At $ 100.97 a share on Wednesday, Apple is selling at 10.7
times its expected earnings per share over the next 12 months.
By comparison, Internet behemoth Alphabet (goog), whose Android mobile platform competes againstApple «s iOS, trades at 20
times expected earnings and 13 - year old Tesla Motors trades at 132 times earnings.
The stock trades at just about 11
times its expected earnings for next year — and it trades at the widest discount - to - book value of the major banks.
The stock today: Coca - Cola currently trades at 21
times expected earnings.
Not exact matches
They trade at 13.6
times expected 2018
earnings, compared with 17 for the S&P 500, a wider - than - usual discount.
Wal - Mart reported better - than -
expected quarterly
earnings and revenue, sending the stock 10.9 percent higher to an all -
time high.
If these concerns diminish this year, as I
expect, there is room for higher multiples, especially for the S&P 500 (selling at 13.1
times forward
earnings on Friday) as well as the S&P 400 (15.3) and the S&P 600 (15.9).»
Due to longer manufacturer lead
times, most of the additional fleet growth above our original forecast is
expected to occur later in the year, positioning us well for revenue and
earnings growth in 2019.
Even after Alphabet's more than $ 100 billion market gain this year alone, the company trades at just 23
times expected 2017
earnings, compared with about 18.5
times for the S&P 500, and is growing much faster.
Shares of the company are flat for the year after its most recent
earnings report failed to beat Wall Street estimates for the first
time in two years, but Marshall said that he
expects its revenue to continue to grow at above - market rates.
Berkshire paid 25
times earnings for Kraft, a company that was only
expected to grow its
earnings by 8 % a year.
The company now
expects earnings of $ 11.85 a share to $ 12.35 a share for fiscal year 2017, excluding one -
time items tied to its integration of TNT Express.
Miller
expects such growth to continue, making the company a good buy even at its relatively high valuation of 26
times fiscal 2017
earnings.
It trades at less than four
times its
expected 2016
earnings.
The trick is that if things turn out better than
expected — the restructuring proves less expensive than predicted, or the lawsuit gets settled on favourable terms — the company can release the reserves into
earnings, providing a one -
time boost to financial results.
Nordstrom shares rose 3 percent in extended trade after reporting better - than -
expected earnings and revenue during a
time when most retailers are suffering.
Aside from
earnings news, Europe was seen divided after the latest developments in Brexit talks saw France and Germany toughen their stance towards the U.K., claiming that they would
expect an upfront gross payment of up to 100 billion euros ($ 109 billion), according to new reports from the Financial
Times.
But that strategy could backfire, eating into profits at a
time when many investors are
expecting Amazon to post significant
earnings growth.
The stock has lost roughly 40 % of its value year to date and now trades at just 11
times this year's
expected earnings and just 0.8
times expected sales — despite posting strong top - and bottom - line growth.
S&P 500 companies are
expected to have seen a 17 percent boost in first - quarter profits, but the stock market largely paid itself for that
earnings boost ahead of
time.
Apple, which reports
earnings after tomorrow's closing bell at which
time it is
expected to detail a return of capital to shareholders, was among the bright spots, as was McDonald's, which had its biggest gain since October 2015 after reporting solid results.
Analysts are
expecting per - share
earnings of $ 1.37 for the quarter, up from $ 1.04 the same
time a year ago.
This is utterly different from true discounting - which does not rely on multiples, but instead carefully traces out the likely path of future revenues, profit margins, cash flows and
earnings over
time, and explicitly discounts
expected payouts and probable terminal values back at an appropriate rate of return.
At this
time, the dividend payment is not at risk and management
expects strong dividend growth for the upcoming years as
earnings should grow at a 6 - 8 % rate towards 2020.
Because of the slowing subscriber adds and the increased competition in the space, analysts are
expecting earnings to drop, down to 3 cents per share from 5 cents per share (adjusted from 38 cents after its 7 - for - 1 stock split in June) at this
time last year.
