Sentences with phrase «as analysts called»

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc shares jumped as much as 16 percent on Wednesday, as analysts called its recruitment of Taco Bell chief executive Brian Niccol a potentially transformational moment after two years of brand - crushing food - safety scandals.

Feb 14 (Reuters)- Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc shares jumped more than 11 percent premarket on Wednesday, as analysts called its recruitment of Taco Bell chief executive Brian Niccol a potentially «transformational moment» after two years of brand - crushing food - safety scandals.

Feb 14 Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc shares jumped more than 11 percent premarket on Wednesday, as analysts called its recruitment of Taco Bell chief executive Brian Niccol a potentially «transformational moment» after two years of brand - crushing food - safety scandals.

(Reuters)- Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (CMG.N) shares jumped as much as 16 percent on Wednesday, as analysts called its recruitment of Taco Bell chief executive Brian Niccol a potentially transformational moment after two years of brand - crushing food - safety scandals.

Not exact matches

«I acknowledge it's still early, but we are not seeing an impact on comp (arable) sales as a result of Philadelphia,» CEO Kevin Johnson told Wall Street analysts on a conference call.

But as CEO Reed Hastings and other executives answered an analysts» questions on one of Netflix's famously dull quarterly calls for investors, the after hours gain shrunk to a 5 % increase to $ 324.32.

Shares in Tesla took a nosedive in after - hours trading today as Elon Musk cut off analysts during a first - quarter earnings call.

The iPhone X has been Apple's top selling device every week since it came out last fall and was the best selling phone model in China, Cook noted multiple times on the call, as he sought to combat the negative narrative some analysts were pushing.

On May 12, Tim Hortons held a conference call with financial analysts who had plenty of questions for Don Schroeder, a long time executive who everybody assumed held the confidence of the board as company CEO at the time.

While industry analysts aren't calling for sharply higher prices, they say the market is vulnerable to more erratic pricing because global supply has drained dramatically over the last year as demand has grown.

Analysts say some of the rebound is a result of what happened last year, when large numbers of advertisers put less into the upfront market and kept more of their spending for what is called the short - term «scatter» market, where ads are bought on an as - needed basis.

Analysts are currently calling for 140,000 new job's in the government's report this Friday, but the sum of the data in recent days is mixed at best as both ISM reports point to weak hiring, but this morning's data points to better than expected figures.

«I think there's just great uncertainty as to what's going to happen in the US, in particular, as a result of the outcome of the election,» Creed said in a call with analysts.

TransCanada sounded more optimistic on its third quarter earnings call, telling investors and analysts that it expected the same amount of interest as it had back in 2008 when the project was originally proposed.

(Some reporters privately referred to her as «the analyst whisperer» because she seemed to soothe jittery Wall Streeters on earnings calls.)

Retail industry analysts also suggest that profitability is difficult to achieve as an online - only business, which necessitates branching out into a so - called omni - channel strategy that includes a physical presence.

But Amazon emerged as a source of analyst concern on conference calls for tire servicer Monro Muffler Brake, swimming pool equipment distributor Pool and water heater maker A.O. Smith.

This use of buybacks as an image booster has become one of the most divisive ideas about repurchases, with many analysts and market watchers calling it «financial engineering.»

Indeed, much of what Whitman has accomplished over the last five years involved reversing what her predecessors did — or unlocking value, as so many financial analysts call it.

«We expect EBAY to start intermediating its own payments (pulling away from PayPal) in»18 as management stated on its 4Q: 17 conference call, with a planned full transition in mid-2020,» Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak said in a note to clients.

During a call with analysts and investors, Costco's CFO said, «As it relates to the publicity and the news and the noise around Amazon and Whole Foods, all we can do is perform.»

Intel CEO Bryan Krzanich boasted to analysts during an earnings call of recent chip deals between Microsoft, Google, and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, also a cloud provider, as highlights.

We don't yet know much about why Amazon is buying Whole Foods» fleet of 461 stores as Bezos and his management team declined to hold a conference call with Wall Street analysts and members of the media.

Analyst Chris Murray of AltaCorp Capital called the moves pure marketing, by highlighting the challenges facing its domestic rival while also promoting its service as an alternative.

