U.S. retail giant Wal - Mart (WMT) on Tuesday reported a second - quarter profit roughly in line with what analysts were expecting, as the firm's bottom line got a boost by
strong overseas sales and cost controls.
Not exact matches
What's more, the
stronger dollar, which is not totally unconnected to weaker growth
overseas, is hurting the profitability of foreign
sales.
A
stronger dollar tends to lead to weaker
sales overseas and a weaker dollar tends to lead to
stronger sales overseas.
A
stronger U.S. currency makes their products less competitive abroad, and can dent revenue when
overseas sales are converted back into dollars.
These are very fine companies, they're globally competitive and have maintained their
sales in the face of a very
strong US dollar which has made their goods more expensive
overseas.
In most cases, your ROI in America will be higher than in Canada and
overseas (very
strong US $, less cost for transport and
sales channel).
I have been nibbling on this stock for the past few months as it too had a difficult 2015 with falling commodity prices hurting ethanol
sales, along with a
strong dollar and weakened
overseas economies reducing demand for ADM products.
Ireland - based Kerry Group has upped its earnings forecast for the full year after reporting
strong growth in
overseas sales, supported by a recovering dairy sector.
A2 Corp has said full ownership will give it exclusive rights for the production and
sale of A2 milk products in Australia and Japan, and chief executive Scott Pannell said the acquisition left the company in a
stronger financial cash - flow position, paving the way for
overseas expansion.
The company, which has grown
sales from $ 7 million in 2012 to $ 23 million in 2013 and $ 36 million in 2014, hopes to take advantage of
strong overseas interest in the Australian and Asian dairy markets.
A
stronger currency for an extended period would hurt American exporters and reduce the profits on the country's big multinational companies»
overseas sales.
Finally, don't forget that 25 % of General Dynamics»
sales come from
overseas, which exposes a fair portion of its
sales, earnings, and cash flow growth to the risks of a
strong dollar (resulting in foreign
sales converting to less U.S. dollars).
A
strong dollar means
sales made
overseas lose value when converted back into U.S. currency.
This increase was underpinned by a
strong business travel market and uplift in
sales from
overseas markets outside Europe.
- 61 % drop in its annual net profit - net profit during the fiscal year was 16.5 billion yen ($ 149 million), down from 41.8 billion yen a year earlier - Nintendo expected a profit of 17 billion yen - operating profit of 32.9 billion yen, with an expectation from Nintendo of 33 billion, compared to 25 billion yen a year earlier - amiibo
sales continued to maintain momentum and showed
strong performance globally - amiibo figures sold 24.7 million and amiibo cards sold 28.9 million -
sales of DLC increased and total download
sales reached 43.9 billion yen - net
sales were 504.4 billion yen (of which
overseas sales were 368.9 billion yen or 73.1 % of the total
sales)- operating income was 32.8 billion yen - exchange losses totaled 18.3 billion yen - ordinary income was 28.7 billion yen and profit attributable to owners of parent was 16.5 billion yen - projections for fiscal year ending March 31, 2017 are net
sales of 500.0 billion yen, an operating income of 45.0 billion yen, an ordinary income of 45.0 billion yen and profit attributable to owners of parent of 35.0 billion yen - Nintendo expects to sell 800k Wii U and 5 million 3DS in fiscal year 2016
They hope that
sales stay
strong overseas with the help of future shipments.
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