Sentences with phrase «quarter of this year beat»

Average global land and water temperatures for the first quarter of this year beat the last record first quarter, 2002, by the same margin.

Not exact matches

Technology sector results so far at least from the likes of Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Samsung and SAP have broadly beaten forecasts for the first quarter, and overall aggregate U.S. earnings growth is tracking seven - year highs of almost 25 percent.

The social networking giant said Wednesday that first quarter revenue jumped 49 % year - over-year to $ 12 billion versus an expected $ 11.4 billion and earnings per share of $ 1.69, easily beating analyst estimates of $ 1.35.

Last week Snap reported its best quarter ever last week since its March 2017 IPO, beating Wall Street revenue expectations for the fourth quarter of 2017 and posting the biggest net user addition in over a year.

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).

Operating profit fell 8 percent to 12.4 billion Danish crowns ($ 2.00 billion) in the January to March quarter compared with a year ago, hit by the depreciation of the U.S. dollar, but beat an average 11.8 billion crown forecast in a Reuters poll of analysts.

The stock is already up by 54 % since that lowly September day, and Facebook's third - quarter revenues of $ 1.26 billion (up 32 % year over year) beat Wall Street expectations of $ 1.23 billion.

Indeed, as labour economist Jim Stanford recently pointed out, our GDP growth fell behind six of the G7 in the second and third quarters of last year, beating only Italy with an average advance of 1.7 % during the six - month period.

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.

Alcoa, which beat analyst expectations on both earnings and revenue when it released its second - quarter earnings Monday, has «bright spots» ahead for the rest of the year, CEO Klaus Kleinfeld told «Nightly Business Report.»

4th quarter EPS of $ 2.18 beat estimates by $ 0.08 while revenue jumped 8.8 % year over year.

China's gross domestic product rose 7 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement, unchanged from the first quarter and beating economists estimates for 6.8 percent.

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.

China's economy expanded 7 percent in the three months through June from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday, unchanged from the first quarter and beating economists» estimates of 6.8 percent.

Eli Lilly and Co lifted its full - year profit forecast on Tuesday after comfortably beating estimates for the first quarter, largely due to strong sales of its diabetes and cancer drugs and lower expenses.

Gross domestic product rose 7 percent in the three months through June from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday, unchanged from the first quarter and beating economists» estimates for 6.8 percent.

While beating earnings estimates for the first quarter, the social media company said it would be difficult to produce growth rates in the second half of the year that top those of 2017, when a broad - based recovery began.

In the most recent quarter, Apple's revenue rose 32.5 percent to $ 49.61 billion from a year earlier, beating Wall Street expectations of $ 49.43 billion.

Adjusted Earnings Per Share (EPS) were also up from $ 7.25 in the third quarter last year to $ 9.57 this quarter, all while beating the forecast estimate of $ 8.33.

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. (NYSE: SKT), the REIT owner of the Tanger Outlet chain, reported Tuesday after the market close with forecast - beating first - quarter results and lower full - year guidance.

AutoNation beat Wall Street estimates in its fourth quarter, driving sales of $ 5.7 billion, up 4 percent over last year.

The revival of VIP gambling in the Chinese enclave helped Macau witness a 19 % gain in gaming revenue from the year before, and because Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) generates 60 % of its revenue from the region, it was able to overcome weakness in its Las Vegas operations and turn in fourth - quarter earnings and revenue that beat Wall Street forecasts.

Revenue in the first quarter hit $ 2.58 billion, up 10 percent from the same period last year — also beating the Zacks estimate of $ 2.56 billion.

Kohl's also beat expectations by reporting second - quarter net income of $ 208 million, a 48.6 % increase over last year, and net sales of $ 4.1 billion, down 1 % from the year - earlier period.

Separately, the company reported a fourth - quarter profit that beat Wall Street estimates on the back of higher demand for its products in the U.S., and forecast strong full - year earnings.

