By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA HCI Group, Inc. (NYSE:HCI), was incorporated in 2006 in Tampa, Florida where it is currently headquartered. It has $507 million in annual sales and a market capitalization of $737 million with 578 full-time employees. The company was formerly known as Homeowners Choice, Inc. and changed its name to HCI [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ: IBKR), founded in 2007 and headquartered in Greenwich, CT, is a highly automated global broker that offers low-cost, seamless access to multiple assets, including stocks, options, futures, forex, commodities, bonds, crypto, mutual funds, and ETFs. It serves over two million clients, including individuals, institutions, introducing brokers, [...]
Visa (V) reported 4th quarter earnings today that initially sent shares 2% lower. They have since rebounded and now sit about 1.5% higher than yesterday’s closing price. This was a strange reaction to what was a fairly positive news cycle for the credit card company after beating earnings and raising dividends. The credit card [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Apollo Global Management, Inc. (APO) stock price has doubled to $90.81 since its low of $45.62 on October 13, 2022, with an average trading volume. However, since hitting a recent low of $78.39 on August 18th, it has surged to $93.18, marking a 19% increase in just 22 trading [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Arch Capital Group Ltd. (ACGL) is a Nasdaq-listed firm that was incorporated in Delaware in 1995 but is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda, with 5,800 employees. There are 373 million shares outstanding. Revenues totaled $1.8 billion, and ACGL’s market cap is $29.04 billion. The company and its multiple subsidiaries offer [...]
On Tuesday after the market closed, Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) released a statement that its board of directors approved an increase to the quarterly common stock dividend - much to the delight of investors. The company was already paying a quarterly dividend of $0.30, but the company has raised that up to $0.35 [...]
by Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Blackstone Inc., a NYSE-listed firm (BX), founded in 1985 by Stephen A. Schwarzman and Peter G. Peterson, went public in 2007. It is headquartered at 345 Park Avenue in New York City, with a workforce of nearly 4,700 and revenues of $7.3 billion, and a market-cap of $132 billion. [...]
