Bears contend that stock repurchases are nothing more than financial engineering, a method for managers to prop up earnings per share and stock prices to
meet analyst expectations and vest their options.
Verizon Wireless added a net 677,000 new devices under contract to its rolls in the quarter,
meeting analyst expectations.
What traders don't realize is that either the P / E was contracting because the future growth in the company no longer
met analysts expectations so it was being distributed by institutions not bought.
Although IAC (NSDQ: IACI) swung to profit in Q2, with net income of $ 40.8 million ($ 0.28 cents per share) from last year's loss of $ 422 million -LRB-- $ 3.02 per share), the company failed to
meet analysts expectations.
Two, Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc. and Weingarten Realty Investors,
met analyst expectations, while six, Developers Diversified Realty, Equity One, Inc., Saul Centers, Inc., Federal Realty Investment Trust, Inland Real Estate Corp. and Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc., missed.
Not exact matches
Executives spend too much time dealing with investors and
analysts, trying to
meet or exceed earnings
expectations every quarter, and end up seeking short - term gains at the expense of the company.
That was chief executive Thorsten Heins's message at the annual shareholders
meeting in Ontario today, as he tried to defend the company's trajectory after sales of the new BlackBerry 10 line of smartphones fell well below
analyst expectations.
Other
analysts and experts have cautioned that it was important to manage
expectations around the
meeting.
«This year, the entire company will be on one platform,» McDermott told Reuters after SAP announced 2017 results that
met its twice - raised guidance but came in just shy of
analyst expectations.
Schachter dismissed the idea that eBay may have become the victim of its own recovery, struggling to
meet inflated
analyst expectations.
But the point is to reward them for something more real than merely
meeting the
expectations of
analysts.
Still, HP managed to
meet Wall Street's
expectations with earnings per share of 36 cents (excluding certain costs) that were in line with what
analysts had expected.
As the fourth - quarter 2011 earnings season begins, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)
met analysts»
expectations by reporting profits that were down for the quarter but up for the year.
Moreover, our operating results may not
meet expectations of equity research
analysts or investors.
The market price of our Class A common stock may be volatile or may decline steeply or suddenly regardless of our operating performance and we may not be able to
meet investor or
analyst expectations.
Commerzbank
analysts believe «yields will dive again later this year when it becomes clear the current ECB measures are not
meeting expectations.»
«Macro data from the U.S. and Europe are struggling to
meet lofty
expectations,»
analysts at ANZ said in a note.
Apple's iPad line of tablets are the only media slates to have
met and exceeded consumer
expectations according to one
analyst.
Considering how DHT operates in the oil market, the industry has had it rough the past couple years but DHT
met analysts»
expectations and had a good Q2, so I can't complain too much.
SWY has
met financial
analysts»
expectations.
For example, if
analysts or stockholders are expecting specific financial results, the insurer could raise rates in some lines of business in order to
meet those
expectations.
With US Federal Chair Janet Yellen and Mario Draghi — The European Central Bank President taking keynote turns for their speech in the
meeting — the Jackson Hole Symposium that is starting today,
analysts will take great notice if the Digital currencies will be replying their
expectations.
The
analyst said the delay «won't undermine actual demand,» as long as the iPhone 8
meets fans»
expectations.
The thing to remember when writing a business
analyst resume is to
meet your employer's
expectations.
Sample resumes of Reporting
Analysts include such skills as conducting thorough analysis of reporting requests to develop specifications and prototypes for the requested products, troubleshooting issues for Report Requestors, and ensuring report requirements are correct and that service delivery
met requestor
expectations.
Columbus, Ohio - based Glimcher Realty Trust (NYSE: GRT) and Philadelphia - based Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT)(NYSE: PEI)
met analysts»
expectations.
The rise in long - term
expectations will make officials «nervous» before the Federal Open Market Committee's
meeting next week, wrote Bank of America Merrill Lynch
analysts in a research note.
The pressure to
meet and beat
analysts» forecasts, where missing earnings
expectations may lead to significant stock price declines, often prompts management to focus on short - term quarterly earnings.