Read/Post Comments (0) | Recommended this article (0)
Please login to Zacks.com or register to post a comment.
- Latest News
- Most Popular
- Hitting Home Runs & Grand Slams, Not Loud Outs
- RTI: Do Stocks Tank When QE Ends?
- 3 Top-Ranked Consumer ETFs to Buy Now
- This Week's Aggressive Growth Stocks
- Who Wants to Keep "Too Big to Fail" Alive?
- Debt-Ceiling Alarm Bell Tolls
- Avoid These 3 Eurozone ETFs This Summer
- RTI: When Will We Finally See a Pullback?
- Top Stocks with Big Potential Catch-Up Moves
- AWS 5/22: Will Bernanke Show His Hand?
- PFP 5/22: Singular Stock Focus Continues
Recent Quotes
| No Recent Quote currently available |
My Portfolio
|
My Portfolio Tracker One of the most important steps you can take today is to set up your portfolio tracker on Zacks.com. Once you do, you'll be notified of major events affecting your stocks and/or funds with daily email alerts. Set yours up today. |
More Zacks Resources
Zacks Rank Home - Evaluate your stocks and use the Zacks Rank to eliminate the losers and keep the winners.
Mutual Fund Rank Home - Evaluate your funds with the Mutual Fund Rank for both your personal and retirement funds.
Stock/Mutual Fund Screening - Find better stocks and mutual funds. The ones most likely to beat the market and provide a positive return.
My Portfolio - Track your Portfolio and find out where your stocks/mutual funds stack up with the Zacks Rank.
Zacks #1 Stocks on the Move 05/22/2013
| Company Name | Symbol | %Change |
|---|---|---|
| ALLIANCE FIB | AFOP | 9.31% |
| SONIC FOUNDR | SOFO | 7.77% |
| TRI TECH HOL | TRIT | 6.62% |
| A M R CP | AAMRQ | 4.52% |
| FLOWERS FOOD | FLO | 4.31% |
Quick Links
Resources
Client Support
Zacks Research is Reported On:
Zacks Investment Research
is an A+ Rated BBB
Accredited Business.
Copyright 2013 Zacks Investment Research
At the center of everything we do is a strong commitment to independent research and sharing its profitable discoveries with investors. This dedication to giving investors a trading advantage led to the creation of our proven Zacks Rank stock-rating system. Since 1986 it has nearly tripled the S&P 500 with an average gain of +26% per year. These returns cover a period from 1986-2011 and were examined and attested by Baker Tilly, an independent accounting firm.
Visit performance for information about the performance numbers displayed above.
NYSE and AMEX data is at least 20 minutes delayed. NASDAQ data is at least 15 minutes delayed.
This page is temporarily not available. Please check later as it should be available shortly. If you have any questions, please email customer support at support@zacks.com or call 800-767-3771 ext. 9339.
Principal Financial Group Inc. ( PFG - Analyst Report ) is set to report fourth quarter and full year 2012 results on Jan 31. In the last quarter, it posted an 8.2% negative surprise. Let’s see how things are shaping up for this announcement.
Factors this Past Quarter
Principal Financial’s investment income is expected to be weighed on by the low interest rate environment. The company had earlier predicted that 2012 operating earnings would be affected by 1%–2%, if the low interest rate environment persists. The impact may increase by 3%–8%, if it persists longer.
Nevertheless, its sound capital position and financial liquidity are supportive of its expansion policies in the emerging markets as they offer ample growth opportunities. Principal Financial remains on track to deploy $800–$900 million in 2012 and expects to spend $400–$600 million in 2013. It already enhanced its dividend by 17%.
Earnings Whispers?
Our proven model does not conclusively show that Principal Financial is likely to beat earnings this quarter. This is because a stock needs to have both a positive Earnings ESP (Read: Zacks Earnings ESP: A Better Method) and a Zacks Rank of #1, 2 or 3 for this to happen. This is not the case here as you will see below.
Positive Zacks ESP: That is because the Most Accurate estimate stands at 75 cents while the Zacks Consensus Estimate is lower at 74 cents. That is a difference of +1.35%.
Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell): Principal Financial’s Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) lowers the predictive power. However, Zacks Rank #5 when combined with a positive ESP makes surprise prediction difficult. We caution against stocks with Zacks #4 and #5 Ranks (Sell rated stocks) going into the earnings announcement, especially when the company is seeing negative estimate revisions momentum.
Other Stocks to Consider
Here are some other companies you may want to consider as our model shows they have the right combination of elements to post an earnings beat this quarter:
CNO Financial Group, Inc. ( CNO - Analyst Report ) , Earnings ESP of +4.35% and Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
Alterra Capital Holdings Limited ( ) , Earnings ESP of +6.98 % and Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. ( HIG - Analyst Report ) , Earnings ESP of +16.67% and Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
Read the full Analyst Report on PFG
Read the full Analyst Report on HIG
Read the full Analyst Report on CNO