Sentences with phrase «analyst expectations at»

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Executives spend too much time dealing with investors and analysts, trying to meet or exceed earnings expectations every quarter, and end up seeking short - term gains at the expense of the company.

Analyst Pierre Ferragu said his channel checks at carriers showed that consumer appetite for the new BlackBerry 10 smartphones is weakening and he thinks the company will miss analyst expectations for the second half of thiAnalyst Pierre Ferragu said his channel checks at carriers showed that consumer appetite for the new BlackBerry 10 smartphones is weakening and he thinks the company will miss analyst expectations for the second half of thianalyst expectations for the second half of this year.

Large though that figure may seem, analysts say it's within investor expectations: Delivery Hero, which brokers deliveries from a network of restaurants or brings the food to customers» homes via courier, was most recently valued at between 3.5 billion euros ($ 3.9 billion) and 4 billion euros ($ 4.1 billion), when it raised funding from Naspers, a South African e-commerce company.

That was chief executive Thorsten Heins's message at the annual shareholders meeting in Ontario today, as he tried to defend the company's trajectory after sales of the new BlackBerry 10 line of smartphones fell well below analyst expectations.

Twitter shares (twtr) fell 6.6 % at $ 13.99 in after - hours trading, after the social media company's revenue forecast for the current quarter missed analysts» expectations.

«The amount of the settlement was much smaller than expectations,» said Tomoichiro Kubota, an analyst at Matsui Securities Co. in Tokyo.

That's the word of the day at Goldman Sachs, which announced first - quarter earnings Tuesday morning, smashing analyst expectations.

EPS numbers usually are the first thing investors and the media look for in a business's results — and whether the number beat expectations set by industry and sell - side research analysts at financial firms.

Doug Freedman, an analyst with RBC Capital markets, wrote in a May 6 report that while PC sentiment is at all - time lows «we see little downside from current expectations.»

Shares of eBay jumped 2.8 percent Wednesday after analysts at Morgan Stanley «double upgraded» the stock on expectations that a transition away from PayPal will give the online seller a boost.

Its sales continued falling at double - digit rates in 2014, and its financial results came in even lower than analysts» expectations.

«New CEO Alessandro Bogliolo indicated there is potential in the medium to long - term for «meaningful» comp store growth... (potentially suggesting no need to reset earnings expectations at this time) and we tend to agree,» ConsumerEdge Research analyst David Schick wrote in a note.

That compares to analyst expectations for Gap rising 0.5 %, a tiny 0.1 % drop at Old Navy, and a 5.9 % decline at Banana, according to Consensus Metrix.

Individually, Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon's top weapons supplier, beat analysts» earnings expectations earlier in the day but closed down more than 6 percent at $ 336.49.

RIM missed analyst expectations and earnings came in at the low end of its guidance.

Its revenues beat estimates, however, at $ 3.8 billion, surpassing analysts» expectations of $ 3.74 billion.

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.

If you remove the listing costs, earnings came in at 11 cents per share, which was still five cents below analyst expectations.

«We believe if JPM can successfully resolve its regulatory and legal headline risk in a timely manner, the stock could reverse its recent underperformance that has resulted in trading at a below - peer forward (price to earnings ratio) of 8.8 times despite our expectations of above - average profitability in 2014,» Matthew Burnell, an analyst at Wells Fargo Securities, wrote in a research note Thursday following the fine.

«I'm convinced that the «plan» is to go «lower» in terms of pace of buying, for «longer» in the hope of pushing out expectations about rate hikes,» Kit Juckes, an analyst at Société Générale, said.

-- BlackBerry (TSX: BB) delivered a hazy look at its first - quarter results on Friday, posting a loss of US$ 84 million that fell short of analyst expectations, while offering few details on whether its new phones are selling well.

The upper end of that projection — oil prices at US$ 60 — is below most of the current analyst forecasts, with expectations for the WTI price predominantly in the low US$ 50s, or below.

JPMorgan's earnings per share came in at $ 1.12 versus analysts» expectations for EPS of $ 0.99.

