Most
analysts forecast says the pizza market will decline until 2016 and for the most part, they attribute the decline to innovation, or rather a lack thereof.»
Not exact matches
The updated
forecast assumes current aluminum prices will hold at these elevated levels, Chief Financial Officer Kenneth Giacobbe
said on a post-earnings call with
analysts.
«In theory, this could open a market opportunity of $ 1.75 billion to $ 3.5 billion (or more) for the drug, which is not included in our current
forecasts,»
said Deutsche Bank
analysts in a research note.
The data «reflects a deteriorating export market and strengthened domestic consumption» that may cancel each other out and keep gross domestic product growing at 6.5 percent this year as Beijing had
forecast,
said Helen Lau,
analyst at Argonaut Securities.
Analysts at TD Securities
said they expected the statement and updated economic
forecasts from policymakers to take a hawkish tilt that emphasizes every meeting will be «live» for a possible hike.
«While Uber has steadily expanded to more cities across the US, we expect demand for transportation - oriented sharing economy services, like Uber, to reach a cap,»
said eMarketer
forecasting analyst Oscar Orozco in a statement.
SAP
said it expected total non-IFRS revenue of 24.6 to 25.1 billion euros ($ 30 bln - $ 31 bln) for 2018, in line with the
forecasts of
analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.
On Tuesday, Merrill Lynch
analysts said they now expect the oil market to be undersupplied by about 430,000 barrels a day in 2018, up from their prior
forecast for a 100,000 - barrel - per - day deficit.
The company also
said it expects 2018 adjusted earnings of $ 5.40 to $ 5.70 per share, better than
analysts» average estimate of $ 5.47, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S. Revenue rose 5.3 % to $ 30.15 billion, above Wall Street
forecasts.
The department store chain
said on Tuesday that comparable sales rose 1.3 % in the holiday quarter that ended on Feb. 1, their first quarterly increase by that metric since the end of 2014 and well above
analysts»
forecasts.
Weak pricing was the biggest reason that Cenovus missed on most
forecasts,
said analyst Travis Wood of National Bank Financial Markets.
«Alibaba's ad revenues show no signs of slowing down as user engagement on the Taobao app increases and the company continues to deliver highly relevant ads to consumers,»
said eMarketer
Forecasting Analyst Cindy Liu in an online report.
Russia's economy ministry
said on Saturday it expected gross domestic product to fall 3 percent this year, more optimistic than many
analysts»
forecasts of a 4 - 5 percent drop.
Analyst Cameron Doerksen of National Bank Financial
said Transat's
forecast for $ 1.5 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amoritization in the second quarter is down from the $ 16 million anticipated by
analysts.
That
said, most
analysts aren't expecting major developments that will significantly shake up economic
forecasts or financial bets.
Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook and other Apple executives have a «major prove - me» period ahead, beginning with a new sales
forecast and a conference call with
analysts on Tuesday, GBH Insights
analyst Daniel Ives
said.
Higher costs will hurt its ability to grow profits in the first three months of the year, it
said,
forecasting earnings of between 60 and 80 cents a share, below the 83 cents a share
forecast by
analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.
Cowen and Company
analyst Kevin Kopelman
said in a research note earlier this week that Priceline needed to
forecast that bookings would grow up to 21 % in the second quarter, with adjusted earnings per share of up to $ 14.90.
«If these
forecasts are realised, industrial production momentum will climb to new highs,»
analysts at Capital Economics
said in a written commentary.
Amazon will most likely disappoint Wall Street with its fourth - quarter
forecast,
analysts at Goldman Sachs
said.
Barclays
said its profit before tax was 1.7 billion pounds ($ 2.19 billion), up from 793 million pounds a year ago and better than the 1.46 billion pounds average estimate of
analysts»
forecasts compiled by the bank.
Although most
analysts at the time considered my
forecasts to be shockingly low and wholly implausible, and thought so even two to three years ago, I have always
said that before the end of the decade it will have become the consensus.
Cowen and Company
analyst Andrew Charles
said he now expects McDonald's U.S. comparable sales to rise 5 percent this year, up from a prior
forecast of 4 percent, driven by his «increased confidence» in the launch of the new $ 1 $ 2 $ 3 Dollar Menu.
S&P Platts
said at the start of this week that
analysts it polled had
forecast a 2.4 - million - barrel build in crude oil stockpiles, with the agency warning this would pressure prices, along with a surge in oil imports.
