According to data collated by the Financial Times, there are over 1,000 blockchain jobs listed on LinkedIn, and the number of blockchain - related ads has been growing at over 40
percent per quarter.
The amount of Bitcoin accepting businesses increased by an average of 10.57
percent per quarter, almost two times the average quarterly increase in Bitcoin accepting businesses from the first half of the year (Q1 and Q2).
«Best Ideas», a study conducted by Bernard Cohen of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Christopher Polk of the London School of Economics, and Bernard Silli of Goldman Sachs, found that between 1984 and 2007, mutual fund managers» «best ideas» — the ideas in which they had the greatest conviction — outperformed the market by about 1 to 2.5
percent per quarter, depending upon the benchmark.
In the food group, SoupMan (OTN: SOUP), a niche soup maker, is posting revenue growth of 39.40
percent per quarter, according to Yahoo! Finance.
If we assume ~ 1 percent GNP growth in Q4 2012 and Q1 2013 (the long - run CAGR is about 1
percent per quarter), and the market has rallied around 10 percent, the ratio now stands at ~ 107 percent, which is around 40 percent over the long - run mean (since 1949).
Yet ticket prices have been declining much more modestly, falling roughly 3
percent per quarter over the last year.
Not exact matches
In the
quarter that ended Dec. 31, 2017, CNBC reports, McDonald's net income fell 41
percent, to $ 698.7 million, or 87 cents
per share, from $ 1.19 billion, or $ 1.44
per share the previous year.
The transport bottlenecks have increased the discount buyers take for Canadian oil over U.S. light crude and Cenovus said its differentials averaged $ 24.28
per barrel in the first
quarter, a 67
percent jump when compared with last year.
Fuel costs
per liter jumped 16
percent in the first
quarter, the Montreal - based airline operator said, while traffic rose 11.4
percent.
For example, are you hoping for a 20
percent increase in sales of your product
per quarter?
Earnings season is in full swing, and as of Wednesday, earnings
per share for S&P 500 companies were on track to grow 22
percent for the first
quarter, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S. That's up from the 18.5
percent estimate from April 1.
Blackstone said on Thursday first -
quarter earnings
per share fell 20
percent year - on - year, as a stock market slump weighed on the value of its holdings.
Total produced 2.703 million barrels of oil equivalent
per day (boe / d) in the first
quarter, driven by ramp - ups and new acquisitions, up more than 5
percent compared to the same period in 2017, and above analysts» estimates of 2.663 million boe / d.
Macy's, one of the few big winners last holiday, said on Wednesday that its earnings
per share rose 30
percent to 61 cents for the third
quarter.
In the first
quarter, revenue came up short by 5
percent, and profit missed, too — IBM turned in $ 3
per share, versus the $ 3.05 expected.
The company reported earnings
per share of $ 1.41 and revenue of $ 8.81 billion — handily beating analyst expectations — and grew ad revenue 53
percent in the December
quarter.
Production for the first
quarter 2018 was 8.9 MMBoe, or approximately 99,000 Boe
per day, an increase of 34
percent from the first
quarter of 2017.
Midtown Manhattan asking rents fell 0.9
percent in the fourth
quarter from a year earlier, to $ 76.42
per square foot, as landlords had to offer incentives to fill space in older buildings, according to brokerage Savills Studley.
Gap's net income fell 46.9
percent to $ 127 million, or 32 cents
per share, for the first
quarter ended April 30, in line in the average analyst estimate.
First -
quarter results saw earnings decline 7
percent to 83 cents
per share, 7 cents higher than the Estimize consensus data.
RICHMOND, Va., April 20, 2018 / PRNewswire / — The board of directors of Dominion Energy Midstream GP, LLC, the general partner of Dominion Energy Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: DM), has declared a first -
quarter 2018 cash distribution of $ 0.3340
per common and subordinated unit — an increase of 5
percent above the fourth -
quarter 2017 distribution — which corresponds to an annualized distribution rate of about $ 1.34
per such unit.
CN said total carloads rose 2.9
percent in the
quarter, while rail freight revenue
per carload decreased by 3.1
percent.
After stripping out restructuring charges, GE earned 29 cents
per share from continuing operations in the third
quarter, down 9
percent from the period a year earlier.
Its Network Members» properties, which includes third - party sites, saw its impressions increase 5
percent quarter - over-
quarter and its cost -
per - impression decrease 10
percent quarter - over-
quarter (with a 0
percent increase and 18
percent increase year - over-year, respectively).
