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Stocks in the News: Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ:FOXA), Zulily Inc (NASDAQ:ZU), FireEye Inc (NASDAQ:FEYE)

Stocks in the News: Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ:FOXA), Zulily Inc (NASDAQ:ZU), FireEye Inc (NASDAQ:FEYE)
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Chris Sandburg
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November 5, 2014
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Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ:FOXA), a film, television, cable and satellite company, reported Q1 results that surpassed Street expectations on both EPS and total revenues, boosted by growth in the company's Cable Network Programming and Filmed Entertainment segments. The company reported Q1 adjusted EPS of $0.39, up from $0.33 a year ago and beating analyst estimates of $0.36. Total revenues of $7.88 billion were up from $7.06 billion in Q1 2014 and topped analyst projections of $6.25 billion for the quarter. The growth in revenues reflects a 15% increase at the Cable Network Programming segment from higher affiliate and advertising revenues, coupled with 17% growth at the Filmed Entertainment segment led by higher theatrical revenues. Shares of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ:FOXA) are trading within a 52-week range of $30.02 - $35.65.Online retailer Zulily Inc (NASDAQ:ZU) latest earnings jumped versus the year-ago figure and beat Street expectations but Q4 guidance range is wide and could miss on the low end. The company reported non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA rose to $6.4 million, up 257% year over year. Non-GAAP EPS of $0.02 compared to breakeven for Q3 a year earlier and are better than the loss of $0.04 per share expected in the Capital IQ survey. Q3 net sales increased to $285.8 million, up 72% year over year and in line with Street estimatesFor Q4, Zulily Inc (NASDAQ:ZU) guides for sales at $391.3 million to $416.3 million. The Street view is $411.2 million. Income is put at between $15 million and $25 million; a per-share breakdown was not given. For the full year, the company guides for sales of $1.2 billion to $1.225 billion. The street is at $1.219 billion. Income is put at between $1.2 billion and $1.225 billion; a per-share breakdown was not given.The latest quarterly report for Cyber security firm, FireEye Inc (NASDAQ:FEYE) included a narrower loss than the Street view, a revenue miss, and guidance in a range that could disappoint. FEYE said its Q3 non-GAAP net loss was $73.9 million, or $0.51 per share The Cap IQ figure was for a loss of $0.55 per share. Q3 revenue was $114.2 million, an increase of 168% from Q3 2013 A Cap IQ revenue figure was $116 million.For Q4, FireEye Inc (NASDAQ:FEYE) guides for a loss per share of $0.46 to $0.50 on revenue in a range of $135 million to $147 million. The Cap IQ figure was for a loss of $0.49 per share and revenue of $144 million. For the full year, the company guides for a loss per share of $2.05 to $2.15 and revenue in the range of $418 million to $430 million. The Cap IQ figure was for a loss of $2.13 and revenue of $428 million.

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