Month: February 2018

Triumph Group Inc. ’s TGI adjusted earnings from continuing operations in third-quarter fiscal 2018 (ended Dec 31, 2017) came in at 76 cents per share, reflecting a decline of 24.8% from $1.01 a year ago. The bottom line surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 68 cents by 11.8%. […]

Aon plc ’s AON fourth-quarter 2017 adjusted operating earnings of $2.35 surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.4%. The bottom line also increased 18% from the year-ago quarter. […]

Mattel, Inc. MAT reported lower-than-expected results in the fourth quarter of 2017. Adjusted loss of 72 cents per share compared unfavorably with the Zacks Consensus Estimate of earnings of 17 cents and the prior-year quarter’s 52 cents […]

ExxonMobil Corporation XOM posted lower-than-expected results in fourth-quarter 2017, thanks to lower refinery throughput. This was partially offset by higher liquid price realizations. The company reported adjusted earnings of 88 cents per share, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.06. […]

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TechnipFMC plc FTI recently agreed to acquire 51% stake in Norwegian Island Offshore group's subsea unit, Island Offshore Subsea AS. The services provided by the subsea unit – which has around 80 employees – include Riserless Light Well Intervention (RLWI) project management and engineering services that are used for plug & abandonment (P&A). The subsidiary also conducts well completion and riserless coiled tubing operations. […]

General Motors Company GM is set to report fourth-quarter and full-year 2017 results before the opening bell on Feb 6. Last quarter, the company delivered a positive earnings surprise of 23.4%. In fact, in each of the trailing four quarters, the company delivered a positive earnings surprise, the average beat being 15.7%. […]

Shutterfly, Inc. SFLY is a leading provider of Internet-based social expression and personal publishing service. Through its broad range of leveraged technology, manufacturing, web-design and merchandising capabilities, customers can share, print and preserve their digital photographs. […]

AutoNation Inc. AN reported adjusted earnings of $1.02 per share in fourth-quarter fiscal 2017, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 92 cents. […]

Allergan plc AGN announced that the FDA has approved a label expansion of its anti-infective drug, Avycaz (ceftazidime and avibactam). With this nod, the drug is now approved for treatment of patients with hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (HABP/VABP) due to gram-negative bacteria. This approval marks the third therapeutic indication for the drug in the United States […]

Amazon.com AMZN reported fourth-quarter 2017 earnings of $3.75 per share, which soared 143.3% year over year. Adjusting for a tax benefit of almost $789 million due to the recent enactment of the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, earnings of $2.16 beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.85 […]

Radian Group Inc .’s RDN fourth-quarter 2017 operating income of 51 cents per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 15.91%. The bottom line also improved 24.4% year over year. Radian Group Inc. […]

S&P Global Inc. SPGI is slated to report fourth-quarter 2017 results before the opening bell on Feb 6. […]

Kforce Inc. KFRC is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2017 results after the market closes on Feb 6. Last quarter, the company reported adjusted earnings of $11.5 million or 45 cents per share compared with adjusted earnings of $11.6 million or 44 cents per share in the year-ago quarter. […]

Sprint S reported better-than-expected financial results in the third quarter of fiscal 2017. This Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stock faces fierce competition in the domestic wireless market from Verizon Communications VZ , AT&T T and T-Mobile US TMUS . You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here . […]

Pacific Biosciences of California Inc. PACB reported a loss of 18 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2017, a penny narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Also, the figure was 14.2% narrower than the year-ago quarter’s reported loss of 21 cents […]