Category: Stock Research

  • Stock on Focus: The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (CHEF)

    Company Profile: The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. is a distributor of specialty food products in the United States and Canada. Its product portfolio includes approximately 34,000 stock-keeping units comprising specialty food products, such as artisan charcuterie, specialty cheeses, unique oils and vinegars, truffles, caviar, chocolate, and pastry products. The company also offers a line of center-of-the-plate…

  • Earnings Watch: HERC Holdings, Inc. (HRI)

    Company Profile: Herc Holdings Inc. operates as an equipment rental supplier in North America. It rents equipment, such as aerial, air compressors and tools, climate control, compaction and paving, concrete and masonry, earthmoving, floor care and surface preparation, material handling, power generation, procontractors, pumps, and trucks and trailers. The company also sells used equipment through…

  • Stock on Focus: Shaw Communications, Inc. (SJR)

    Company Profile: Shaw Communications Inc. (Shaw) is a communication company. The Company’s operating segments are Consumer, Business Network Services, Business Infrastructure Services and Media. The Consumer division provides cable telecommunications services, including video, Internet, wireless fidelity (WiFi) and digital phone, and satellite video to Canadian consumers. The Business Network Services segment provides data networking, video,…

  • Stock on Watch: MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. (MSM)

    Company Profile: MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. is direct marketers and distributors of a range of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products to customers throughout the United States. The Company operates primarily in the United States, with customers in all 50 states, through a network of five customer fulfillment centers. Its products represent…

  • Stock on Focus: Milacron Holdings Corp. (MCRN)

    Company Profile: Milacron Holdings Corp. is engaged in the manufacture, distribution, and service of engineered and customized systems used in the plastic technology and processing industry. The Company operates through three segments: Advanced Plastic Processing Technologies (APPT), Melt Delivery and Control Systems (MDCS), and Fluid Technologies (Fluids). The APPT segment is engaged in the manufacture,…

  • Stock on Watch: Ardmore Shipping Corporation (ASC)

    Company Profile: Ardmore Shipping Corporation provides seaborne transportation of petroleum products and chemicals to national oil companies, oil and chemical traders, and chemical companies, with its fleet of mid-size product and chemical tankers. The Company’s segment relates to the operations of its vessels. The Company’s fleet consists of over 20 double-hulled product and chemical tankers,…

  • Stock on Focus: Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (LOW)

    Company Profile: Lowe’s Companies, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer. The Company operates approximately 1,860 home improvement and hardware stores, representing approximately 200 million square feet of retail selling space. The Company operates approximately 1,800 stores located across over 50 states in the United States, including approximately 80 Orchard Supply Hardware (Orchard) stores in…

  • Stock on Watch: Avery Dennison Corporation (AVY)

    Company Profile: Avery Dennison Corporation (Avery Dennison) is engaged in the production of pressure-sensitive materials and a range of tickets, tags, labels and other converted products. The Company’s pressure-sensitive materials are sold to label printers and converters that convert the materials into labels and other products through embossing, printing, stamping and die-cutting. The Company’s operational…

  • Stock on Focus: Qorvo, Inc. (QRVO)

    Company Profile: Qorvo, Inc. is a provider of technologies and radio frequency (RF) solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense and aerospace applications. The Company designs, develops, manufactures and markets its products to the United States and international original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturers (ODMs). Its segments include Mobile Products (MP) and Infrastructure and…

  • Stock on Watch: XL Group Ltd (XL)

    Company Profile: XL Group Ltd, through its subsidiaries, operates as an insurance and reinsurance company. The company provides property, casualty, and specialty products to industrial, commercial, professional, and insurance companies, as well as other enterprises worldwide. The Company operates through two segments: Insurance and Reinsurance. The Company’s Insurance segment is organized into four product divisions:…