For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – February 02, 2016 – 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 includetheAlphabet (GOOGL), Aflac (AFL), Mattel (MAT), Hain Celestial (HAIN) and Anadarko (APC). Today, Zacks is promoting its ''Buy'' stock recommendations. Get #1Stock of the Day pick for free. Here are highlights from Monday’s Analyst Blog: Q4 Earnings Frenzy: Alphabet (GOOGL) Spells Success, Plus AFL, APC, HAIN and MAT Google parent company Alphabet (GOOGL) is among a slew of companies reporting Q4 earnings results after hours this Monday. The others we're clocking this afternoon include Aflac (AFL), Mattel (MAT), Hain Celestial (HAIN) and Anadarko ( APC). So let's see how much we can get to in as short a time as possible: Alphabet hit a home run on both earnings and revenues for its fiscal Q4. This marks the first positive earnings surprise for the search giant in at least the past 5 quarters, and it also pushes ahead of Apple for top market-cap company in the world, currently: Alphabet Q4 Earnings Up Big on Paid Clicks Global supplemental health and life insurer Aflac also beat expectations on both top and bottom lines Monday after the bell, though by slimmer margins than Alphabet did. Aflac is also posting higher late trading numbers, but has yet to reach Friday's close: Aflac Tops Q4 Estimates Well-known toy maker Mattel Inc. managed to deliver better-than-expected results in both its earnings and sales numbers, as well. The company "drove significant momentum across the majority of ...core brands..." according to its CEO and Chairman. The stock jumped 6.5 percent in late trading: Mattel Surging on Q4 Estimate Beat Hain Celestial represents yet another company topping expectations in Monday's after-market, notching narrow improvements to top and bottom line estimates: Hain Celestial Beats Earnings and Revenue Estimates Even Anadarko Petroleum managed to post a big improvement on its quarterly numbers than analysts had anticipated, nearly cutting in half its bottom line loss compared to expectations. The E&P oil major was aided by cutting internal costs in the quarter: Anadarko Petroleum Beats Q4 Estimates For a broader perspective on how Q4 earnings season has transpired so far, please check out Sheraz Mian's Earnings Preview. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report >> About Zacks Equity Research Zacks Equity Research provides the best of quantitative and qualitative analysis to help investors know what stocks to buy and which to sell for the long-term. Continuous coverage is provided for a universe of 1,150 publicly traded stocks. Our analysts are organized by industry which gives them keen insights to developments that affect company profits and stock performance. Recommendations and target prices are six-month time horizons. Zacks "Profit from the Pros" e-mail newsletter provides highlights of the latest analysis from Zacks Equity Research. Subscribe to this free newsletter today. Find out What is happening in the stock market today on zacks.com. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report ALPHABET INC-A (GOOGL): Free Stock Analysis Report AFLAC INC (AFL): Free Stock Analysis Report MATTEL INC (MAT): Free Stock Analysis Report HAIN CELESTIAL (HAIN): Free Stock Analysis Report ANADARKO PETROL (APC): Free Stock Analysis Report To read this article on Zacks.com click here.
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