These Five Stocks Are Trending Following Earnings; Here’s What You Should Know

eBay Beats Estimates

eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY)’s stock has advanced by 6% after the e-commerce giant beat both earnings and sales estimates for the first quarter of 2016. eBay earned $0.47 per share on sales of $2.14 billion in the quarter, exceeding the consensus estimates by $0.02 and $60 million, respectively. The eCommerce giant’s gross merchandise volume was $20.5 billion and the company repurchased $1 billion of its common stock during the quarter. For the second quarter, the company expects revenue in the range of $2.14 billion and $2.19 billion, non-GAAP earnings per diluted share from continuing operations in the range of $0.40-$0.42 and GAAP EPS from continuing operations of $0.32-$0.34. For the full 2016, management expects net revenue between $8.6 billion and $8.8 billion. Cliff Asness’ AQR Capital Management owned more than 6.7 million shares of eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) at the end of December.

Chipotle Lower on Mixed Quarter

Although the company has moved on from its past food safety issues, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG)‘s business is still feeling some of the negative after effects. Sales for the restaurant chain’s first quarter dropped 23.4% year-over-year to $834.5 million and Chipotle posted a loss of $0.88 per share as some previously-loyal customers stayed away. The EPS was $0.07 per share higher than expectations, but the revenue was $45.71 million than estimates. Comparable restaurant sales dropped 29.7% year-over-year, while restaurant level operating margin retreated to 6.8% from the previous year’s 27.5%. The number of investors from our database holding Chipotle increased by 11 to 39 during the fourth quarter of 2015.

Buffalo Wild Wings Flies Lower After Bad Quarter

Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ:BWLD)’s shares have retreated by 13% on the back of the company missing both earnings and revenue estimates. For the first quarter, Buffalo Wild Wings posted earnings of $1.73 per share on sales of $508.3 million, missing the estimates by $0.04 and $21.99 million, respectively. Franchised same store sales dropped 2.4% year-over-year, while company–owned restaurants’ same store sales inched down by 1.7% year-over-year. Buffalo Wild Wings’ expects 2016 EPS to be between $5.65 and $5.85, versus analyst estimates of $6.10. A total of 24 funds tracked by Insider Monkey held 15.2% of Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ:BWLD)’s stock heading into 2016.

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