Sentences with phrase «expectations in the first quarter»

Commenting on the Company's first quarter results, Ryder Chairman and CEO Robert Sanchez said, «Our results were at the high - end of our expectations in the first quarter, driven by stronger than expected results in our rental, supply chain, and dedicated businesses.

LONDON, April 25 (Reuters)- GlaxoSmithKline's new shingles vaccine Shingrix exceeded expectations in the first quarter, but the drugmaker's sales and earnings fell 2 percent, held back by a stronger pound and more pricing pressure in respiratory medicine.

Square shares climbed over 5 percent in extended trading Wednesday after the company beat analysts» expectations in its first quarter.

Gross domestic product fell well short of expectations in the first quarter, contracting 0.2 percent.

Our survey found that nearly 80 % of small businesses met or exceeded financial expectations in the first quarter of 2012.

Apple, the world's biggest company by market capitalization, beat profit and revenue expectations in the first quarter, thanks to robust iPhone sales, and it announced a $ 100 billion share buyback.

Aetna made $ 1.21 billion and beat Wall Street earnings expectations in the first quarter, as the health insurer moved closer to sealing its roughly $ 69 billion combination with CVS Health.

Sales of stretchy garments, made with Lululemon's high - tech fabrics, exceeded expectations in the first quarter of this year and forced the company to accelerate some of the deliveries.

Fiscal 2018 is off to an excellent start, with our business's positive momentum continuing to exceed our expectations in the first quarter.

Like the majority of the U.S. REIT universe, shopping center REITs outperformed analyst expectations in the first quarter of 2009, largely because of low performance guidelines.

Retail REIT performance exceeded consensus analyst expectations in the first quarter, with companies across the board posting strong FFO and earnings growth.

Not exact matches

Pfizer posted slightly higher sales and a 14 percent jump in profit in the first quarter, thanks to lower restructuring costs and a much - lower tax rate, but its revenue still missed Wall Street expectations.

Anthem's contribution to Express Scripts» revenue has been increasing, from 14 % in 2014 to 18 % in the latest first quarter, in line with the company's expectation of a bigger contribution as the contract neared its end.

Western Australian employers have downgraded expectations for increasing staff numbers in the first quarter of 2013.

Colgate - Palmolive said on Friday first - quarter sales were below its expectations as demand in emerging markets including Latin America was muted, sending its shares down nearly 4 percent in premarket trading.»

Unilever reported first - quarter sales figures that met expectations, helped mainly by increases in the volume of products sold, and maintained its full - year outlook.

French food group Danone kept its guidance for a further rise in profits and sales this year after first quarter underlying sales growth beat market expectations, led by strong demand for baby formula products in China.

Shell disappointed the market with its second - quarter results, the first full quarter following the completion of the BG acquisition in February, by missing expectations by around 50 %.

«Our first quarter results were in line with our expectations and reflect the solid growth of our proprietary commercial products and the continued strength of our royalty and manufacturing business,» commented James Frates, Chief Financial Officer of Alkermes.

Average monthly active users totaled 302 million in the first quarter, in - line with expectation, up 18 % from the prior year and up from 288 million in the previous quarter.

UBS beat market expectations with a 19 percent jump in net profit for its first quarter, boosted by strong equity trading activity.

The company also added more than eight million subscribers in the fourth quarter, CNBC reports, significantly more than Wall Street expectations, and its shares have jumped more than 8 percent, bringing its market capitalization above $ 100 billion for the first time.

With its eye on accelerating cost cuts, Ford announced first - quarter earnings that topped analyst expectations, and offered up some detail on the steps it will take to improve its financial health and realign its portfolio with a dramatic shift in consumer tastes.

ABB edged up 0.2 percent on news that its first - quarter net income came in above market expectations.

April 23 - Toymaker Hasbro Inc fell well short of Wall Street expectations for profit in the first quarter as the bankruptcy of Toys» R» Us spurred a nearly $ 100 million shortfall in revenue.

