For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – April 22, 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 include Nike (NKE), Under Armour (UA), General Electric Company (GE) and Honeywell International Inc. (HON). Today, Zacks is promoting its ''Buy'' stock recommendations. Get #1Stock of the Day pick for free. Here are highlights from Thursday’s Analyst Blog: Can Steph Curry Be Under Armour’s Michael Jordan? In the summer of 2013, Stephen Curry attended a meeting with Nike (NKE) executives. His contract with the basketball shoe giant was up, and the industry's leading brand planned on pitching him to re-sign. Instead, the basketball shoe world changed forever. It was at this meeting that Curry decided he wouldn't be rejoining Nike. He and his father Dell, a former NBA player, watched as one Nike official mistakenly refered to Stephen as "Steph-on." They both even kept a straight face as one of the powerpoint slides had Kevin Durant's name on it by accident. Nevertheless, Stephen made up his mind to leave the brand that had signed him out of college. Curry, who attended tiny Davidson College, was used to not being recruited, but now, on the brink of NBA stardom, he had to be wanted. Under Armour (UA) jumped at the opportunity to sign Curry. The brand known for its athletic clothing, not its basketball shoes, offered Curry a $4 million per year deal. Nike passed on matching its competitor's price. This fall, after winning the NBA MVP Award along with his first Championship, Curry re-signed with Under Armour through 2024. His line of Curry signature shoes are now the top-selling signature brand of any active NBA player. This season, Curry and his Golden State Warriors team set the single-season record for wins, beating Michael Jordan's 1995 Chicago Bulls team for the number one spot. Nevertheless, Curry has a long way to go if he wants his Curry line to match that of the Nike-owned Jordan brand. After Under Armour released its latest earnings report, however, that possibilty no longer seems totally far-fetched. Many investors are beginning to seriously ask: Can Steph Curry be as big for Under Armour as Michael Jordan is for Nike? New Numbers Under Armour reported first-quarter fiscal 2016 earnings of 4 cents, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 2 cents. The real story, however, lies in the company's revenues. Total revenues came in at $1,047.7 million, up 30.2% year-over-year and beating our consensus estimate of $1,042 million. Under Armour's largest category, Apparel, saw sales jump 20%. Its Accessories category gained 26.2%, and Licensing was up 14.7%. Its Footwear division, led by the Curry shoe line, soared a staggering 64.2%. The company updated its 2016 forecast and now expects revenues of $5 billion for the year, which would represent growth of 26% over 2015. Previously, Under Armour guided for $4.95 billion in revenue for 2016. Catching Michael In March, Business Insider reported on a note sent by Morgan Stanley analyst Jay Sole, who was bearish on Under Armour. Sole called for a price target that was nearly $20 below what UA was trading for at the tim. In that same note, however, Sole praised Curry. He put Curry's potential worth to Under Armour at $14 billion and said, "If Curry is the next Jordan, our call will likely be wrong." Curry is the biggest name in the NBA right now. This probably hurts to hear if you are Lebron James or Nike, who just signed James to a lifetime deal that some think is worth nearly $1 billion. But it's the truth. From a marketing standpoint, Curry's success only adds fuel to the fire that is his popularity. He's small. He had been doubted his whole career. He is relatable. He had revolutionized the three-point shot, and thus the game of basketball. The problem with asking whether or not Curry will be as big as Jordan, however, is the sheer magnitude of that question. In 2014, over a decade after leaving the NBA for good, Jordan made $100 million from Nike. Jordan's annual shoe sales are over $2.6 billion, or about $650 million per quarter. Under Armour's total shoe sales in its biggest quarter yet are about a third of that. Even still, Curry has really only been in the worldwide spotlight for two seasons now. He is the favorite to receive the MVP Award again this year, and his team is the favorite to defend their title. It is undeniable that Under Armour got on the Curry wave at the right time. Now we'll all see just how big it grows. Major Conglomerate Earnings Reports to Watch for Friday The Q1 earnings season has heated up with over 100 companies on the S&P 500 index reporting this week. If early indications are anything to go by, the earnings trend so far has more or less confirmed the grim projections, making Q1 the fourth consecutive quarter to report an earnings decline for the benchmark index. Plagued by a plethora of macroeconomic issues and continued volatility in the equity market, Q1 earnings estimates for the S&P 500 index have gone downhill over the last three months, albeit improving slightly in the last few days. Per the latest Earnings Trend Report, Q1 earnings for the S&P 500 companies are expected to be down 9.7% on a 0.8% decline in revenues. Guidance for most companies that have reported so far has already been lowered to easy-to-beat levels, resulting in better-than-expected positive earnings and revenue surprises. However, the overall Q1 earnings scenario still remains clouded with uncertainty. What is more alarming is that the likely dismal earnings performance this time is not attributable to the inherent weakness of the Energy sector alone. Rather, downward estimate revisions are expected in almost all the sectors, barring a few. About 10 of the 16 sectors are expected to witness an earnings decline in Q1, with Oil/Energy, Basic Materials, Industrial Products, Aerospace, and Conglomerates being the notable decliners. Among the Conglomerates slated to report this week, let’s have a sneak peek at two major industrial goods stocks that are scheduled to release their quarterly results on Friday, Apr 22. General Electric Company (GE) is scheduled to report first-quarter 2016 earnings before the opening bell tomorrow. During the soon-to-be-reported quarter, General Electric launched a Digital Alliance Program, which is dedicated to build the digital industrial ecosystem across global systems integrators, independent software vendors, telecommunications service providers and technology providers. This industry-pioneering program will likely help General Electric to gain a competitive edge over peers, grow its customer base and generate higher revenues by expanding its IT portfolio. For the impending quarter, General Electric has an Earnings ESP of 0.00%, as both the Most Accurate estimate and the Zacks Consensus Estimate stand at 20 cents. (Read more: Can a Leaner GE Score a Hat Trick with Q1 Earnings Beat? ) Honeywell International Inc. (HON) will report first-quarter 2016 results before the opening bell tomorrow as well. During the first quarter, Honeywell completed the acquisition of privately held Movilizer, a cloud platform provider for field service applications. Alongside, the company also closed the acquisition of RSI Video Technologies, a provider of intrusion detection systems for commercial and residential security applications, for approximately $123 million. Honeywell is likely to post impressive first-quarter results on the back of these strategic acquisitions. For the first quarter of 2016, this Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stock has an Earnings ESP of 0.00%. (Read more: What's in Store for Honeywell This Earnings Season? ) Stay tuned! Check later on our full write-up on earnings releases of these stocks. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download7 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. 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