Kristen Barton

Kristen Barton is a managing director and co-director of investment research. Kristen is also a senior research analyst focusing on agriculture & biotech companies. Prior to joining Tech Insider in 2010, Barton worked in equity research at RBC Capital Markets in Minneapolis, MN and Edward Jones in St. Louis, Mo. She was recognized for her stock picking in the 2012 Wall Street Journal "Best on the Street" publication.

Overbought Stocks in Services Sector: DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV), Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN), Teekay Corporation (NYSE:TK), American Railcar Industries (NASDAQ:ARII)

Teekay Corp. (NYSE:TK) last released its earnings data on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $0.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.11) by $0.13. Teekay Corporation (NYSE:TK)’s stock on February 28, 2014 reported a higher of 1.43% to the closing price of $59.75. Its fifty two weeks range…

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Services Stocks Touching New Lows: YuMe Inc. (NYSE:YUME), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:CHRW), Atlas Air Worldwide (NASDAQ:AAWW), ControladoraVuela (NYSE:VLRS)

YuMe Inc. reported fourth quarter EPS of $0.16 after the bell Thursday up from $0.06 in the previous year. Revenues came in at $54.0 million. YuMe Inc. (NYSE:YUME) stock performance was -16.58% in last session and finished the day at $6.39. Traded volume was 0.00 shares in the last session and the average volume of…

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Stocks To Watch on Analyst Actions: Revance Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:RVNC), Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN), Sodastream International Ltd. (NASDAQ:SODA)

Analysts at Janney Capital Markets have lowered their 2014 and 2015 earnings estimates for Chiquita Brands International Inc. (NYSE:CQB), while maintaining a neutral rating on the stock. The firm has lowered its 2014 EPS to $1.01 from $1.12, and reduced its 2015 EPS forecast to $1.25 from $1.29 a share. The estimate adjustment comes just…

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Services Sector Stocks Top Losers: KBR (NYSE:KBR), UTi Worldwide (NASDAQ:UTIW), RetailMeNot (NASDAQ:SALE), Zulily (NASDAQ:ZU)

Global engineering and construction company KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR) is the biggest midday loser this Friday. Its stock price dipped -14.68% following the release of some rough earnings results. KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR) stock performance was -13.53% in last session and finished the day at $27.62. Traded volume was 0.00 shares in the last session and the…

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Afternoon Stocks Watch: APEI; PRGO; MAIN; CSG; NCT

American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) was the target Friday of an investment-rating downgrade by BMO Capital Markets, which cut the stock to market perform from outperform following the online-postsecondary education provider’s late-Thursday release of lower-than-expected Q4 earnings and Q1 EPS guidance that was well below the Street view. BMO also cut its target price on APEI,…

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