors said Coles» capital structure and balance sheet would be critical to its ability to prosper.

MOSCOW (Reuters)- An escalation in U.S. sanctions against Moscow risks derailing a fragile recovery in Russia's economy, which had just begun to take hold after the Kremlin's last confrontation with the West in 2014, analysts and investors said on Monday.

Disclosing the status of the Wells Fargo investment could have a big impact, analysts and investors said.

Amazon has not said exactly what it would do with Whole Foods» stores and other assets, but analysts and investors say the deal could upend the landscape for grocers, food delivery services and meal - kit companies.

Michael Dell may have to raise his $ 13.65 - a-share offer to secure the deal, analysts and investors say.

Not exact matches

«Investors are buying dollars and this is adding pressure,» ActivTrades analyst Carlo Alberto de Casa said.

When it reported its results three months ago, Netflix said it had only added about 880,000 U.S. subscribers, instead of the 1.15 million analysts and investors were expecting.

CEO Jeff Bezos says a lot of the company's expansion is happening overseas — the growth is costing more than it brings in for now, analysts say, but Prime membership means loyalty and investors should be happy at the retention rates of over 90 %.

«Results and guidance are pretty much exactly in line with expectations, but the stock reaction clearly suggests investors were hoping for a little more,» Atlantic Equities analyst James Cordwell said.

Large though that figure may seem, analysts say it's within investor expectations: Delivery Hero, which brokers deliveries from a network of restaurants or brings the food to customers» homes via courier, was most recently valued at between 3.5 billion euros ($ 3.9 billion) and 4 billion euros ($ 4.1 billion), when it raised funding from Naspers, a South African e-commerce company.

Shares had run up 3 percent in regular trading on Wednesday, and analysts said investor expectations may have been overblown and voiced concerns that discounts were eating into the company's average revenue per user.

In a note to investors this week, KGI Securities analyst Ming - Chi Kuo said that iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus pre-orders are sluggish because of strong demand for Apple's upcoming iPhone X.

Julianna Balicka, an analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods in San Francisco, says that when Lending Club and OnDeck went public in 2014, they were both marketed to investors as technology companies.

«Our Rack business is an important way to attract new customers to Nordstrom,» Co-President Blake Nordstrom said on a call with analysts and investors.

Analysts say Match.com is best positioned to capitalize on the surge, so much so that Topeka has increased the value of the company's stock to $ 98 from $ 78 and recommends investors purchase shares of IAC in anticipation of a Match.com spinoff.

«Investor feedback to the call was shock that a CEO would be dismissive and the general sentiment was that the defensiveness spoke volumes,» said RBC Capital Markets analyst Joseph Spak, who lowered his price target on Tesla shares 8 percent to $ 280.

More Americans are shopping for love online these days, and industry analysts say there's an opportunity for investors in the emerging trend.

In a note to investors, the bank's analysts said only 27 % of survey participants ranked Under Armour favorably, and the Curry brand was even lower, at 19 %.

He may be the perfect person to fill the communication gap that exists between Nintendo and investors,» said Jefferies Group analyst Atul Goyal.

``, DFC Intelligence analyst Jeremy Miller says brand has the strength to experiment with online models, but must walk «a very tight line between satisfying hard - core online shooter players, the pick - up - and - play crowd, and investors.»

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article said that Ruth Porat and her investor - relations team have been holding regular «office hours» with Google investors; in fact, those meetings involve analysts, and Porat does not take part in them.

Steve Dyer, analyst at Craig - Hallum, said the NYPD contract loss sparked fears of competition and pricing pressure among investors, but thus far appears to be «an anomaly.»

«Canada's move to international standards is driven by the reality of businesses operating in a globalized economy where investors and analysts compare financial information across borders and capital markets, making a common standard critical,» says CGA - Canada.

Analysts say one worry for investors is whether Mr Oohara has Mr Yasuda's ability to think five years ahead and his acumen in selecting new store locations and acquisition targets.

During a call with analysts and investors, Costco's CFO said, «As it relates to the publicity and the news and the noise around Amazon and Whole Foods, all we can do is perform.»

