Here’s Why Investors Are Buzzing about Netflix, Celanese, and Three Other Stocks

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Access National Corporation (NASDAQ:ANCX) is trending after reporting third-quarter earnings of $0.41 per share on net interest income of $11.14 million, which are $0.03 and $0.43 million better than the average estimates. Sales gained 10.3% year-over-year and book value per common share rose to $11.44 at the end of September 2016 from $10.23 in the comparable period of the last year. Net interest margin inched lower to 3.49% from 3.7% year-over-year. Two funds from our database were long Access National Corporation (NASDAQ:ANCX) at the end of June, unchanged from the previous quarter.

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Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE) is in the green after the company reported earnings for the third quarter ahead of the Street’s estimates. During the three months, Celanese earned $1.67 per share, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.61 per share, while sales of $1.32 billion, were $60 million below the expectations and down by 6.4% year-over-year. The earnings beat was due to the management’s focus on productivity and impressive results in the company’s Materials Solutions and Acetyl Chain segments. Celanese expects to deliver adjusted EPS growth of 8% to 10% for the full 2016. A total of 33 funds tracked by us were long Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE) at the end of the second quarter, unchanged from the end of March.

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Traders are keeping an eye on IDEX Corporation (NYSE:IEX) after the company reported earnings of $0.92 per share on sales of $530.36 million for its third quarter. The company’s bottom line was in line with expectations, but the revenue was lower than the consensus estimate by $6.73 million. The company’s sales appreciated by 5.3% year-over-year, but declined by 2% organically. Orders, on the other hand, were up by 9% year-over-year and up by 2% organically. Cash from operations amounted to $125 million and free cash flow for the period was $114 million. Gross margin inched lower by 80 basis points to 43.5%. A total of 14 funds from our database were long IDEX Corporation (NYSE:IEX) at the end of the second quarter, unchanged from the previous quarter.

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