Silicon Investor - Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc (HAWK)

[JakeStraw] Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. to be Acquired by Silver Lake and P2 Capital Pa...

JakeStraw — 1/16/2018 2:54:56 PM

Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. to be Acquired by Silver Lake and P2 Capital Partners for $3.5 Billion
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[JakeStraw] Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. was upgraded by analysts at BMO Capital Markets...

JakeStraw — 6/28/2017 11:01:02 AM

Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. was upgraded by analysts at BMO Capital Markets from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating.

[JakeStraw] Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc was upgraded by analysts at Citigroup Inc from a ...

JakeStraw — 5/19/2017 10:50:36 AM

Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc was upgraded by analysts at Citigroup Inc from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating.

[JakeStraw] Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. was downgraded by analysts at Credit Suisse Gro...

JakeStraw — 2/16/2017 12:02:57 PM

Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. was downgraded by analysts at Credit Suisse Group from an "outperform" rating to a "neutral" rating. They now have a $36.00 price target on the stock.

[JakeStraw] Blackhawk Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Financial Results finance....

JakeStraw — 2/15/2017 4:05:32 PM

Blackhawk Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Financial Results
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[JakeStraw] Using Branded Value to Drive Engagement and Incentivize Behavior: Blackhawk Netw...

JakeStraw — 1/17/2017 11:44:20 AM

Using Branded Value to Drive Engagement and Incentivize Behavior: Blackhawk Network Partners with Upside, a New Business Travel Solution
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[JakeStraw] Blackhawk Network Offers Merchants Centralized B2B and B2C Physical and Digital ...

JakeStraw — 12/12/2016 11:26:20 AM

Blackhawk Network Offers Merchants Centralized B2B and B2C Physical and Digital Gift Card Solutions with Launch of Hawk Commerce
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[JakeStraw] Edited Transcript of HAWK earnings conference call or presentation 12-Oct-16 fin...

JakeStraw — 10/13/2016 8:13:38 AM

Edited Transcript of HAWK earnings conference call or presentation 12-Oct-16
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[JakeStraw] Blackhawk Network EPS Could Growth 20% barrons.com A combination of double-digi...

JakeStraw — 10/4/2016 8:16:39 AM

Blackhawk Network EPS Could Growth 20%
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A combination of double-digit top-line growth and modest incremental margin expansion will bolster the firm.

We believe over the next several years Blackhawk Network Holdings is capable of generating organic earnings-per-share growth approaching 15%-20% through a combination of double-digit top-line growth (category growth, new products and channel productivity) and modest incremental margin expansion. We believe Blackhawk’s powerful network (leading content and distribution) will protect the company’s competitive position.

[JakeStraw] Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. was upgraded today by analysts at Credit Agricol...

JakeStraw — 9/21/2016 11:07:51 AM

Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc. was upgraded today by analysts at Credit Agricole SA from an "underperform" rating to an "outperform" rating. They now have a $36.00 price target on the stock.

[JakeStraw] Blackhawk Network to Acquire Grass Roots Group finance.yahoo.com "The acquisiti...

JakeStraw — 9/1/2016 8:07:37 AM

Blackhawk Network to Acquire Grass Roots Group
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"The acquisition of Grass Roots complements the existing client portfolio of Blackhawk's incentives business, and enhances solutions for customers requiring global reward and incentive platforms and products," said Bill Tauscher, executive chairman for Blackhawk. "We will also offer new products and capabilities to Grass Roots' clients."

[JakeStraw] How Safeway Spinoff Blackhawk Fell Prey to Payment Card Chips realmoney.thestree...

JakeStraw — 5/10/2016 2:56:11 PM

How Safeway Spinoff Blackhawk Fell Prey to Payment Card Chips
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[JakeStraw] Blackhawk Network Announces Partnership to Integrate Gift Cards Into Samsung Pay...

JakeStraw — 10/27/2015 10:04:20 AM

Blackhawk Network Announces Partnership to Integrate Gift Cards Into Samsung Pay
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Samsung Pay Users Will Be Able to Use the Mobile App to Pay with Their Gift Cards in Time for the Holidays

[JakeStraw] Blackhawk Announces Third Quarter 2015 Financial Results; Adjusted Operating Rev...

JakeStraw — 10/14/2015 9:26:07 AM

Blackhawk Announces Third Quarter 2015 Financial Results; Adjusted Operating Revenues Rise 54% Versus Third Quarter 2014; Adjusted Net Income Increases 59%
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[JakeStraw] Blackhawk Announces Second Quarter 2015 Financial Results finance.yahoo.com Adj...

JakeStraw — 7/22/2015 9:13:23 AM

Blackhawk Announces Second Quarter 2015 Financial Results
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Adjusted Operating Revenues Up 45% Versus Second Quarter 2014

Adjusted Net Income Increases 42%

[JakeStraw] Blackhawk Network to Acquire Achievers Corp. finance.yahoo.com

JakeStraw — 6/16/2015 11:23:04 AM

[JakeStraw] Blackhawk Announces First Quarter 2015 Financial Results Adjusted Operating Reve...