Analysts who spoke to Reuters on Monday said some of their investor clients want Goldman management to outline a specific plan for how the bank will make up for falling bond revenue and drive returns higher.

Furthermore, many institutional investors close their books at the year - end, a deadline for taxation and performance reporting, a time seen leading to dollar selling pressure, analysts said.

Corporate filings are often more legalistic and technical than what executives say during presentations to analysts and investors, when they may sound optimistic about the company's outlook, law professors and private lawyers noted.

That digital currency has gained more than 28 percent since January 1, which one analyst says is thanks to big - name partnerships and a unique structure that incentivizes investors not to sell.

«The sale will reduce investors» concerns about Noble's liquidity and balance sheet,» said Nirgunan Tiruchelvam, analyst at Religare Capital Markets.

I interviewed CItigroup analyst Mark Mahaney and he said that he sees this as reflecting some investors» relief at the potential for change at the company.

«There were so many investors that were short Amazon's stock in 2006 and 2007 that when the shares moved from $ 35 to $ 100 they lost their jobs,» says Brian Pitz, a bullish - on - Amazon analyst at investment bank Jefferies.

«It was exactly the right prize for Kickboard at the time,» Medbery says, noting it's «near impossible» to place a price tag on the insights she gleaned from the financiers and business analysts she met — not to mention the relationships she forged with potential investors, advisors and senior leaders at the region's public schools.

«If upstream strength dissipates and the downstream margin struggles continue, then we think investor focus will turn to portfolio questions,» HSBC analyst Sriharsha Pappu said in a recent research note.

A tie - up between Takeda and Shire could signal a new era for specialty pharma dealmaking, say analysts and investors, as interest in the sector intensifies again.

Ultimately, though, the prospect of cable companies offering wireless service and wireless companies offering video TV service could be bad for investors in both industries, until the market sorts out the long - term winners, Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves says.

Investors sent the stock higher on the news, and Amit Daryanani, an analyst at RBC, says there is even more room for the company to grow.

In an analyst note this morning on the company, and ahead of a reported strategy review, Jefferies said: «Emma Walmsley's strategy review will be a focus for investors, and may include some «pruning» of the pipeline.

Financial analysts said that value - oriented investors, for whom dividends are key, would want to abandon the company, and that likely is what we've seen over the week.

«The iPhone 5 stands to create winners and losers across the technology food chain and in the handset market,» JPMorgan analyst Mark Moskowitz said in a note to investors Tuesday.

«Investors are tuned into what's the new technology and where is the big growth in future in autos,» said Richard Hilgert, automotive analyst with Morningstar.

«It is a major problem for some developers that have megaprojects overseas, as it appears they sell, and were intended to sell, mainly to Chinese investors rather than local buyers,» said Nigel Stevenson, an analyst at GMT Research in Hong Kong.

Some analysts said the sharp swings in offshore exchange rates and borrowing costs appeared to be engineered by the Chinese leadership, as a way to ease depreciation pressure on the renminbi and to discourage speculation — namely short - sellers, investors who bet on declines in the currency, often by using borrowed funds.

Analyst Chris Brendler sees plenty of opportunities for investors to turn a profit in the payment space, and he said the rising tide in payments will lift a number of ships.

You're taking the largest actively managed mutual fund and making it more accessible, more transparent and cheaper, which is appealing to many potential investors,» said Todd Rosenbluth, an ETF analyst with Standard & Poor's Capital IQ, in an interview with AdvisorOne.

Taxes, inflation and interest rates all concern high - net - worth investors going forward, analysts say.

«When people feared there would be increased gun regulation, they went out and bought more guns,» said Kevin Cassidy, an analyst at Moody's Investors Service, who covers the gun manufacturers.

The mechanism can buy back and destroy Lif tokens, allowing investors to recover at least parts of their investments if the project fails, said Crypto Briefing lead ICO analyst Daniel Hockenberry.

With the Fed no longer buying bonds and investors expecting greater inflation, analysts say higher yields could make bonds more attractive than stocks.

Given that backdrop, Mr. Carney said he would have no choice but to act if international investors continue to push the dollar higher - something they've been quite willing to do, in part because most analysts and investors are skeptical a central bank that hasn't intervened in currency markets since 1998 is willing to back up its talk with action.