Beacon Equity Research announces the release of Trade Alerts covering newsworthy market movers: ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), Hershey Co. (NYSE: HSY), Raytheon Co. (NYSE: RTN), SUPERVALU Inc. (NYSE: SVU), JetBlue Airways Corp. (Nasdaq: JBLU) and Nucor Corp. (NYSE: NUE).
In the Trade Alert, the author highlights ConocoPhillips’ first-quarter profit decline of 80%:
“ConocoPhillips (COP) shares rose 3.84% to $39.52 this afternoon. The international, integrated energy company recently announced a profit decline of 80% for the first quarter amid falling commodity prices. The company said results were also hit by its refining business' downbeat results. … The Houston-based company posted quarterly net profit of $840 million, or 56 cents per share, sharply down from $4.14 billion, or $2.62 cents per share posted a year earlier. It ended the quarter with debt of $29.4 billion, for a debt-to-capital ratio of 34% and a cash balance of $800 million. … But earnings result came in ahead of Wall Street forecasts, thanks to better-than-expected production. According to the report, first-quarter production increased by 131,000 barrel of oil equivalent per day, attributed to projects in the United Kingdom, Russia, Norway, Vietnam, China and Canada.”
The Trade Alert author also featured Hershey’s positive first-quarter earnings:
“Hershey Co. (HSY) shares rose 3.85% in today’s late trading, moving to $37.46. The manufacturer of chocolate and sugar confectionery products recently announced positive first-quarter earnings, citing price increase and robust Easter sales. … The company posted first quarter EPS of 38 cents, ex-items, beating consensus estimates of 35 cents. Revenues in the quarter rose 6.5% year-over-year to $1.24 billion, ahead of consensus estimates of $1.19 billion. … The company also said it has reaffirmed its forecast of 2% to 3% sales growth in 2009. However, profits are expected to fall below its long-term objective of 6% to 8% annual growth.”
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