"Analyst expectations" refers to the predictions or forecasts made by professionals in the financial or business field regarding the performance or outcome of a company or industry. It represents what these experts anticipate or believe will happen, and is often used to evaluate how well a company or market is meeting or surpassing these predictions.
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The networking giant also reported profits per share of 57 cents excluding certain costs, which
beat analyst expectations of 54 cents.
The real estate and railway holdings company beat
analyst expectations on earnings, but fell slightly short on revenue.
This is the fifth quarter in a row that global same - store sales have been positive, but the company has
missed analyst expectations in this metric by 70 basis points or more.
Top and bottom line results
topped analyst expectations, but cautious holiday commentary ultimately sent shares lower by 12 percent on the day.
Good news, such as a company reporting profit information that was
above analyst expectations, would see the price of that asset go up.
The world's largest delivery company has been beating
analyst expectations recently — a big change from a few years ago when the company consistently under - delivered.
We're just over halfway done with the Q1 2018 reporting period, and so far, companies have had no problem beating what were already
hefty analyst expectations.
The French luxury - goods maker said that fourth - quarter revenues grew five percent year - on - year, slightly
behind analyst expectations of six percent.
The electronic payment technology company beat
analyst expectations on both earnings and revenue, but reported a disappointing outlook for the quarter and year ahead.
The company's second quarter results
beat analyst expectations with earnings per share of 59 compared with the consensus estimate of 57 cents.
Snap shares plummeted more than 13 percent in extended trading after the social media company reported earnings and revenue misses, as well as a miss on
analyst expectations for global daily active users.
In the first quarter of 2018, the treatment brought in $ 12 million, which is roughly four times below the sales needed to
meet analyst expectations of around $ 159 million for the year.
The Labor Department's assessment of the overall economy was stronger than expected, exceeding
analyst expectations as well as gains in May and June, when the economy added 126,000 and 166,000 jobs, respectively.
The brand exceeded
analyst expectations by reporting a 3.9 % drop to $ 5.7 billion in net sales for the 13 weeks ending July 30.
With
consensus analyst expectations for a more modest rise in the equity market next year, it will be difficult for BT Investment Management to achieve the same returns through organic growth.
After announcing 2Q16 earnings, Southwest Airlines (LUV: $ 38 / share) fell nearly 12 %, as investors seemed to care more about Southwest's ability to
hit analyst expectations, which have inherent flaws, and less about the company's record profits.
MKM identified several other names with similarly
optimistic analyst expectations, including Caterpillar and three chipmakers: Advanced Micro Devices, Lam Research and Cypress Semiconductor.
Further,
if analyst expectations prove correct regarding Abbott's projected annual earnings growth of 10 % over the next five years, ABT shareholders could likely receive even larger payouts in the foreseeable future.
Analyst expectations ranged from 200,000 to 500,000 units — earlier this morning, RBC Capital Markets Managing Director Mike Abramsky said his firm expected PlayBook shipments to total 450,000 to 500,000 units, with 200,000 in distribution channels and 250,000 to 300,000 having been sold to end users.
Swiss bank Credit Suisse posted a 57 percent rise in first - quarter pre-tax income Wednesday, beating
analyst expectations amid an ongoing restructuring plan.
Pfizer, the U.S. drug giant behind blockbuster treatments like Viagra and the pneumonia vaccine Prevnar, reported fourth quarter 2017 earnings which easily beat Wall
Street analyst expectations, including a massive $ 11 billion boost from President Donald Trump's new tax cuts.
Both companies
trounced analyst expectations and their own targets — a welcome change from sharp declines in demand for fertilizer during 2007 and 2008.
TORONTO — Three of Canada's biggest banks delivered first - quarter results on Thursday that
outshone analyst expectations, helped by improvement in their lending operations.
Eli Lilly's fourth quarter results came out Wednesday, with revenues beating
analyst expectations at $ 6.2 billion versus the expected $ 5.9 billion and earnings per share coming in at $ 1.14 rather than $ 1.07.
The company says adjusted net earnings came in at $ 253 million, or 22 cents per share, higher than
average analyst expectations of $ 221.8 million or 21 cents per share.
In May, U.S. payrolls grew by just 54,000, which was well below already -
downgraded analyst expectations of 170,000, while the unemployment rate increased 0.3 % to 9.1 %, instead of falling, as expected, to 8.9 %.
In the third quarter, Lowe's missed
analyst expectations when it reported earnings of $ 379 million and sales of $ 15.7 billion, a 10 % rise over the year - earlier period.
The consensus prediction for Apple's Q2 earnings call later today is that the company will reveal iPhone sales some way below
earlier analyst expectations.
Facebook (FB) beat on revenue, posting $ 5.38 billion
vs analyst expectations of $ 5.25 billion; it beat on earnings per share (EPS), with 77 cents per share, healthily above expectations of 62 cents per share; and most importantly for the company's future, it beat on monthly active users, bringing its total to 1.65 billion, where expectations were at 1.62 billion.
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