Novosti i prognoe: tržište kapitala od 01-02-2019

U.S. stock-index were mixed on Friday, as investors digested stronger-than-expected U.S. job growth for January, disappointing outlook from Amazon (AMZN) and the latest raft of earnings reports.

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Chevron (CVX) reported Q4 FY 2018 earnings of $1.95 per share (versus $1.64 in Q4 FY 2017), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $1.89.

The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $42.352 bln (+12.6% y/y), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $41.464 bln.

CVX rose to $116.30 (+1.44%) in pre-market trading.

Goldman Sachs (GS) downgraded to Sell from Hold at Societe Generale

General Electric (GE) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Vertical Research

DowDuPont (DWDP) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JP Morgan; target $53

Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported Q4 FY 2018 earnings of $1.41 per share (versus $0.88 in Q4 FY 2017), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $1.09.

The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $71.895 bln (+8.1% y/y), missing analysts’ consensus estimate of $78.871 bln.

XOM rose to $75.80 (+3.44%) in pre-market trading.

Merck (MRK) reported Q4 FY 2018 earnings of $1.04 per share (versus $0.98 in Q4 FY 2017), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $1.03.

The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $10.988 bln (+5.4% y/y), generally in line with analysts’ consensus estimate of $10.929 bln.

The company also issued in-line guidance for FY 2019, projecting EPS of $4.57-4.72 (versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $4.70) and revenues of $43.2-44.7 bln (versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $44.42 bln).

MRK rose to $75.45 (+1.37%) in pre-market trading.

Honeywell (HON) reported Q4 FY 2018 earnings of $1.91 per share (versus $1.85 in Q4 FY 2017), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $1.89.

The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $9.729 bln (-10.3% y/y), generally in line with analysts’ consensus estimate of $9.722 bln.

The company also issued downside guidance for FY 2019, projecting revenues of $36.0-36.9 bln versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $37.12 bln.

HON rose to $145.72 (+1.46%) in pre-market trading.

Amazon (AMZN) reported Q4 FY 2018 earnings of $6.04 per share (versus $2.19 in Q4 FY 2017), beating analysts’ consensus estimate of $5.51.

The company’s quarterly revenues amounted to $72.383 bln (+19.7% y/y), generally in line with analysts’ consensus estimate of $71.946 bln.

The company also issued downside guidance for Q1 FY 2019, projecting revenues of $56-60 bln (versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $61.04 bln) and operating income of $2.3-3.3 bln (versus analysts’ consensus estimate of $3.0 bln).

AMZN fell to $1,646.00 (-4.23%) in pre-market trading.