The survey found that 88 per
cent of companies expect to make new or improved products through Eureka and 42 per cent expect a moderate - to - large increase in sales.
Not exact matches
Despite Lululemon's troubles, analysts had been
expecting the
company's actual results to be slightly above the previous guidance on revenue and earnings, estimating 79
cents per share
of adjusted earnings and US$ 542.4 million
of revenue, according to Thomson Reuters.
Shares in scooter manufacturer Vmoto have dived 20 per
cent today after the
company announced on Friday it
expected to record a $ 2.24 million loss for the first half
of the 2011 financial year.
The
company will invest 90 per
cent of its 2018 capital budget
of between $ 535 million and $ 585 million in the United States, most in North Dakota Bakken light oil wells, where production is
expected to grow by 30 per
cent.
The
company reported a loss
of 94
cents per share while Wall Street
expected a loss
of 52
cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters consensus estimates.
Wall Street had
expected the
company to report a loss
of 50
cents a share on $ 1.26 billion in sales.
Analysts had
expected the
company to post earnings per share
of 87
cents on revenue
of $ 1.65 billion, according to Thomson Reuters.
The
company reported a loss
of 15
cents per share, while analysts
expected a loss
of 18
cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters consensus estimates.
Failure
of prices to recover raises the prospect
of even deeper cuts to investment by oil and gas
companies next year and would likely result in Canada's economy remaining on a slower growth path than the 2.2 per
cent pace we are
expecting.»
According to analysts polled by Thomson Reuters, the
company had been
expected to earn an adjusted per share profit
of 77
cents on revenue
of $ 8.9 billion
of revenues.
Farsands bought 66 per
cent of APP in a conditional agreement in which the
company expects to settle in the near future.
The
company posted earnings
of $ 1.52 a share, beating analysts» estimates by one
cent, and revenue
of $ 7.32 billion, just shy
of the $ 7.34 billion
expected.
Excluding items, the
company expected fourth quarter earnings between 37
cents and 47
cents per share, while analysts had forecast a profit
of 57
cents per share.
The
company reported earnings
of 19
cents per share on revenue
of $ 409.3 million in the third quarter, compared with an
expected profit
of 10
cents a share on $ 358.7 million in revenue.
Wall Street
expected the
company to post EPS
of 12
cents per share on revenues
of $ 616 million.
MONTREAL — CGI Group Inc. still
expects that the acquisition
of U.K. - based Logica will deliver a 25 to 30 per
cent boost to its earnings next year as the information technology
company «aggressively» pursues cost savings.
The
company expects 2018 same - store sales to be flat to up 2 %, and adjusted EPS
of 5
cents to 25
cents.
BlackBerry shares soared Thursday after the
company posted a stronger - than -
expected profit
of 5
cents per share.
The
company said it
expects diluted earnings per share to be negatively affected in fiscal 2016 in the range
of 10
cents (U.S.) to 20
cents a share, primarily because
of a temporary increase in operational expenses related to the consolidation and store disruptions.
Also associated with these actions, the
company anticipates one - time charges
of approximately $ 160 million, or approximately 33
cents per share, (
of which approximately $ 115 million is
expected to be cash) to be booked in the fourth quarter
of 2017 for restructuring activities, asset impairment, store closings and other costs.
The
company is
expected to post earnings
of 64
cents per share on sales
of $ 3.69 billion.
For B.C.
companies with less than 50 employees, 17 per
cent reported better than
expected performance in Asia, compared to almost one third (31 %) for those
companies outside
of B.C.
Only 21 per
cent of B.C. SMEs saw their
company's performance in Asia as better than
expected, compared to 39 per
cent of non-B.C.
Analysts on average had
expected the
company to earn 38
cents per share and a revenue
of $ 229.3 million, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S.
Analysts had
expected the
company to report earnings
of 26
cents a share on $ 28.57 billion in revenue, according to a consensus estimate from Thomson Reuters.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters
expected the
company to report earnings per share
of 90
cents on sales
of $ 1.8 billion.
Wall Street analysts were
expecting the
company to lose 8
cents per share — but on revenue
of $ 92.55 million.
The
company recorded a loss
of 12
cents per share on revenue
of $ 22.7 billion, slightly beating estimates from analysts, who were
expecting a loss
of 13
cents per share on revenue
of $ 22.4 billion.
