For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL – March 9, 2021 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Eli Lilly and Company
LLY
, McDonald’s Corporation
MCD
, TOTAL SE
TOT
, American Express Company
AXP
and Southern Copper Corporation
SCCO
.
Here are highlights from Monday’s Analyst Blog:
Top Research Reports for Eli Lilly, McDonald’s and TOTAL
The Zacks Research Daily presents the best research output of our analyst team. Today’s Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Eli Lilly, McDonald’s and TOTAL. These research reports have been hand-picked from the roughly 70 reports published by our analyst team today.
You can see
all of
today’s research reports here >>>
Eli Lilly
shares have outperformed the Zacks Large Cap Pharmaceuticals industry over the past year (+52.5% vs. +10.5%), reflecting the company’s favorable revenue growth profile as a result of higher demand for drugs like Trulicity, Taltz, and others.
The company has some intriguing pipeline assets for cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’s that provide a boost to its growth potential beyond 2025. It also received rapid emergency approvals for bamlanivimab and Olumiant for COVID-19 in 2020. It is regularly adding promising new pipeline assets through business development deals.
However, generic competition for several drugs, rising pricing pressure in the United States mainly on key drug Trulicity, and price cuts in some international markets like China, Japan and Europe are some top-line headwinds.
(You can
read the full research report on Eli Lilly here >>>
)
Shares of
McDonald’s
have lost -3.8% in the last six months against the Zacks Restaurants industry’s gain of +9%. The Zacks analyst, however, believes that the company’s increased focus on drive-thru, delivery & take-away are likely to benefit the company going forward.
In order to boost its digital offerings across drive thru, takeaway, delivery, curbside pick-up and dine-in categories, the company is currently working on a new digital experience growth engine, “MyMcDonald’s”. Additionally, it is making every effort to drive growth in international markets as well.
Although the company has reopened most of its restaurants, it is likely to witness dismal traffic due the social distancing protocols. Moreover, shutdown of dine-in in several markets will continue to hurt the company’s performance.
(You can
read the full research report on McDonald’s here >>>
)
TOTAL
shares have gained +10% over the past three months against the Zacks Integrated International Oil industry’s gain of +22.5%. The Zacks analyst believes that TOTAL is gaining from new startups, its LNG portfolio and expanding upstream portfolios that have exposure to fast-growing hydrocarbon producing regions.
Its joint venture in the United States and acquisition of an interest in the renewable business in India are in sync with the goal of becoming net zero by 2050. Streamlining of its portfolio and ongoing investments will strengthen operations, thereby boosting the company’s performance.
It remains exposed to acquisition-related risks as these assets contribute a sizable volume to production. TOTAL’s operations in some politically-troubled regions and increasing competition might affect profitability.
(You can
read the full research report on TOTAL here >>>
)
Other noteworthy reports we are featuring today include American Express and Southern Copper.
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