The tour company, which operates Transat, missed expectations in its seasonally slow first quarter as its net loss attributable to shareholders was $ 6.6 million, compared with $ 32.1 million in the prior year.

HONG KONG / LONDON, May 2 - Standard Chartered Plc beat expectations with a 20 percent rise in first quarter pre-tax profit on Wednesday, but disappointing income showed the long road ahead for its returns to hit targets after years of restructuring.

TORONTO — Three of Canada's biggest banks delivered first - quarter results on Thursday that outshone analyst expectations, helped by improvement in their lending operations.

Excluding the first quarter impact of the TCJA - related expense and the legal settlement, 3M expects its adjusted full - year 2018 earnings to be in the range of $ 10.20 to $ 10.55 per share versus a prior expectation of $ 10.20 to $ 10.70 per share.

It's become wildly popular in the country, though this quarter, device sales were slower than the company's expectations, Chief Financial Officer Martin King said Thursday on a call with analysts following the release of first - quarter earnings results.

The subscription and services business rose 7.6 percent to $ 165.5 million in the first quarter ended March 31, above analysts» expectation of $ 163.2 million, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S. FireEye reported adjusted billings of $ 175.1 million, beating analysts» estimate of $ 170.3 million.

The world's largest package delivery company, viewed as an indicator of economic strength, reported revenue increased 10 percent to $ 17.1 billion in the first quarter from a year ago, topping analyst expectations of $ 16.47 billion.

BlackBerry beat third quarter revenue expectations while reporting its first quarter - to - quarter revenue gain in over two years.

Cerner missed its own expectations for revenue in the first quarter as it took hits from a delayed Veterans Affairs Department EHR system contract and an unpredictable market.The VA electronic health record system contract has been sitting in limbo for months and will likely be delayed until the second half of the year, according to Cerner Chief Financial Officer Mark Naughten.

Retailers and retail landlords are reporting strong first - quarter earnings results, beating analysts» expectations in many cases.

But in the first quarter, it was better - than - expected results in fixed - income trading that enabled overall firm profits to beat analyst expectations.

The number rang in below expectations, marking the first time the GDP growth rate slipped under zero since the fourth quarter of 2011.

Amazon.com's stock hit a record of $ 1,638 last week after the company reported that it doubled its profit in the first quarter, surpassing analysts» expectations.

A wobbly equity market, expectations for higher interest rates and weaker economic growth in the first quarter have inspired some pundits to claim that bear - market risk for stocks...

The fourth quarter national accounts confirmed a sharp slowdown in the US, and most expectations now are for a period of further weakness in the first half of this year.

Marathon also announced first - quarter earnings per share of $ 0.08, which missed analyst expectations for $ 0.15 in EPS and perhaps added to pressure on the stock, but news of the huge merger in the oil sector occupied most of investors» attention today.

Morgan Stanley posted first - quarter earnings and revenue on Wednesday that beat analyst expectations on strong results in equity trading.

Next, relative growth differentials surprised; U.S. growth proved much worse than forecast, barely reaching 1 % in the first quarter, while growth in Europe and Japan exceeded expectations.

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.

China's economic growth ticked down to 7.7 percent in the first quarter, falling short of market expectations and suggesting a tepid rebound for the economy.

The U.S. economy is once again underperforming expectations, as it has in the first quarter of the past five years.

Expectations were in the 2 % plus range, and 2.3 % growth is pretty good for a first quarter.

Inphi Corporation (NYSE: IPHI) reported fourth - quarter results Wednesday that were largely in - line with the Wall Street consensus, but guided a first - quarter outlook that fell short of expectations.

Analysts have been revising up their earnings expectations for global equities in 2017 — a departure from the pattern of downward revisions during first - quarter reporting over the last five years.

The Wells Fargo Investment Institute recently suggested that earnings growth may have peaked in the first quarter, while Morgan Stanley calculated that expectations for stock returns were at their lowest level since before the financial crisis.