Mr Cousins
expects the consumer electronics retailer to report a 0.6 per
cent increase in net profit to $ 129.1 million on sales
of $ 3.6 billion, in line with the
company's $ 127 million to $ 131 million guidance.
Going forward, the
company expects growth
of as much as 5 per
cent.
Bellamy's — the biggest
of Australia's ASX - listed infant formula
companies — is hopeful it can get CFDA approval within six months, with the
company confirming at its interim result last month it
expected «zero» sales in the current half from Chinese label products, which represented about 15 per
cent of annual sales in 2016 - 17.
He said the scope for more profit upgrades hasn't been factored into the share price and UBS
expects profit margins for 2020 - 21 for the Asian region to be around 42 per
cent, compared with the
company's guidance
of between 30 to 35 per
cent.
Canadian dairy giant Saputo is trying to use the prospect
of closing its $ 500 million takeover offer for Warrnambool Cheese & Butter to pressure Bega Cheese into selling its 18.8 per
cent WCB stake but the Montreal - based
company is widely
expected to extend its offer.
More than a quarter
of the
companies (28 per
cent) said that they
expect to reduce their spending on R&D this year, says the Industrial Research Institute, based in Washington DC.
According to IBISWorld, the number
of companies in the dating services industry in Canada is
expected to continue to expand, by 3.5 per
cent this year and three per
cent the following year.
Lamborghini
expects the Urus to account for half
of the
company's sales, with the Huracán selling 35 per
cent, and the Aventador at 15 per
cent.
Globally, the
company is developing a range
of electric vehicles and
expects that by 2022, around 20 - 25 per
cent of its total sales worldwide would come from electric vehicles (EVs).
So far in the April - September period in this financial year, JLR sales have grown 45 per
cent over the year - ago period, he said, adding the
company expected to carry forward the sales momentum on the back
of new products and network expansion.
Microsoft's Windows Phone platform currently owns about 3 per
cent of the smartphone space and the
company's newly released Windows RT platform is
expected to control around 5 per
cent of the tablet space by the close
of 2013.
The
company says it
expects most
of the «Kindle Worlds» fan fiction titles to sell for 99
cents to $ 3.99.
Dale Winner, portfolio manager at the Wells Fargo Advantage International Equity fund,
expects profits for European
companies to grow in the neighbourhood
of 15 per
cent.
Alex Kyriakides, President and Managing Director
of Marriott International, Middle East and Africa, confirmed that the number
of jobs at Marriott hotels in the region is
expected to increase by 100 per
cent from 11,800 to over 24,000 by the end
of 2017, highlighting the
company's ongoing investment in the region.
The
company said it
expects earnings
of 53
cents to 63
cents a share on net bookings
of $ 215 million to $ 265 million and net revenue
of $ 345 million to $ 395 million.
In March 2011, Barapukuria had a proven reserve
of around 389 million tons
of coal, and the
company expects to extract 10 to 20 per
cent of the total reserves through underground mining within the next 30 years.
This fits with results
of the Association
of Corporate Counsel Foundation report: the State
of Cybersecurity Report (2016), which found that not only were
company and law department budgets growing in this area but 59 per
cent of the CLOs surveyed
expected their law department's role in cybersecurity to increase.
This move is
expected to reduce costs for these insurance
companies, which pay a commission
of approximately six per
cent of premiums to TPAs to settle claims.
Strategy Analytics said the
company is
expected to post a market share
of 19.2 per
cent in the global smartphone industry in 2018 by shipping 315 million units, down from 20.5 per
cent estimated for this year, Yonhap News Agency reported.
Companies are beginning to catch up and AI is growing in use across some sectors: 38 per
cent of 10,400 respondents from 140 countries surveyed for 2017 Deloitte Human Capital Trends research said they are already using AI in their workplace, and 62 per
cent expect to do so by 2018.
According to the survey, 62 per
cent of Canadian
companies expect business activity to increase in 2013.
Across Canada, the West will see the greatest hiring activity as 51 per
cent of companies in Calgary and 43 per
cent in Vancouver
expect to be hiring this year as opposed to 37 and 33 per
cent in Toronto and Ottawa respectively.