Notable
earnings reports
expected out on Thursday morning include Kellogg (NYSE: K), Teva (NYSE: TEVA), Blue Apron (NYSE: APRN), Cigna (NYSE: CI), DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP), New York
Times (NYSE: NYT), and WWE (NYSE: WWE).
The S&P 500 today sells at 12.9
times expected 2012
earnings.
Prudential Financial can be purchased today for around 0.8
times its book value and less than nine
times its
expected forward
earnings.
But no
time of the year hosts as many collisions between what's
expected and what actually is then
earnings season.
As I write this, investors are paying a price of 17.9
times next year's
expected earnings of companies in the S&P 500.
It should be said, that it was always likely and
expected that
earnings would start slower and grow as
time went on, so this in itself isn't a disaster.
The S&P 500 is trading at 22
times 2003
earnings, if fourth quarter profits come in as
expected.
All ten sectors have recorded a decline in
expected earnings growth over this
time frame, led by the Materials sector.
At 8
times expected 2018
earnings, FirstRand could be getting a bargain — provided bad loans don't shoot up.
I make it a point to pay no more than 50 -
times earnings, no matter how high profits are
expected to grow.
Edward Jones
expects modestly better U.S. economic growth and strong company
earnings growth in 2018, and both can support rising stock prices over
time.
In other words, the market
expects the stocks held by FSRFX to grow economic
earnings for the same length of
time as the S&P 500 and 1 year less than the stocks held by the benchmark.
The index is a composite of ten seasonally adjusted components based on questions on the following: plans to increase employment, plans to make capital outlays, plans to increase inventories,
expect economy to improve,
expect real sales higher, current inventory, current job openings,
expected credit conditions, now a good
time to expand, and
earnings trend.
Issues defined as «growth stocks» have a number of common traits, but the most important is that their
earnings are
expected to grow at a faster pace than the broader market over a period of
time.
But Goldman suggests equities are now expensive and with weaker - than -
expected earnings growth it views this as the right
time to downgrade.
According to Power, GoPro's
earnings were roughly in line with what he had
expected, but the company's first - quarter guidance was disappointing at a
time when the...
In the six months ended March 31, 2018, as a result of the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Post recorded a $ 265.3 million one -
time income tax net benefit which included (i) a $ 272.4 million benefit related to an estimate of the remeasurement of Post's existing deferred tax assets and liabilities considering both the
expected fiscal year 2018 blended U.S. federal income corporate tax rate of approximately 24.5 % and a 21 % rate for subsequent fiscal years and (ii) a $ 7.1 million expense related to an estimate of the transition tax on unrepatriated foreign
earnings.
Marriott International
expects to release its second quarter
earnings report on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at approximately 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time (ET), with an
earnings conference call for the investment community on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. ET.
Over
time, the stock market has reached new records, powered by economic and
earnings growth.2 We
expect both to continue: The domestic economy is picking up a little speed, helped by improving growth in the rest of the world, and company
earnings have benefited from better sales, the weaker dollar and still - low interest rates.
Prior Theme Recap Two weeks ago I
expected that speculation about a market correction would dominate the
time before
earnings season began.
After giving the company credit for the
expected ramp - up in production from large current investments, the company is trading at less than 9
times earnings — too low considering that approximately a quarter of those
earnings come from the very high - return trading segment and the rest come from long - lived and well - run mining assets.
Mr Ferrier said Wilsons has «buy» recommendations on animal feedstock group Ridley Corp (RIC) and rural services company Ruralco (RHL) because both have structural growth opportunities and are relatively cheap, with Ruralco for instance trading at below 10
times expected FY2018
earnings.
UBA Africa operations currently contribute approximately 25 % of these
earnings but are
expected to grow significantly and over
time contribute as much as 50 % to overall Group profitability.
For teachers who
expect to remain in the public schools for longer periods of
time, the MA degree represents a potentially sound upfront investment to increase their lifetime
earnings.
They also implicitly accept that Amazon can slow down spending at any
time there by increasing
earnings even though they do not
expect amazon to do that any
time soon.