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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Netflix, Charter, Dominion, Marathon and Cintas
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For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL –September 27, 2019 – 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: Netflix (NFLX - Free Report) , Charter Communications (CHTR - Free Report) , Dominion Energy (D - Free Report) , Marathon Petroleum (MPC - Free Report) and Cintas (CTAS - Free Report) .
Here are highlights from Thursday’s Analyst Blog:
Top Analyst Reports for Netflix, Charter Communications and Dominion Energy
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 Netflix, Charter Communications and Dominion Energy. These research reports have been hand-picked from the roughly 70 reports published by our analyst team today.
Netflix’s shares have underperformed the Zacks Broadcast Radio and Television industry in the past six months (-25.1% vs. -11.9%). The Zacks analyst expects Netflix to benefit from an expanding content portfolio despite increasing competition from the likes of YouTube, HBO, Amazon Prime video, Disney, Apple and Peacock.
The company provided an optimistic third-quarter outlook and believes that the lost shows (Friends and The Office) will free up budget that can be spent on original content. The acquisition of Seinfeld’s streaming rights is a positive in this regard. Meanwhile, estimates have been stable ahead of the company’s third-quarter earnings release. Netflix has a record of positive earnings surprises in recent quarters.
Nevertheless, high streaming content obligation and increased spending are expected to hurt cash flow generation. In fact, a higher cash burn rate in 2019 is a major headwind. Netflix’s shares have underperformed the industry on a year-to-date basis.
Shares of Charter Communications have gained 6.4% in the past three months, outperforming the Zacks Cable TV industry’s rise of 4.9%. The Zacks analyst believes that the company is benefiting from growth in Internet, mobile, commercial and video revenues. Increase in Internet speed at no extra cost is also aiding subscriber growth.
Additionally, Charter is looking to attract video customers by providing a new OTT video service. Moreover, lower capital expenditure, owing to a decline in consumer premises equipment and scalable infrastructure spending, is expected to boost profitability.
However, commercial revenues are expected to suffer due to migration of customers to Spectrum pricing and packaging from Legacy TWC and Legacy Bright House. Moreover, Charter persistently loses video subscribers, primarily due to cord-cutting and intense competition from streaming service providers like Netflix and Amazon.
Dominion Energy’s shares have gained 12.5% year to date, underperforming the Zacks Electric Power industry’s rise of 20.5% over the same period. The Zacks analyst believes that Dominion Energy is benefiting from regulated organic growth projects and acquisition synergies.
Strong long-term capital expenditure plan of $26 billion for expansion of electric transmission and distribution, along with addition of renewable assets, natural gas facilities and midstream assets are the major positives. The company’s merger with SCANA, which proved to be accretive to Dominion’s earnings, will continue to boost long-term performance. Contribution from Southeast Energy and Power Delivery businesses is also leading to strong performance of the company.
However, Dominion Energy’s future earnings may be largely affected by share dilution. Ongoing delay in the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project may impact Dominion Energy’s profitability.
Other noteworthy reports we are featuring today include Marathon Petroleum and Cintas.
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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Netflix, Charter, Dominion, Marathon and Cintas
For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL –September 27, 2019 – 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: Netflix (NFLX - Free Report) , Charter Communications (CHTR - Free Report) , Dominion Energy (D - Free Report) , Marathon Petroleum (MPC - Free Report) and Cintas (CTAS - Free Report) .
Here are highlights from Thursday’s Analyst Blog:
Top Analyst Reports for Netflix, Charter Communications and Dominion Energy
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 Netflix, Charter Communications and Dominion Energy. 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 >>>
Netflix’s shares have underperformed the Zacks Broadcast Radio and Television industry in the past six months (-25.1% vs. -11.9%). The Zacks analyst expects Netflix to benefit from an expanding content portfolio despite increasing competition from the likes of YouTube, HBO, Amazon Prime video, Disney, Apple and Peacock.
The company provided an optimistic third-quarter outlook and believes that the lost shows (Friends and The Office) will free up budget that can be spent on original content. The acquisition of Seinfeld’s streaming rights is a positive in this regard. Meanwhile, estimates have been stable ahead of the company’s third-quarter earnings release. Netflix has a record of positive earnings surprises in recent quarters.
Nevertheless, high streaming content obligation and increased spending are expected to hurt cash flow generation. In fact, a higher cash burn rate in 2019 is a major headwind. Netflix’s shares have underperformed the industry on a year-to-date basis.
(You can read the full research report on Netflix here >>>)
Shares of Charter Communications have gained 6.4% in the past three months, outperforming the Zacks Cable TV industry’s rise of 4.9%. The Zacks analyst believes that the company is benefiting from growth in Internet, mobile, commercial and video revenues. Increase in Internet speed at no extra cost is also aiding subscriber growth.
Additionally, Charter is looking to attract video customers by providing a new OTT video service. Moreover, lower capital expenditure, owing to a decline in consumer premises equipment and scalable infrastructure spending, is expected to boost profitability.
However, commercial revenues are expected to suffer due to migration of customers to Spectrum pricing and packaging from Legacy TWC and Legacy Bright House. Moreover, Charter persistently loses video subscribers, primarily due to cord-cutting and intense competition from streaming service providers like Netflix and Amazon.
(You can read the full research report on Charter Communications here >>>).
Dominion Energy’s shares have gained 12.5% year to date, underperforming the Zacks Electric Power industry’s rise of 20.5% over the same period. The Zacks analyst believes that Dominion Energy is benefiting from regulated organic growth projects and acquisition synergies.
Strong long-term capital expenditure plan of $26 billion for expansion of electric transmission and distribution, along with addition of renewable assets, natural gas facilities and midstream assets are the major positives. The company’s merger with SCANA, which proved to be accretive to Dominion’s earnings, will continue to boost long-term performance. Contribution from Southeast Energy and Power Delivery businesses is also leading to strong performance of the company.
However, Dominion Energy’s future earnings may be largely affected by share dilution. Ongoing delay in the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project may impact Dominion Energy’s profitability.
(You can read the full research report on Dominion Energy here >>>).
Other noteworthy reports we are featuring today include Marathon Petroleum and Cintas.
Looking for Stocks with Skyrocketing Upside?
Zacks has just released a Special Report on the booming investment opportunities of legal marijuana.
Ignited by new referendums and legislation, this industry is expected to blast from an already robust $6.7 billion to $20.2 billion in 2021. Early investors stand to make a killing, but you have to be ready to act and know just where to look.
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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 http://www.zacks.com/performance for information about the performance numbers displayed in this press release.