Month: May 2014

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. ( HST ) – the lodging real estate investment trust (REIT) – disclosed first-quarter 2014 adjusted funds from operations (FFO) per share of 33 cents, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3 cents and the year-ago figure by a nickel. Quarterly year-over-year increase of 17.9% in adjusted FFO benefited from the notable rise in Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR) and food and beverage operations, in the comparable hotels […]

MasterCard Inc. ( MA ) reported first-quarter 2014 operating earnings per share (EPS) of 73 cents. […]

The Clorox Company ( CLX ) came up with lower-than-expected financial results for third-quarter fiscal 2014 wherein its earnings of $1.05 per share from continuing operations missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.08. However, the reported figure rose 5% from the comparable year-ago quarter. […]

Murphy Oil Corporation ( MUR ) reported first-quarter 2014 adjusted earnings of 96 cents per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Quarterly earnings edged down around 2% from 98 cents per share a year ago, primarily due to higher exploration and depreciation expenses, and a rise in expenses for debt financing. […]

Viacom Inc. ( VIAB ) declared second quarter of fiscal 2014 financial results with the bottom line beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate but the top line missing the same. Net income from continuing operations in the reported quarter was $502 million or $1.13 per share compared with $478 million or 96 cents per share in the prior-year quarter […]

Yelp Inc. ( YELP ) incurred a loss of 4 cents per share in the first quarter of 2014, narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 6 cents per share. It was also narrower than loss of 7 cents reported in the year ago quarter. […]

QLT ’s ( QLTI ) first quarter 2014 loss (on an adjusted basis) of 12 cents per share was wider than the year-ago loss and the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 11 cents each. The wider loss was due to the higher costs incurred by QLT in the first quarter of 2014. QLT did not report any revenues during the first quarter of 2014, as was the case a year-ago […]

The first quarter of 2014 was another weak one for Kellogg Company ( K ) as U.S. cereal sales remained soft and international results weakened from last quarter. […]

Boston Beer Co. Inc. […]

BOK Financial Corporation ’s ( BOKF ) first-quarter 2014 earnings of $1.11 per share surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 11 cents. However, results compared unfavorably with the prior-year quarter earnings of $1.28. […]

Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. […]

Tetra Tech Inc ( TTEK ) reported fiscal second-quarter 2014, ending Mar 30, 2014, earnings of 48 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 39 cents. The earnings also marked a significant 26.3% year over year increase from earnings of 38 cents a share in prior-year period. […]

Hurt by expenses tied to cold winters, Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. ’s ( HR ) first-quarter 2014 normalized funds from operations (FFO) per share of 35 cents missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a whisker. […]