Satish Meena, senior
forecast analyst at market research firm Forrester,
said both Flipkart and Amazon are shaking up their classification of key sellers.
Netflix
said Monday it added 5.2 million total memberships in the last quarter, 2 million more than
analysts forecast.
The company
said Wednesday that it rung up $ 184.4 million in sales for the quarter, beating Wall Street
analysts» consensus
forecast of $ 172 million.
Just recently, Baird
analyst Ben Kallo came out with his «blue - sky»
forecast about Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA),
saying that if the company...
«We
forecast TCs at $ 150 this year because concentrate is still very tight,»
said analyst Dina Yu at consultancy CRU Group in Beijing.
Baxter International Inc on Thursday
forecast 2018 earnings largely ahead of
analysts» estimates and
said it would continue to be active on the acquisition front and repurchase more shares through the year.
(Reuters)- Baxter International Inc (BAX.N) on Thursday
forecast 2018 earnings largely ahead of
analysts» estimates and
said it would continue to be active on the acquisition front and repurchase more shares through the year.
Oil
analysts say forecasting the timing of a bottom in prices has been particularly difficult because of the unknowns around U.S. production, and most have now extended their
forecasts for low oil well into next year.
The weak corporate results will likely prompt
analysts to lower their quarterly earnings
forecasts for the entire S&P 500,
said John Fox, co-manager of the FAM Value Fund, which specializes in small and medium - sized companies.
«Dick's Sporting Goods revising its
forecast down is very bad, especially for a company in an area thought to be «Amazon proof,»»
said Kim Forrest, senior equity
analyst at Fort Pitt Capital.
Analysts from Technavio
say at - home frozen pizza consumption was up in 2016, and they
forecast the global frozen pizza market to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 3.41 percent through 2021.
Fonterra has
forecast a 2 per cent fall in milk production this season, but
analysts said increased culling, declining use of supplementary feed, and less off - farm grazing could lead to a bigger decline, which would also be supportive for prices.
Rabobank senior dairy
analyst Michael Harvey
said the extent of the market collapse was - for most in the industry - «beyond expectation» and inevitably led to milk price
forecasts for the 2015/16 season being slashed.
He
says equity
analysts who issue written
forecasts about stocks may be subject to this confirmation bias and do not let new data significantly revise their initial analyses.
At Xcel Energy, the utility firm with the highest total wind capacity in the United States, the number of
forecasting errors has dropped since 2009, saving customers some US$ 60 million and reducing annual CO2 emissions from fossil - reserve power generation by more than a quarter of a million tonnes per year,
says Drake Bartlett, a renewable - energy
analyst with the firm who is based in Denver, Colorado.
«We see slow, gradual, consistent growth,»
says Kurt McNeil, GM's chief sales
analyst, suggesting the industry might finish the year at the high end of the auto maker's light - vehicle
forecast of between 14.0 million and 14.5 million units.
Other automakers are scheduled to report August sales later today, with Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co.
forecast to post the biggest gains,
analysts say.
J.P. Morgan
analyst Mark Moskowitz sent a note to investors on Thursday in which he
said he is raising his 2011 tablet shipment
forecast to 51.9 million units, up 13 % from his original >>
J.P. Morgan
analyst Mark Moskowitz sent a note to investors on Thursday in which he
said he is raising his 2011 tablet shipment
forecast to 51.9 million units, up 13 % from his original prediction.
Apple's stock price should lift as
analysts start adding the tablet into their
forecasts for the next year, and as the hype for the tablet grows throughout January, and into March, he
says.
Pacific Crest
analyst Chad Bartley this week raised his Kindle Fire sales estimates
saying: «We are raising our 2012 sales
forecasts to 14.9 million from 12.7 million.
Under this new scenario, wireless carriers would provide wireless data connectivity for free or low cost for everything from wristwatches that download the weather
forecast to digital cameras that can send images wirelessly, industry
analysts said today.
«Despite an apparent slowdown of the market, we maintain our
forecast about tablet growth in 2015,»
said Jean Philippe Bouchard, an IDC
analyst.
Analyst David Doyle of Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd.
says he expects the loonie to lose another 10 cents, for a
forecasted value of 59 - cents U.S., by the end of 2016.
Most
analysts, whether money managers or employed in research departments of broker - dealers, seem to believe that their primary job is to
forecast near - term earnings results as reported,
say for the next 3 months to 12 months.
Haircut our earnings numbers that
analysts project and
forecast buying back,
say, $ 10 billion a year for three years at tangible book value.