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Beginning this quarter, we are adding a new blog post to cover the income-oriented stock and ETF ideas we have been increasingly using in client portfolios. Not all clients use…
ViacomCBS (VIAC) reported slightly better than expected earnings for 3Q20. The good news was both advertising and cable affiliate fees came in above Wall Street expectations. Advertising was still down…
Nexstar Media Group (NXST) reported another great quarter driven by political advertising and tight management of operating expenses. Results easily exceeded recently raised consensus estimates. Throughout 2020, this has been…
Activision Blizzard (ATVI) reported strong 3Q20 earnings driven by its Call of Duty franchise. Revenues and earnings were above management guidance and the even higher analyst estimates. Management raised the…
There are no changes to the recommendations from Northlake’s Market Cap and Style models for November. For our Market Cap theme, we continue to favor mid cap. In our Style…
Facebook continues to perform well despite the economic impact of the pandemic and negative publicity surrounding privacy and political issues. Ad revenue grew 22% during 3Q20, powering a better than…
Apple reported strong 4Q20 earnings with headline numbers for revenue and EPS ahead of Wall Street estimates. The stock responded by trading down -6%, however, due to the composition of…
Alphabet returned to nearly pre-pandemic growth in 3Q20 led by Cloud and YouTube. Advertising revenues grew 15% adjusted for foreign currency, just below the high-teens level of late 2019. Revenues,…
Comcast remains a tale of three cities: cable, NBC Universal (NBCU), and Sky. Fortunately for investors, the dominant business – cable – is a clear COVID winner with attractive secular…
IBM reported 3Q20 earnings last week that were largely in line with expectations and consistent with trends over the past few quarters. The report came on the heels of a…
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