Joe Laszlo, a senior broadband analyst at Jupiter Communications in New York City, calls DSL a good technology that has experienced «pretty significant growing pains as it transitions from experimental to prime - time, mass - audience consumer adoption.»

«It's obviously still very early days, but there's tremendous amount of work going on behind the scenes, setting the stage and we're making progress putting in place a new team and structure as well as cascading that structure and accountability down the whole organization,» chief executive Guy Laurence said in a conference call with analysts Thursday.

As one analyst pointed out during the conference call, Heins is essentially turning the conventional wisdom of the mobile industry on its head.

«We're going to move as quickly as we can,» Richard Baker, HBC's chairman and chief executive, told analysts during a conference call on Monday.

Musk appeared to make matters worse on the company's conference call, as he was testy with analysts at times and dismissed some questions as «boring» and «not cool.»

Popular among many emerging market investors for the past year, this progress now appears on the brink of becoming undone as market analysts call for a re-evaluation of Russia's risk pricing.

Even as companies start to embrace the blockchain technology that makes bitcoin possible, BTIG analyst Mark Palmer still downgraded shares, calling the company's stock rally «overdone.»

That's why analysts expect the government to look for operating expenditure cuts — such as cutting remaining fuel subsidies — even as it tries to keep up development spending and target lower - income households, often called the B40, or bottom 40 percent with incomes of less than around 2,500 ringgit a month.

Earlier, he told investors on an analyst call that fewer consumers viewed the brand as being discount driven now than a year ago, citing company data.

As last week's HP (HPQ) quarterly analyst call unfolded like a bad dream, Whitman set the beleaguered board's defense in motion.

Analysts remain confident about Twitter's business and long - term prospects, but many are calling its stock expensive compared with peers such as Facebook and LinkedIn.

But analysts and investors continue to call out the business as lackluster.

«It's not a question, in my opinion, as to whether you overbook,» Bastian said on a call with analysts.

Tesla's billionaire chief executive lashed out at analysts during a wide - ranging earnings call, sending the company's stock tumbling as much as 8 percent.

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Sanofi CFO Jérôme Contamine said the company would benefit from «the new tax environment in the U.S.» as part of the Bioverativ deal in an analyst call Monday.

On an earnings call with analysts, Cook said that he's not worried that the pool for new iPhone customers is shrinking, despite the fact that people aren't buying high - end phones as frequently as they have in the past.

Some technical analysts suggest that the market must close below 200 DMA to call this correction over and historically it may be the case as most of the corrections did close below 200 DMA but there were a few instances when this didn't happen.

Canaccord Genuity Analyst Mike Walkley called the arbitration decision «surprising» in a research note, adding that it will help bolster BlackBerry's balance sheet as it pivots to focusing on software for future growth.

But, as Fiat Chrysler chief executive Sergio Marchionne reminded analysts in 2015 in perhaps the most interesting earnings call I've listened to, the sell - side has a purpose that goes beyond chucking numbers into a spreadsheet to forecast where the stock will be by year - end:

Many market analysts and investors have called the recent melt - up in technology stocks as the equivalent of a Tech Bubble 2.0.

Tesla analysts call out Elon Musk after «truly bizarre» conference call Shares hit one - month low as Musk's performance weighs on sharesAnalysts expressed their disbelief Thursday after Tesla Inc. reported a better - than - expected quarter only to see Chief Executive Elon Musk put on a strange performance during the company's earnings call.

In an earnings call that day, Dickey tells analysts that the company's ultimate goal is to become the top news network in the country as measured by ComScore metrics.

It is no surprise, then, that financial analysts were tough on HP's board during a conference call Thursday to hear why Meg Whitman, the former CEO of eBay, was picked as HP's new leader.

Speaking to investment analysts and reporters during Dish's fourth - quarter earnings call today, Ergen said Dish had been «dragged into» this brand positioning by competitors such as AT&T's DirecTV Now and Sony PlayStation Vue.

Saxo Bank analysts have called the beginning of a new period of growth for cryptocurrency prices, eyeing Q2 2018 as a «springboard» for fresh upside.