After nearly a century of elevating global living standards, oil and gas companies are beginning to consider some of the negative externalities of their products and business models. A combination of regulatory, economic, and social pressures has forced the world's largest oil producers to consider an exit strategy -- even if it takes decades to play out. While most are making multibillion-dollar investments to reduce carbon emissions and create cash flow-positive businesses in renewable technologies, the road maps can vary.
The different approaches of ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) and Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS-A) (NYSE:RDS-B) are a great example. The former is currently going all-in on a strategy that's unique among its peers, one that looks to leverage its global refining and logistics infrastructure by bringing next-generation renewable fuels into the mainstream. The latter has a clean energy strategy that looks more similar to peers': a focus on natural gas investments today while slowly building renewable energy power generation and electricity distribution businesses.
Hot Clean Energy Stocks To Buy For 2019: Las Vegas Sands Corp.(LVS)
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- [By Travis Hoium]
The week didn't start very well for Macau's gaming stocks. Melco Resorts Entertainment Ltd (NASDAQ:MLCO) took the brunt of the fall, dropping 10.6% in trading Monday, but Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN), Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS), and MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) also fell 7.9%, 6.7%, and 3%, respectively.
- [By Rich Duprey]
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) already appears to be suffering from fatigue due to many of these issues; its revenues rose only 2.5% in Q4, a significant deceleration from the 6.7% increase in Q3, while adjusted earnings tumbled 12.5% to $0.77 per share. Adjusted property EBITDA was down 4.7%. Sands derives 58% of its adjusted property EBITDA from Macau. Only Wynn, at 77%, relies more heavily on the Chinese territory.
- [By Rich Duprey]
Share prices among Macau casino operators have declined in the days since September's results were announced. Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN), which derives over 70% of its revenues from Macau, is down 5% so far in October, while MGM Resorts (NYSE:MGM) and Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) are each down 6%. Las Vegas Sands' (NYSE:LVS) share price has proved to be the most resilient -- it's only down 1% so far.
Hot Clean Energy Stocks To Buy For 2019: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.(SWKS)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Logan Wallace]
News articles about Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS) have trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Skyworks Solutions earned a coverage optimism score of 0.15 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned media coverage about the semiconductor manufacturer an impact score of 46.7076915457483 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next few days.
- [By Lee Jackson]
Baird analysts also favor this one as they see them as a smartphone content and infrastructure provider as well. Skyworks Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: SWKS) is the market leader in power amplifiers, front-end modules and other radio frequency (RF) components for mobile devices (handsets, smartphones, tablets) and communications infrastructure.
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Semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions (Nasdaq: SWKS) generates an astounding 83% of its revenue from China, making it No. 1 on our short list!
Other semiconductor companies in danger include Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) with a 64% revenue exposure, and Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) with 24% of its revenue from China.
- [By Shane Hupp]
Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS) was upgraded by analysts at ValuEngine from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note issued on Friday.
- [By Nicholas Rossolillo]
Shares of semiconductor king Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) have been on a tear the past year. The stock is up over 50% in the last 12 months, as of this writing, leaving most of its smaller peers in the dust. Meanwhile, shares of mobile connectivity chipmaker Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS) have been flat over the same time period. While it may be tempting to chase the hot hand, the smaller of these two companies is the one with greater upside.
- [By Max Byerly]
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Hot Clean Energy Stocks To Buy For 2019: The Kraft Heinz Company(KHC)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Rich Duprey]
Yet there is apparently outside interest in Campbell Soup. Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) has been sniffing around the company, according to The New York Post. However, it seems unlikely that a deal will happen if, as reported, the cream cheese and ketchup maker would only be interested in acquiring Campbell Soup at a bargain price. Citing two sources, the Post said Kraft wouldn't pay a premium much above Campbell's existing $22 billion enterprise value.
- [By Matthew Frankel]
However, two major Berkshire stocks that just reported earnings posted some pretty excellent results. Between Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) strong report on Tuesday and Kraft Heinz's (NASDAQ:KHC) expectation-topping report on Friday, Berkshire's stock portfolio gained $4.6 billion in value.
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Case in point: Kraft Heinz (Nasdaq: KHC). This consumer-staple company has turned out to be anything but safe and steady.
You've likely heard by now that shares of the world's fifth-largest food-and-drinks company lost 27% in a single session on Friday, February 22. And Kraft halved its dividend, too. A whopping $15.4 billion write-down of its acquisitions of Kraft and Oscar Mayer was just part of the bad news; the company also disclosed a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation of its procurement accounting practices.
Hot Clean Energy Stocks To Buy For 2019: SM Energy Company(SM)
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SM Energy Co (NYSE:SM)Q4 2019 Earnings Conference CallFeb. 21, 2019, 10:00 a.m. ET
Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks:Operator
- [By Joseph Griffin]
SM Energy (NYSE:SM) had its target price lifted by Citigroup to $29.00 in a report issued on Friday morning, The Fly reports. The brokerage currently has a neutral rating on the energy company’s stock.
- [By Matthew DiLallo]
Shares of oil producers Laredo Petroleum (NYSE:LPI) and SM Energy (NYSE:SM), as well as units of Golar LNG Partners LP (NASDAQ:GMLP), an MLP that owns liquified natural gas carriers and floating storage and regasification units, all declined by double digits by Friday afternoon. Lower oil prices weighed on the first two, while an analyst downgrade was the culprit in the latter.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
SM Energy Co (NYSE:SM) gapped up prior to trading on Tuesday . The stock had previously closed at $32.22, but opened at $32.20. SM Energy shares last traded at $31.49, with a volume of 60289 shares trading hands.
Hot Clean Energy Stocks To Buy For 2019: Arrow Financial Corporation(AROW)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Joseph Griffin]
BidaskClub cut shares of Arrow Financial (NASDAQ:AROW) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report report published on Tuesday morning.
- [By Stephan Byrd]
News headlines about Arrow Financial (NASDAQ:AROW) have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Arrow Financial earned a coverage optimism score of 0.09 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned headlines about the financial services provider an impact score of 45.9957785453404 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next several days.
- [By Logan Wallace]
Shares of Arrow Financial Co. (NASDAQ:AROW) reached a new 52-week high on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $40.05 and last traded at $39.80, with a volume of 105 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $40.05.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
PacWest Banc (NASDAQ: PACW) and Arrow Financial (NASDAQ:AROW) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
