Stocks to Watch: Chesapeake Energy, Cerner, PayPal and CenturyLink
November 24 2017 - 9:48AM
Dow Jones News
By Cara Lombardo
Among the companies with shares expected to trade actively in
Friday's abbreviated session include Chesapeake Energy Corp.,
Cerner Corp., PayPal Holdings Inc., CenturyLink Inc., Micron
Technology and Hanesbrands Inc.
Chesapeake Energy shares were up 2% premarket. The oil company's
stock, down 44% this year, has been lagging its peers and the
company has said it plans to sell $2 billion to $3 billion worth of
assets over the next several years to tackle a sizable debt
load.
Cerner Corp. shares rose 0.2% premarket, a day after CNBC
reported that Amazon.com Inc.'s cloud-computing service plans to
partner with Cerner to help health-care providers make predictions
using patient data.
PayPal shares rose 0.4% premarket. PayPal last week announced
plans to sell $6 billion of consumer loans to fund growth and this
week said it will begin offering robo investing.
CenturyLink shares rose 0.7% premarket. The Federal
Communication Commission's draft order to reverse net neutrality
outlined Tuesday would be welcome news for internet providers,
including CenturyLink and Comcast Corp., who under the rules could
start to charge different prices for different content.
Shares of Micron Technology shares were up 0.6% premarket. The
semiconductor company's stock is up 124% this year, in part due to
a tight supply of memory chips, which has prompted company
executives to sell more than four times as many shares this year as
last.
Hanesbrands Inc. shares rose 2.4% premarket on low volume. A
research report released this week found the underwear maker was
one of several companies poised to benefit from a sock market that
has been growing faster than the overall apparel industry as socks
become more of a fashion statement than a commodity.
Write to Cara Lombardo at cara.lombardo@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 24, 2017 09:33 ET (14:33 GMT)
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