It is essential to pick stocks whose EPS of the latest quarter is at least 25 % higher than EPS
of same quarter of last year.
Not exact matches
But it still recorded only 1.59 million new users, compared with estimates
of 1.62 million — and sharply lower than the 1.9 million it signed up in the
same quarter last year.
In the first
quarter of 2013, for example, U.S. venture capital firms raised $ 2.9 billion from 44 funds — a decrease
of 33 percent compared to the
same quarter last year, according to the NVCA and Thomson Reuters.
WellCare's net income rose more than $ 100 million in the third
quarter of 2017 compared to the
same time period
last year thanks to stellar growth in its Medicare business and much lower - than - expected medical costs for its Medicaid plan holders relative to their premiums.
Morgan Stanley beat expectations in the
same quarter last year, reporting diluted earnings per share
of $ 0.43 ($ 0.32 expected) on revenue
of $ 7.86 billion ($ 7.63 billion expected).
Sales for the
last quarter of 2001 were up 35 % over the
same period the previous
year, surpassing a projected increase
of 20 %, which Marchica considers outstanding considering that his sales reps were grounded for weeks after September 11.
In the
same quarter last year, Citi reported earnings per share
of $ 1.31 ($ 1.28 expected) on revenue
of $ 18.5 billion ($ 18.6 billion expected).
Three
quarters of millionaires plan to spend the
same as
last year, with about 15 percent spending more.
Revenue for the first
quarter of 2013 was up 58 percent over the
same period
last year.
In the first three months
of the
year, Goldman Sachs workers at the mega-bank saw their pay and benefits increased by roughly $ 23,578 since the
same quarter last year, according to the bank's first
quarter earnings release.
Total revenue hit $ 279 million, a $ 3 million increase from the
same quarter last year, but short
of the $ 282 million analysts polled were expecting.
That compared with a profit
of $ 232 million or 58 cents per share on $ 10.40 billion in revenue in the
same quarter last year.
That's more than twice what they lost in the
same quarter of last year.
According to research analysts at investment bank Versant Partners Inc., U.S. software expenditures in the third
quarter of 2011 grew by 6.6 % over the
same quarter in the previous
year, the highest growth rate in the
last four - and - a-half-years.
That compared with a profit
of $ 862 million or $ 2.09 per share in the
same quarter last year.
The number
of angel investment deals for U.S. startups increased 33 percent in the first
quarter of 2010, compared with the
same period
last year, Giga Om reports.
In a market update on Tuesday, the Perth - based integrated screening and verification company said quarterly revenues lifted to a record $ 3.3 m in the third
quarter of this financial
year, up 21 per cent on the
same quarter last year.
Ad revenue grew 45.4 percent to $ 4.30 billion, with mobile ads accounting for 78 percent
of the total versus 66 percent in the
same quarter last year.
In the third
quarter of 2013, O's ad dollars were $ 34.1 million, down 22.2 percent from $ 43.8 million the
same time
last year, according to The Association
of Magazine Media, a non-profit industry association for multi-platform magazine companies.
The company had 2.9 %
of the market as
of the second
quarter, down from 4.9 % during the
same quarter last year.
Cenovus reported total production
of 555,000 barrels
of oil equivalent per day in the fourth
quarter, up from 283,000 boe / d in the
same period
last year, as oilsands production rose to 361,000 bpd from 164,000 bpd.
The company recorded a loss
of $ 125 - million compared to a profit
of $ 934 - million from the
same quarter last year, and shipped only 11.1 million smartphones, down 21 % from the previous
quarter.
BlackBerry saw a net loss
of $ 148 million, which, to be fair, is much better than the $ 4.4 billion loss the company saw in the
same quarter last year.
The 7/22 FT reported: «Across countries that use the euro, average debt to gross domestic product reached 92.9 per cent in the first
quarter of 2015, up from 92 per cent in the previous
quarter and 91.9 per cent in the
same period
last year, according to figures from Eurostat, the EU's statistical agency.»
Tesla also reported first
quarter revenue
of $ 3.41 billion, up more than 6 % from $ 3.2 billion in the previous
quarter and 19 % higher than the
same quarter last year.
In the third
quarter, global sales
of electric vehicles (EVs) soared 63 percent compared to the
same period
last year, 23 percent compared to the second
quarter.
