Stocks to Watch: Lowe's, Cisco (Update 1)
NEW YORK --
Lowe's
(LOW) - Get Report
, the home-improvement retailer, posted third-quarter results that exceeded forecasts as same-store sales for the period rose 1.8%.
Adjusted earnings were 40 cents a share on revenue of $12.07 billion; analysts on average were expecting earnings of 35 cents a share in the third quarter on revenue of $11.91 billion.
Lowe's shares were rising 3.9% in premarket trading Monday to $33.21.
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Cisco Systems
(CSCO) - Get Report
, the networking giant, announced Sunday it was buying cloud computing company
Meraki
for $1.2 billion.
Meraki, based in San Francisco, will form Cisco's new Cloud Networking group, which will be led by Meraki CEO Sanjit Biswas.
Cisco shares were rising 1.3% to $18.22 in premarket trading.
Retailer
Urban Outfitters
(URBN) - Get Report
is expected to earn 41 cents a share in the third quarter on revenue of $692.4 million.
Tyson Foods
(TSN) - Get Report
posted fiscal fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of 55 cents a share on sales of $8.37 billion. analysts forecast earnings of 44 cents a share on sales of $8.49 billion.
Earnings are also expected Monday from
Jack in the Box
(JACK) - Get Report
,
Krispy Kreme
(KKD)
,
Agilent
(A) - Get Report
and
Brocade
(BRCD)
.
BioMimetic Therapeutics
( BMTI)shares rose 82% to $7.57 after it announced Monday an agreement to combine its business with
Wright Medical
(WMGI) - Get Report
.
News Corp
(NWSA) - Get Report
is expected to announce this week that it will acquire a 49% in the YES Network from the New York Yankees and its partners, according to
Reuters
, which cited a person with knowledge of the talks.
The deal would would value the sports channel at $3 billion,
Reuters
said.
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