While the grocer's
earnings fell in line with analysts» estimates, its projected 2018 earnings disappointed...
The financial services and mobile payment company's
earnings fell in line with what was expected and its revenues were better than expected.
Not exact matches
Three months ago, when Apple reported its holiday
earnings, the company posted record revenues thanks to refreshed
lines of iPads and iPhones that had launched
in the
fall.
The key to why the
earnings aren't good enough and the stock is
falling is this
line in the company's shareholder letter: «Revenue came
in at the low end of our guidance range because brand marketers did not increase spend as quickly as expected
in the first quarter.»
As the first quarter comes to a close, companies
in the Standard & Poor's 500 index have warned
in 81 instances that profits per share will
fall below prior estimates, while they raised their outlook 28 times and said
earnings should
fall in line in 10 cases.
The Australian price /
earnings (P / E) ratio has
fallen slightly since the previous Statement to around 19, which is broadly
in line with its long - run average.
Amid record weekly
earnings and historically low unemployment, wage growth has failed to
fall in line.
Group net profit is expected to
fall about 1 per cent to $ 412.8 million,
in line with management's guidance for
earnings to be «broadly»
in line with profits
in 2016.
Group
earnings before interest and tax are forecast to
fall around 6.5 per cent to $ 836 million,
in line with the company's -5 to -7 per cent guidance, and group net profit (before one - off items) is expected to
fall 7.5 per cent to around $ 516 million.
Hi Rob: Inflation has two opposing effects on stock prices: one is the positive effect on
earnings as you point out (revenues rise as price of goods and service rise and a portion of it, if not all,
falls to the bottom
line) but the other is the negative effect of a higher discount rate demanded by investors to invest
in equities.
This isn't a factor
in 2012, so future revenue growth should
fall directly / be magnified
in the
earnings line.