Verizon Communications had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at The Street. They wrote, “Verizon Communications (VZ) has been reiterated by The Street Ratings as a buy with a ratings score of B. The company’s strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated.” Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) stock opened at $46.34 in last session, and closed at $47.50, while the day range of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) stock is $46.28 – $47.78. The stock showed a positive weekly performance of -1.29%.
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has surrendered more than 8% in 2014, and has underperformed the broader S&P 500 Index (SPX) by more than 11 percentage points during the past three months. In fact, the security touched an annual low of $31.74 earlier this month. AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) stock opened at $31.99 in last session, and closed at $32.23 by gaining 0.72%. The 52 week range of $31.74 – $39.00. Company’s market capitalization is $169.76B.
WhatsApp Inc., for anyone who still has a landline, is the instant-messaging service Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) just bought for the mind-boggling sum of $19 billion. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) hasn’t been able to launch a popular instant-messaging program of its own so it’s paying dearly for someone else’s 450 million users who each pay $1 a year for the service. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) stock decreased -0.46% and finished the last session at $68.94. The EPS of the stock remained 0.66. Company’s market capitalization is $169.45B.
Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN)‘s stock had its “positive” rating reaffirmed by Deutsche Bank in a research note issued on Thursday, Analyst Ratings Net reports. Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Analysts at Zacks downgraded shares of Groupon from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research note on Monday. Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN) stock opened the session at $8.53, and closed the session at $8.52. The 52 week range of the Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN) stock remained $4.24 – $12.76 and the day range was $8.43 – $8.78.
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