Month: August 2014

Shares of Ares Capital Corporation ( ARCC ) dipped 1.4% following its second quarter 2014 earnings release before the opening bell on Tuesday. Core earnings came in at 34 cents per share, down 10.5% from the year-ago quarter. Moreover, the figure missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 37 cents. […]

Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. ( SNI ) reported better-than-expected financial results for the second quarter of 2014. Quarterly GAAP net income stood at $153.8 million or $1.07 per share compared with $159.7 million or $1.07 per share in the prior-year quarter. […]

Teradata Corp. ( TDC ) reported earnings of 66 cents per share (including stock-based compensation but excluding one-time items) in the second-quarter 2014, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a nickel. Earnings per share (EPS) decreased 5.7% from the year-ago quarter. […]

IntercontinentalExchange Group Inc. ( ICE ) or ICE Group posted second-quarter 2014 operating earnings of $2.10 per share. […]

Sempra Energy’ s ( SRE ) adjusted second quarter 2014 earnings per share came in at $1.08, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.11 by 2.7%. Earnings, however, grew 3.8% from $1.04 per share in the year-earlier quarter mainly due to higher contributions from its utility businesses. Sempra Energy – Earnings Surprise | FindTheBest Total Revenue Total revenue in the quarter was $2,678 million, up 1% year over year […]

Shares of Tutor Perini Corporation ( TPC ) gained nearly 4% to close at $28.78 after yesterday’s trading session on the back of 81% year-over-year improvement in its second-quarter 2014 earnings to 58 cents per share, announced on Aug 5. The earnings increase was driven by revenue growth and strong profitability in the Civil segment. Earnings also surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 50 cents. […]

BioScrip, Inc. ( BIOS ) recently declared its second-quarter 2014 results. Adjusting for certain one-time expenses, BioScrip reported net loss from continuing operations of 10 cents per share, much wider than the year-ago adjusted loss per share of 4 cents […]

CF Industries ( CF ) reported a roughly 37 % fall in its profit for second-quarter 2014 to $312.6 million or $6.10 per share from $498.2 million or $8.38 per share a year ago. Earnings per share missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $6.46. […]

Novatel Wireless Inc. ( NVTL ) reported disappointing financial results for the second quarter of 2014. On a GAAP basis, net loss in the reported quarter stood at $17.4 million or 51 cents per share compared with a net loss of $7.9 million or 23 cents in the year-ago quarter […]

Domestic energy explorer QEP Resources Inc. ( QEP ) reported strong second-quarter 2014 results on the back of higher natural gas equivalent price and production. […]

Symantec Corporation ( SYMC ) reported adjusted earnings (excluding amortization, restructuring and other one-time items but including stock-based compensation) of 41 cents in the first quarter of fiscal 2015, comfortably beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 37 cents. On a year-over-year basis, adjusted earnings increased from 39 cents reported in the year-ago quarter. Symantec Corporation – Earnings Surprise | FindTheBest Revenues Symantec reported revenues on a non-GAAP basis of $1.74 billion, which not only came ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.66 billion but also increased 1.5% year over year […]

Avnet Inc. ( AVT ) reported fourth-quarter 2014 adjusted earnings of $1.14 per share, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.10. Earnings were at the higher end of management’s guidance range of $1.04 to $1.14 and were also up 11.8% on a year-over-year basis […]

The Andersons Inc. ( ANDE ) reported a 49% increase in its second-quarter 2014 earnings to $1.56 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.15 by a wide margin of 36%. […]

Specialty coffee retailer Keurig Green Mountain Inc. ( GMCR ) , delivered robust third-quarter 2014 adjusted earnings of 99 cents per share which comfortably beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 87 cents by 13.8% and was at the higher end of the company's guidance range of 83–88 cents. Earnings also surpassed the year-ago quarter results by 21% […]

DexCom, Inc. ( DXCM ) reported a narrower loss of $7.0 million or 10 cents per share in the second quarter of 2014 compared with $10.1 million or 14 cents in the comparable quarter of 2013. […]

Sun Life Financial Inc. ( SLF ) reported second-quarter operating net income from continuing operations of $531.9 million (C$488 million) compared with $440.9 million (C$431 million) in the year-ago quarter. […]

CenturyLink Inc. ( CTL ) posted second-quarter 2014 adjusted earnings (adjusted for purchase accounting intangibles and interest amortization of previous acquisitions) of 72 cents per share, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 64 cents. Earnings also improved 4.3% from the year-ago figure of 69 cents […]

NPS Pharma ( NPSP ) reported earnings of 2 cents per share in the second quarter of 2014, which compared favorably with the Zacks Consensus Estimate of loss of a penny and the year-ago adjusted loss of 6 cents per share. Higher revenues led to the favorable results in the quarter. […]