«SoftBank's expectation that it can get shareholders to part with their shares at about $ 50 billion builds in all the negative news,» said New Street Research analyst Kirk Boodry.

Earnings stood at $ 0.82 per share, a penny higher than analysts» expectations.

It was a similar refrain from several other analysts covering Samsung, including Kim Hyun - yong at Etrade Securities, who said that expectations of a cheaper iPhone launching this year have caused «overall growth prospects for Samsung's smartphone business [to] have dimmed.»

Analysts now expect first - quarter earnings growth of 24.6 percent, more than double expectations at the beginning of the year, according to Thomson Reuters data.

KKR's economic net income per share came in at 42 cents in the first quarter, ahead of analysts» expectations for 11 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S.

Profits rose 19 percent year - over-year, with earnings per share at $ 3.90, again three cents above analyst expectations.

«Expectations got out of whack,» said Shaw Wu, an analyst at Sterne Agee.

«The challenge will be for folks to calibrate their expectations,» said Peter Misek, an analyst at Jefferies & Co..

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.

However, banks» asset quality exceeded analysts» expectations, with the financial sector's NPL ratio declining from a peak of 1.63 % in March - April 2009 to 1.29 % at the end of November.

The consensus forecast calls for EPS at Urban Outfitters to be the same as in the year - ago period, while EPS at Deere, Dick's Sporting Goods, Gap, Staples and Wal - Mart will be smaller than a year ago, if analysts» expectations are on target.

Analysts reduced their expectation of net income by $ 210m for Citigroup, $ 128m at Bank of America, $ 123m at Goldman Sachs and $ 97m at Morgan Stanley, according to Bloomberg data.

In a blunt note to clients on Monday, analysts at Morgan Stanley said the move «goes beyond expectations, raising concerns of a possible policy mistake».

General Mills» $ 40 - per - share or $ 8 - billion acquisition offer represents a premium valuation multiple at 25x last - twelve - months or 22x including synergy expectations, the analyst said.

Analysts at Oppenheimer tempered their expectations for United Therapeutics Corp's (NASDAQ: UTHR) first - quarter citing the Maryland - based biotech's historic propensity to log seasonally slow sales during the start of the year.

18.15 Analysts at Soc Gen have been wondering what course of action the ECB could take should inflation continue to undershoot expectations in 18 months time.

One of those critical metrics, the data center group revenue number which came in at $ 5.2 billion versus analyst «s expectations of $ 4.84 billion.

«Macro data from the U.S. and Europe are struggling to meet lofty expectations,» analysts at ANZ said in a note.

Analysts at FBR have high expectations for Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) heading into the company's second - quarter earnings report but aren't recommending investors buy the stock.

«The downgrade reflects our expectations for limited recovery of credit metrics given continued operating losses at the Canadian division as well as potential costs related to the data breach,» said S&P's credit analyst Ana Lai.

In a report published Thursday, Roth Capital Partners analyst Philip Shen discussed the Department of Commerce's final results of its administrative review of 2012 solar related tariffs in which duties came in «much worse than expected» at 30.6 percent versus prior expectations of...

Net sales fell 6 percent to $ 5.3 billion and comparable sales were down 4 percent but earnings, at 23 cents a share, at least exceeded analysts» expectations.

«The Chinese figures this morning weren't the end of the world, they were only marginally below market expectations,» said Craig Erlam, market analyst at Alpari.

Analysts at Barclays Capital in Hong Kong said the figure «will likely provide some comfort to the market» due to expectations that the People's Bank of China will undertake further monetary easing in order to try to stimulate growth.

«We think Hurricane Irma could be a top 5 most costly hurricane in the U.S, although the losses could be in - line - to - lower than market expectations,» Sarah DeWitt, an analyst at JPMorgan, said in a note Monday.

Although the economy formally grew by 0.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2011, in line with expectations, this was widely regarded by analysts as confirmation that the underlying recovery is fragile at best, and that the economy has escaped a relapse into a «double - dip» recession only by the narrowest of margins.

Open Road's romantic teen tear - jerker «Midnight Sun,» also new this week, came in at the low end of analysts» expectations with $ 4.1 million in the No. 10 spot.