So is this company, thanks to the completion
of a two -
year highway - expansion project: first -
quarter sales for 1997 were up by more than 40 %, compared with the
same period
last year.
Sales
of small businesses with revenues
of about $ 350,000 rose eight percent in the second
quarter of 2011 over the
same period
last year, but the news isn't quite as good as it sounds.
On an adjusted basis, Shopify says it earned $ 4.2 million or four cents per share for the
quarter, compared with an adjusted loss
of $ 3.5 million or four cents per share in the
same quarter last year.
Data from Real Capital Analytics (RCA) shows that acquisitions from HNWIs during the first three
quarters of the
year dropped 45 percent to $ 3.1 billion, compared to the
same period
last year.
The company shipped 800,000 smartphones in India in the second
quarter of 2016, down by a third from 1.2 million the
same period
last year.
Its gross domestic product (GDP) for the second
quarter rose 6.9 percent over the
same period
last year, beating expectations and putting the country on track to meet the International Monetary Fund's 2017 growth forecast
of 6.5 percent.
Deliveries for the first
quarter were up by nearly 50 percent compared to the
same quarter last year, with Tesla saying that it is still on track to fulfill its target
of 80,000 to 90,000 units delivered within the
year.
The company saw net sales drop 31 percent compared with the
same quarter last year, from $ 853 million to $ 587 million, while it saw an operating loss
of $ 48 million.
Last week the China Gold Association announced that the country, the largest producer of gold, produced 98 metric tons in the March quarter, down some 3 percent from the same period last y
Last week the China Gold Association announced that the country, the largest producer
of gold, produced 98 metric tons in the March
quarter, down some 3 percent from the
same period
last y
last year.
As for wind, the U.S. added 2,000 MW in the first
quarter of 2017, an incredible 385 percent increase from the
same time
last year, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service reported controllable income for the first
quarter 2018 (October 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017)
of $ 353 million, compared to controllable income
of $ 522 million for the
same period
last year.
Operating expenses for the
quarter were $ 19.7 billion, an increase
of $ 2.0 billion, or 11.0 %, compared to the
same period
last year.
Fourth
quarter same — fourth
quarter restaurant labor expenses were 50 basis points lower than
last year on a percentage
of sales basis due to increased productivity and lower restaurant manager incentive compensation expense.
Yesterday's results were mostly more
of the
same: wearables were up a lot (more devices per customer); ASP's were down from
last quarter but still 11 % higher than a
year ago; 2 services revenue, meanwhile, shot through the roof for reasons that are still a bit unclear, but impressive nonetheless.
Free cash flow in the
quarter was an outflow
of $ 61 million versus an inflow
of $ 99 million in the
same period
last year.
That would be the
same percent increase it saw in the first
quarter of last year over the first
quarter of 2014.
Disney's first -
quarter revenue improved 9 % from the
same period
last year, to $ 13.4 billion, blowing past analysts» prediction
of $ 12.9 billion.
Within product revenue, system [3D printer] revenue for the
quarter increased by 1 %, compared to the
same period
last year, driven by continued demand
of our F123 Series targeting [the] professional rapid prototyping application, as well as initial sales
of our new J700 Dental Solution and our H2000 Large Part FDM 3D Production System.
The U.S. added 1.3 million owner households over the
last year and lost 286,000 renter households, the fourth consecutive
quarter in which the number
of renter households declined from the
same quarter a
year earlier.
The total revenue for the first
quarter in the amount
of $ 648.8 exceeds the indicator for the
same period
last year by 45 %.
In the first
quarter ended March 31, the consolidated cash cost per pound
of copper produced, net
of by - product credits, was $ 0.98, an increase on the $ 0.88 / lb in the
same period
last year.
The chemical producer, formed by the merger
of Dow Chemical and DuPont
last year, clocked up net sales
of $ 21.5 billion for the
quarter, which the company said compared to what would have been net sales
of $ 20.5 billion if DowDuPont had been one company in the
same quarter a
year ago.
The retailer reported better - than - expected earnings for the fourth
quarter of last year, bringing in revenue
of $ 8.7 billion, a 1.8 percent rise over the
year - earlier period, and positive
same - store sales.
Common shareholders» net income from Continuing Operations
of $ 32.2 million was down 37 % compared to the
same quarter in 2015, primarily due to total pre-tax provisions for credit losses
of $ 39.7 million, up from $ 7.4 million
last year.