With the Gunners out of the EPL title race we could really do with the boost of beating Bayern Munich and getting into the quarter - finals for the first time in years, so perhaps now would be the perfect time to give Sanchez a little rest to recharge his batteries.

Pies» predictions: United are probably about to receive one of the biggest kickings they've had in years, Real Madrid will dismantle the remainder of Dortmund's threadbare squad over two legs, PSG will beat Chelsea in the first leg but still go out (Jose Mourinho have never been knocked out in the quarters) and Simeone's Atletico Madrid will oust Barca by engaging in two of the most vicious, guerilla - style bloodbaths you've even seen.

In our record breaking season of 1985 - 86, they knocked us out 1 - 0 in Round 3, whereas on 30 November 2010 (exactly six years ago today, when it was called the Carling Cup) we famously beat them 4 - 0 in the quarter - final on a freezing night at Upton Park, with a brace apiece for Jonathan Spector and Carlton Cole.

McSally, whose campaign announced Monday that she had raised $ 1 million in the second quarter of 2015, was elected last year in one of the closest races in the country, beating Barber by fewer than 200 votes.

Last week the Albany Times Union reported that Schreibman raised $ 535,000 in campaign cash during the third quarter of the year, beating out Gibson by about $ 125,000.

In the meantime, the studio has given fans a new image (above) from the highly anticipated sequel, along with two new posters (below) featuring Lawrence and Hutcherson in the attire they'll be wearing during the Quarter Quell — an all - star edition of the Hunger Games which takes place every 25 years to mark the anniversary of Panem's Capitol beating the 12 districts during an uprising.

The beginning of the this latest round of teeth gnashing and chest beating began with the news that e-book sales for the first quarter of this year surpassed the sales of hardcovers.

«Write for the right reasons — ie yourself,» says Kerry Wilkinson, the 31 - year - old sports journalist from Preston who became Britain's bestselling ebook author — beating established megasellers such as Lee Child and Stieg Larsson — on Amazon in the final quarter of last year.

This of course is the data shows that 60 - 70 % of companies beat estimates every quarter, even in lousy years, and why you see stocks almost always beat the bottom line estimates even when they fall short of revenue estimates.

In three - and five - year periods, the portion of active funds that didn't beat their benchmarks fell to about three - quarters and two - thirds, respectively.

PepsiCo's first - quarter core earnings per share (EPS) of 96 cents beat the consensus mark of 92 cents by 4.3 % and increased 3 % year over year.

Value indexes beat growth indexes twice as often during the fourth quarter of each year.

Over the five years through the end of the third quarter — a span that included both bull and bear markets — only 29.1 percent of large - cap funds managed to beat the S. & P. 500.

Still, 5 percent by itself is not a bad deal, and it beats the 3 percent cash back rate on the regular Amazon Visa card at least for a quarter of the year.

The potential 10 % cash back you get on Amazon purchases in the last quarter of the card's first year beats every other card (but only applies during the first year).

Only a quarter of small businesses survive more than four years, so don't beat yourself up if times are hard.

This was also evidenced in a recent year - end report from Sensor Tower, which found that Netflix's app generated the most revenue of any non-game app during 2017 — a position that Pandora had won for a quarter previously before being beat out for the overall top spot by Netflix.

The earnings posted by Facebook beat the analyst projections with showing $ 3.20 billion revenue in the third quarter with $ 0.43 earning - per - share (EPS), up 59 percent from the year - over-year revenue of $ 2.02 billion.

This is reinforced by the fact that Huawei has beaten Samsung for the first time in terms of profitability in the third quarter of this year, although some observers blame the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco for the latter's profit decline.

Amazon beat expectations in the fourth quarter of 2017, continued to grow its Amazon Web Services business, and said that it sold «tens of millions» of Echo hardware devices last year, with its cheapest products taking up the bulk of the sales in 2017.

The Cupertino, California - based phone maker reported record revenue in its first quarter to the tune of $ 78.4 billion, which beat earnings of $ 75.9 billion in the same period last year.