News articles about CST Brands (NYSE:CST) have trended somewhat positive on Saturday, Accern reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. CST Brands earned a coverage optimism score of 0.16 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media stories about the specialty retailer an impact score of 46.3212501697327 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the immediate future.
These are some of the news articles that may have effected Accern Sentiment’s rankings:
- Parkland Fuel Corp. Increases Its 2017 Guidance by $55 Million (cstoredecisions.com)
- Aug 03, 2017 - Mario Gabelli Buys Panera Bread Co, Janus … - GuruFocus.com (gurufocus.com)
- Parkland Fuel’s (PKIUF) CEO Robert Espey on Q2 2017 Results - Earnings Call Transcript (seekingalpha.com)
- PBF Energy Announces Election of Kimberly S. Lubel as Director - Markets Insider (markets.businessinsider.com)
- Parkland Fuel Corporation Reports Q2 Results and Increases Its 2017 Guidance - Business Wire (press release) (businesswire.com)
A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. BidaskClub upgraded shares of CST Brands from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, June 17th. Jefferies Group LLC set a $49.00 price target on shares of CST Brands and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and nine have issued a hold rating to the company. The stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $45.88.
CST Brands (NYSE CST) opened at 48.53 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $48.38 and a 200 day moving average of $48.29. CST Brands has a 12-month low of $42.01 and a 12-month high of $48.56.
CST Brands (NYSE:CST) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May 8th. The specialty retailer reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.24 by $0.09. CST Brands had a positive return on equity of 0.97% and a negative net margin of 0.11%. The firm had revenue of $2.37 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.45 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.24 EPS. CST Brands’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.4% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts anticipate that CST Brands will post $1.60 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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CST Brands Company Profile
CST Brands LLC, formerly CST Brands, Inc, is a holding company. The Company is an independent retail of motor fuel and convenience merchandise in the United States and eastern Canada. Its segments include U.S. Retail, Canadian Retail and CrossAmerica. As of December 31, 2016, its U.S. Retail segment had 1,167 Company-operated retail sites located in Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma and Texas.
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