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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights Mastercard, TotalEnergies, ConocoPhillips, Qualcomm and Hess
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For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL – October 19, 2023 – 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: Mastercard Inc. (MA - Free Report) , TotalEnergies SE (TTE - Free Report) , ConocoPhillips (COP - Free Report) , Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM - Free Report) and Hess Corp. (HES - Free Report) .
Here are highlights from Wednesday’s Analyst Blog:
Top Stock Reports for Mastercard, TotalEnergies and ConocoPhillips
The Zacks Research Daily presents the best research output of our analyst team. Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Mastercard, TotalEnergies SE and ConocoPhillips. These research reports have been hand-picked from the roughly 70 reports published by our analyst team today.
Mastercard's shares have outperformed the Zacks Financial Transaction Services industry over the past year (+34.9% vs. +22.1%). The Zacks analyst believes that the company’s numerous acquisitions have helped drive revenue and ensure entry into new markets. Steady cash-generating abilities and a strong capital position have helped it to pursue these acquisitions and declare dividends.
However, steep operating expenses might stress margins. High rebates and incentives may weigh on net revenues.
TotalEnergies' shares have outperformed the Zacks Oil and Gas – Refining and Marketing industry over the past year (+28.7% vs. +15.1%). The Zacks analyst believes that the company continues to benefit from startups, well-spread LNG assets and an expanding upstream portfolio that has exposure to rapidly growing hydrocarbon-producing regions. It has low exposure to mature assets and is steadily expanding its renewable position.
Yet, the company’s production has been impacted by security-related production cuts in some regions, like Russia. The company remains exposed to acquisition-related risks as these assets contribute a sizable volume to production.
Shares of ConocoPhillips have outperformed the Zacks Oil and Gas – Integrated – United States industry over the past six months (+19.2% vs. +15.1%). Per the Zacks analyst, the company has decades of drilling inventories across its low-cost and diversified upstream asset base. Also, the company is better positioned to rely on its strong balance sheet to withstand any adverse business scenario.
However, due to the inflationary market, the company’s overall operating and production expenses continue to increase, hurting the bottom line. ConocoPhillips’ core activities of exploration and production are also exposed to extreme volatility in oil and gas prices.
Other noteworthy reports we are featuring today Qualcomm Inc. and Hess Corp.
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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights Mastercard, TotalEnergies, ConocoPhillips, Qualcomm and Hess
For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL – October 19, 2023 – 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: Mastercard Inc. (MA - Free Report) , TotalEnergies SE (TTE - Free Report) , ConocoPhillips (COP - Free Report) , Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM - Free Report) and Hess Corp. (HES - Free Report) .
Here are highlights from Wednesday’s Analyst Blog:
Top Stock Reports for Mastercard, TotalEnergies and ConocoPhillips
The Zacks Research Daily presents the best research output of our analyst team. Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Mastercard, TotalEnergies SE and ConocoPhillips. 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 >>>
Mastercard's shares have outperformed the Zacks Financial Transaction Services industry over the past year (+34.9% vs. +22.1%). The Zacks analyst believes that the company’s numerous acquisitions have helped drive revenue and ensure entry into new markets. Steady cash-generating abilities and a strong capital position have helped it to pursue these acquisitions and declare dividends.
However, steep operating expenses might stress margins. High rebates and incentives may weigh on net revenues.
(You can read the full research report on Mastercard here >>>)
TotalEnergies' shares have outperformed the Zacks Oil and Gas – Refining and Marketing industry over the past year (+28.7% vs. +15.1%). The Zacks analyst believes that the company continues to benefit from startups, well-spread LNG assets and an expanding upstream portfolio that has exposure to rapidly growing hydrocarbon-producing regions. It has low exposure to mature assets and is steadily expanding its renewable position.
Yet, the company’s production has been impacted by security-related production cuts in some regions, like Russia. The company remains exposed to acquisition-related risks as these assets contribute a sizable volume to production.
(You can read the full research report on TotalEnergies here >>>)
Shares of ConocoPhillips have outperformed the Zacks Oil and Gas – Integrated – United States industry over the past six months (+19.2% vs. +15.1%). Per the Zacks analyst, the company has decades of drilling inventories across its low-cost and diversified upstream asset base. Also, the company is better positioned to rely on its strong balance sheet to withstand any adverse business scenario.
However, due to the inflationary market, the company’s overall operating and production expenses continue to increase, hurting the bottom line. ConocoPhillips’ core activities of exploration and production are also exposed to extreme volatility in oil and gas prices.
(You can read the full research report on ConocoPhillips here >>>)
Other noteworthy reports we are featuring today Qualcomm Inc. and Hess Corp.
Why Haven’t You Looked at Zacks' Top Stocks?
Since 2000, our top stock-picking strategies have blown away the S&P's +6.2 average gain per year. Amazingly, they soared with average gains of +46.4%, +49.5% and +55.2% per year. 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.