Month: January 2015

General Dynamics Corporation ( GD ) announced fourth-quarter 2014 earnings from continuing operations of $2.19 per share on a diluted basis, comfortably surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.10 by 4.3%. Earnings also increased 24.4% from the prior-year figure of $1.76, backed by improved operating margins. Full year earnings from continuing operations came in at $7.83 per share, surpassing the Street consensus of $7.75 and improving 11.4% year over year […]

Progressive Corp .’s ( PGR ) earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2014 came in at 60 cents, 40% above the Zacks Consensus Estimate and up about 43% year over year. Including net realized gain, net income came in at 63 cents, improving 26% year over year. […]

TE Connectivity Ltd. ( TEL ) reported first-quarter fiscal 2015 adjusted earnings per share of 98 cents, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 90 cents by 8.9% and also came above the prior-year quarter figure of 82 cents by 19.5%. […]

Novartis A.G . ( NVS ) reported fourth-quarter 2014 earnings of 62 cents per share, down 23% from the year-ago period. Core earnings per share came in at $1.21, up from $1.18 in the year-ago period and beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.13. […]

McCormick & Co. Inc. ( MKC ) delivered better-than-expected earnings and revenues in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 […]

The U.S telecom operator, AT&T, Inc. ( T ), reported mixed financial numbers in the fourth quarter of 2014. […]

American Electric Power Company Inc. ( AEP ) reported fourth-quarter 2014 operating earnings of 48 cents per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 52 cents by 7.7%. The quarterly figure also moved downward from the year-ago profit of 60 cents per share by 20% […]

Diversified U.S. conglomerate Textron Inc. […]

Radiation oncology company, Accuray Inc. ( ARAY ), reported a loss of 13 cents per share in the second quarter of fiscal 2015, wider than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 8 cents and the year-ago loss of 7 cents per share. Accuray Inc. […]

Shares of Danvers, MA-based Abiomed Inc. ( ABMD ) surged as much as 27.13% or $10.48 in after hours trading following the release of impressive third-quarter fiscal 2015 financial numbers as well as the receipt of an FDA HDE approval for its Impella RP System. Abiomed announced that the FDA approved its Impella RP (Right Percutaneous) System under a Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE). […]

Industrial gas producer and supplier, Praxair Inc. ( PX ) reported in-line results for fourth-quarter 2014. Adjusted earnings came in at $1.57 per share, same as the Zacks Consensus Estimate, but roughly 1.3% above the year-ago earnings of $1.55 […]