JakeStraw — 4/29/2015 8:59:07 AM

Blackhawk Announces First Quarter 2015 Financial Results Adjusted Operating Revenues Up 48% Versus First Quarter 2014 Adjusted Net Income Increases 266%
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"Our U.S. and international retail segments began the year with good momentum, growing first quarter transaction dollar volume 26% and 29% respectively," commented CEO Bill Tauscher. "In our U.S. retail segment, which accounted for 64% of adjusted operating revenues, adjusted operating revenues grew 33% over last year's first quarter. This reflected strong sales of closed and open loop gift cards. International retail adjusted operating revenues grew 5%, or 19% on a constant currency basis, driven by sales of digital media products. In our incentives and rewards segment transaction dollar volume grew 294% primarily reflecting the acquisition of Parago, or 45% excluding 2014 acquisitions. Incentives and rewards, which generated 22% of worldwide adjusted operating revenues, grew its adjusted operating revenues 279%, or 47% excluding 2014 acquisitions. That brought Company-wide adjusted operating revenues to $164 million for the quarter, a 48% increase over the same period last year."

[JakeStraw] Kofax and Blackhawk Network Announce OEM Agreement finance.yahoo.com Kofax Mobi...

JakeStraw — 4/22/2015 8:58:46 AM

Kofax and Blackhawk Network Announce OEM Agreement
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Kofax Mobile Capture SDK Enhances Gift Card Capabilities

Kofax Mobile Capture SDK, working within Blackhawk’s digital services app, enables GoWallet users to simply hover their iOS or Android mobile device over any gift card to instantly retrieve and validate balance information, as available, and store that information within the GoWallet digital wallet.

"Blackhawk Network has developed strong relationships with major retailers and payment systems which gives it a competitive edge in supporting digital wallets," stated Drew Hyatt, Senior Vice President of Mobile Capture Applications at Kofax. "Kofax Mobile Capture adds valuable user functionality to GoWallet and to Blackhawk Network’s digital platform, and benefits Kofax by adding Blackhawk to our growing list of mobile industry leaders.”

[JakeStraw] Blackhawk Network Announces New Market-Leading Features for its Digital Services...

JakeStraw — 3/4/2015 10:04:12 AM

Blackhawk Network Announces New Market-Leading Features for its Digital Services Platform
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Gift Card Exchange and Card Scanning Now Available in Blackhawk Network's Mobile Wallet, GoWallet

[JakeStraw] Blackhawk Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2014 Financial Results finance....

JakeStraw — 2/26/2015 7:44:21 AM

Blackhawk Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2014 Financial Results
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"Our existing businesses performed very well in 2014," commented CEO Bill Tauscher. "Excluding acquisitions, transaction dollar volume growth was 25% in the fourth quarter and 26% for full year 2014, a strong acceleration from 2013 where transaction dollar volume growth excluding acquisitions was 13% in the fourth quarter and 15% for the full year. This was driven by strong sales of open loop gift cards in the U.S. and international sales of digital media products. International accounted for 20% of total transaction dollar volume during the fourth quarter and 21% of total transaction dollar volume for fiscal 2014. Our full year adjusted operating revenue growth of 31% was bolstered by the InteliSpend and Retailo acquisitions which added a combined $61 million of adjusted operating revenues in fiscal 2014. GAAP operating revenues for fiscal 2014 totaled $1.44 billion, a 27% increase over 2013."

CFO Jerry Ulrich added, "Our bottom line results for the year slightly exceeded our expectations. Excluding the $27 million reduction in cash taxes payable, full year 2014 adjusted net income was $69.2 million, up 20% from 2013, and full year 2014 adjusted diluted EPS was $1.27, up 17% from 2013. We had originally projected that our late 2014 acquisition of Parago would contribute an additional $0.02 of adjusted diluted EPS in the fourth quarter, however, actual Parago results were virtually earnings neutral, net of final acquisition costs and interest expense. Including the $27 million reduction in cash taxes payable, full year 2014 Adjusted Net Income totaled $96.5 million, or $1.77 per diluted share, an increase of 63% compared to 2013. GAAP net income was $45.5 million for the year, a 16% decline from 2013 due mainly to various acquisition-related, non-cash items."

[JakeStraw] Blackhawk Network Announces Launch of Blackhawk Engagement Solutions finance.yah...

JakeStraw — 1/27/2015 9:18:49 AM

Blackhawk Network Announces Launch of Blackhawk Engagement Solutions
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"Blackhawk Network is a leader in providing unique and easily accessible prepaid and egift content. It was natural for us to extend our solutions beyond retail with the incentives marketplace where we meet needs of consumers, employees and business partners," said Talbott Roche, Blackhawk Network's president. "According to Mercator Advisory Group, the incentives space was an estimated $41 billion industry in 2014, so this expands our addressable market considerably, and allows us to further leverage our deep expertise in prepaid cards."

"At a time when businesses increasingly rely on incentives to change behaviors and motivate people, Blackhawk Engagement Solutions provides a comprehensive suite of tailored incentive and engagement solutions that can cause beneficial change in the behavior of their consumers, employees and sales channels," said Juli Spottiswood, senior vice president and general manager of Blackhawk Engagement Solutions. "In addition to our varied product offerings, we plan to continue to regularly conduct research identifying the best opportunities to drive innovation and thought leadership so that we may deliver clients the most relevant solutions and best user experience for a good value."

[JakeStraw] Blackhawk Network Introduces Digital Gift Cards Through Online Banking in German...

JakeStraw — 1/13/2015 9:27:06 AM

Blackhawk Network Introduces Digital Gift Cards Through Online Banking in Germany
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Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB) and Blackhawk Network's German Subsidiary, Retailo GmbH, introduce digital gift cards to online banking programs, starting with Facebook, Nintendo and Spotify