$Coca-Cola(KO)$ KO has a higher dividend yield, has had stronger share performance, and has more robust earnings growth rates. Additionally, the company has witnessed more substantial estimate revisions and hasn’t had nearly as many analysts lowering their outlook. For these reasons, I believe that KO would be a better place to park your cash.
Microsoft(MSFT) is one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com visitors lately. So, it might be a good idea to review some of the factors that might affect the near-term performance of the stock. Shares of this software maker have returned -7.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -6.8% change. The Zacks Computer - Software industry, to which Microsoft belongs, has lost 4.6% over this period. Now the key question is: Where could the stock be headed in the near term? While media releases or rumors about a substantial change in a company's business prospects usually make its stock 'trending' and lead to an immediate price change, there are always some fundamental facts that eventually dominate the buy-and-hold decision-making. Revisions to Earnings Estimates Here at
$IFAST CORPORATION LTD.(AIY.SI)$ Slightly more than a year ago, iFAST Corporation Limited (SGX: AIY) was flying high on a raft of good news.Stock markets were ebullient, resulting in strong cash inflows that boosted the fintech company’s assets under administration (AUA) to an all-time high of S$16.1 billion for the first quarter of 2021 (1Q2021).Back then, the group had also reported a sparkling set of earnings where net profit soared 142.5% year on year to S$8.8 million.iFAST’s share price was on a tear, too, more than doubling from S$3.03 at the start of 2021 to S$7.53 on 21 May last year.The share price went on to hit a 52-week high of S$10.10 in September.Fast forward to today, and iFAST’s share price has more than halve