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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights UnitedHealth Group, Adobe, Charles Schwab, Lowe's Companies and Analog Devices
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For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL – August 24, 2022 – 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: UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH - Free Report) , Adobe Inc. (ADBE - Free Report) , The Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW - Free Report) , Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW - Free Report) and Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI - Free Report) .
Here are highlights from Tuesday’s Analyst Blog:
Top Analyst Reports for UnitedHealth, Adobe and Charles Schwab
The Zacks Research Daily presents the best research output of our analyst team. Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 12 major stocks, including UnitedHealth Group Inc., Adobe Inc. and The Charles Schwab Corp. These research reports have been hand-picked from the roughly 70 reports published by our analyst team today.
UnitedHealth’s shares have gained +29.4% over the past year, roughly in-line with the Zacks Medical - HMOs industry’s gain of +30.0%. The company’s top line has been growing and the momentum should continue in the years ahead on the back of a strong market position and an attractive core business that continues to be driven by new deals, renewed agreements and expansion of service offerings.
For this year, the company expects revenues in the range of $317-$320 billion. Its solid health services segment provides diversification benefits. UNH's Government business remains well-poised for growth. A sturdy balance sheet enables investments and prudent capital deployment through share buybacks and dividends.
However, softness in commercial business due to COVID-induced volatilities persists. Also, the rising operating costs are hurting the company's bottom line. As such, the stock warrants a cautious stance.
Adobe shares have declined -27.3% over the year-to-date basis against the Zacks Computer - Software industry’s decline of -19.7% on the back of persistent worries about enterprise spending trends as a result of tightening monetary policy in the U.S. and a challenging growth environment in Europe. Nevertheless, Adobe is benefiting from strong demand for its cloud products. The company’s Creative Cloud, Document Cloud and Adobe Experience Cloud products are helping it drive top-line growth.
Additionally, rising subscription revenues and solid momentum across the mobile apps remain major positives. Further, growth in emerging markets, robust online video creation demand, strong Acrobat adoption and improving average revenue per user remain tailwinds.
The Zacks analyst remains optimistic about Adobe’s market position, compelling product lines, persistent innovation and solid adoption of Creative Cloud and Adobe marketing cloud. Further, the company’s strong balance sheet remains another positive.
The Charles Schwab shares have declined -0.9% over the past year against the Zacks Financial - Investment Bank industry’s decline of -13.4%.
Strategic acquisitions, likely to be earnings accretive, have reinforced Schwab's position as a leading brokerage player. Offering commission-free trading has led to a rise in client assets and brokerage accounts, thereby improving trading revenues.
The interest rate hikes are expected to aid margin growth. Also, Schwab's efficient capital deployments reflect a solid balance sheet position, through which it will enhance shareholder value.
Other noteworthy reports we are featuring today include Lowe's Companies, Inc. and Analog Devices, Inc.
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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights UnitedHealth Group, Adobe, Charles Schwab, Lowe's Companies and Analog Devices
For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL – August 24, 2022 – 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: UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH - Free Report) , Adobe Inc. (ADBE - Free Report) , The Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW - Free Report) , Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW - Free Report) and Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI - Free Report) .
Here are highlights from Tuesday’s Analyst Blog:
Top Analyst Reports for UnitedHealth, Adobe and Charles Schwab
The Zacks Research Daily presents the best research output of our analyst team. Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 12 major stocks, including UnitedHealth Group Inc., Adobe Inc. and The Charles Schwab Corp. 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 >>>
UnitedHealth’s shares have gained +29.4% over the past year, roughly in-line with the Zacks Medical - HMOs industry’s gain of +30.0%. The company’s top line has been growing and the momentum should continue in the years ahead on the back of a strong market position and an attractive core business that continues to be driven by new deals, renewed agreements and expansion of service offerings.
For this year, the company expects revenues in the range of $317-$320 billion. Its solid health services segment provides diversification benefits. UNH's Government business remains well-poised for growth. A sturdy balance sheet enables investments and prudent capital deployment through share buybacks and dividends.
However, softness in commercial business due to COVID-induced volatilities persists. Also, the rising operating costs are hurting the company's bottom line. As such, the stock warrants a cautious stance.
(You can read the full research report on UnitedHealth here >>>)
Adobe shares have declined -27.3% over the year-to-date basis against the Zacks Computer - Software industry’s decline of -19.7% on the back of persistent worries about enterprise spending trends as a result of tightening monetary policy in the U.S. and a challenging growth environment in Europe. Nevertheless, Adobe is benefiting from strong demand for its cloud products. The company’s Creative Cloud, Document Cloud and Adobe Experience Cloud products are helping it drive top-line growth.
Additionally, rising subscription revenues and solid momentum across the mobile apps remain major positives. Further, growth in emerging markets, robust online video creation demand, strong Acrobat adoption and improving average revenue per user remain tailwinds.
The Zacks analyst remains optimistic about Adobe’s market position, compelling product lines, persistent innovation and solid adoption of Creative Cloud and Adobe marketing cloud. Further, the company’s strong balance sheet remains another positive.
(You can read the full research report on Adobe here >>>)
The Charles Schwab shares have declined -0.9% over the past year against the Zacks Financial - Investment Bank industry’s decline of -13.4%.
Strategic acquisitions, likely to be earnings accretive, have reinforced Schwab's position as a leading brokerage player. Offering commission-free trading has led to a rise in client assets and brokerage accounts, thereby improving trading revenues.
The interest rate hikes are expected to aid margin growth. Also, Schwab's efficient capital deployments reflect a solid balance sheet position, through which it will enhance shareholder value.
(You can read the full research report on The Charles Schwab here >>>)
Other noteworthy reports we are featuring today include Lowe's Companies, Inc. and Analog Devices, Inc.
Why Haven’t You Looked at Zacks' Top Stocks?
Our 5 best-performing strategies have blown away the S&P's impressive +28.8% gain in 2021. Amazingly, they soared +40.3%, +48.2%, +67.6%, +94.4%, and +95.3%. Today you can access their live picks without cost or obligation.
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Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Inherent in any investment is the potential for loss. This material is being provided for informational purposes only and nothing herein constitutes investment, legal, accounting or tax advice, or a recommendation to buy, sell or hold a security. No recommendation or advice is being given as to whether any investment is suitable for a particular investor. It should not be assumed that any investments in securities, companies, sectors or markets identified and described were or will be profitable. All information is current as of the date of herein and is subject to change without notice. Any views or opinions expressed may not reflect those of the firm as a whole. Zacks Investment Research does not engage in investment banking, market making or asset management activities of any securities. These returns are from hypothetical portfolios consisting of stocks with Zacks Rank = 1 that were rebalanced monthly with zero transaction costs. These are not the returns of actual portfolios of stocks. The S&P 500 is an unmanaged index. Visit https://www.zacks.com/performance for information about the performance numbers displayed in this press release.