Google properties, like search and YouTube, saw paid clicks (how many times people clicked its ads) increase 8
percent quarter - over-
quarter while cost -
per - click, or how much it can charge for its ads, decreased 7
percent quarter - over-
quarter (with a 59
percent increase and a 19
percent decrease year - over-year, respectively).
But net income fell 28
percent to $ 53.7 million, or 31 cents
per share, in the
quarter ended March 31 as the company recorded a $ 15 million restructuring charge and $ 23 million related to settlement of a legal dispute.
Nationally, the average rate for office space in the second
quarter of 2013 was $ 23.23
per square foot, a 2.1
percent increase from $ 22.75 at this time last year, according to Reis.
First -
quarter GAAP earnings were $ 0.98
per share, a decrease of 55
percent versus the first
quarter of 2017.
Last
quarter, revenue
per available seat mile (RASM) on Virgin America routes fell 8
percent while RASM was flat on Alaska's routes.
Chipotle's second -
quarter profit rose more than 160
percent to $ 66.7 million, or $ 2.32
per diluted share, beating analysts» average estimate of $ 2.18, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S.
UPS posted first -
quarter net income of $ 1.35 billion or $ 1.55
per share, up from $ 1.17 billion or $ 1.33
per share a year earlier, a 17
percent rise on a
per share basis.
For the previous
quarter, the company said it had diluted earnings
per share of 76 cents, an increase of about 114
percent from the prior - year period.
Between the third
quarter of 1993 and the fourth
quarter of 2000, the economy culumatively grew by just about one - third, or approximately 4.4
percent per year.
Core earnings
per share (EPS) for the fourth
quarter came in at $ 4.80, an incredible 94
percent increase from $ 2.47 during the same
quarter in 2016.
By comparison, growth between the first
quarter of 1991 and the third
quarter of 1993 was just under 3
percent per year.
Spending
per transaction increased as the
quarter progressed and rose 3
percent, but the number of transactions didn't budge.
With Shell's output up 2
percent at 3.8 million barrels of oil equivalent
per day (boe / d) and Total's production rising 5
percent to 2.7 million boe / d in the
quarter, both were well positioned to capture the price upswing in benchmark oil prices.
CONTESSA BREWER, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT CORRESPONDENT: With all the upheaval Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) has faced in the first
quarter, the biggest surprise is that it «s hiking the dividend by 50
percent to 75 cents
per share.
For the second
quarter, close to a record 75
percent of S&P 500 Index companies are beating not just sales estimates but also earnings
per share (EPS) estimates, according to FactSet data.
Finally, General Motors has raised its quarterly dividend by 6
percent, to $ 0.38
per share, beginning in the first
quarter of this year.
The Minneapolis - based financial services company also announced a dividend of 90 cents
per share, an 8
percent increase over the previous
quarter and the 11th quarterly dividend increase in the last nine years.
By contrast, 27
quarters into the early 1990s recovery,
per capita government spending was 3
percent higher than at the trough, 23
quarters following the early 2000s recession (a shorter recovery) it was 10
percent higher, and 27
quarters into the early 1980s recovery it was 17
percent higher.
Astoundingly,
per capita government spending in the first
quarter of 2016 — 27
quarters into the recovery — was nearly 3.5
percent lower than it was at the trough of the Great Recession.
Net profit from continuing operations attributable to Viacom fell 3.3
percent to $ 591 million, or $ 1.47
per share, in the third
quarter ended June 30.
Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) announced last week its fiscal third -
quarter results, which showed 92 -
percent year - over-year revenue growth to $ 5.57 billion and non-GAAP earnings
per share of $ 1.62 compared to $ 0.90 in the year - ago period.
Compensation
per hour increased at a 1.8
percent rate in the second
quarter, unchanged from last month's estimate.
Unit labor costs, the price of labor
per single unit of output, fell at a 1.4
percent rate in the second
quarter, rather than increasing at a 0.5
percent rate as previously reported.
Ameriprise earned $ 594 million, or $ 3.91
per share, up 47
percent over the first
quarter of 2017.
Cost of goods sold (COGS)
per hectoliter decreased 2.5
percent for the year and 2.8
percent for the
quarter, driven by supply chain cost savings and lower commodity costs, partially offset by lower fixed - cost absorption due to lower volumes.
Canadian equity returns retreated slightly
quarter - over-
quarter, returning 2.3
percent in Q1 2017, down from 5.7
per cent in Q4 2016.