Month: February 2018

The earnings for the quarter ending Dec 31, 2017 has seen releases from auto companies like Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. CTB , Genuine Parts Company GPC and Advance Auto Parts, Inc. AAP last week […]

In a bid to ensure availability of specialty brand drugs Express Scripts Holding Compan y ESRX and Walgreens Boots Alliance WBA recently announced plans to expand their existing group purchasing efforts. Since biosimilars have the potential to lower production costs, the move is considered to be a prudent and timely one. ValoremRx Specialty Solutions, LLC, will assist the companies to carry out the move by helping pharmacies selling expensive drugs to simplify the global supply chain and lowering costs for patients and clients using the specialty pharmacies of Express Scripts (Accredo) and Walgreens […]

AbbVie Inc. ( ABBV ) along with partner Neurocrine Biosciences, announced that the phase III study oftheir late stage candidateelagolix met its primary endpoint in women with uterine fibroids. […]

TechnipFMC plc FTI reported fourth-quarter 2017 earnings on a diluted basis (excluding one-time items) of 20 cents a share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 44 cents. The weak results can be attributed to lower revenues amid reduced project activities from its subsea segment. The bottom line also deteriorated from the year-ago adjusted earnings of 50 cents a share. […]

PPL Corporation PPL reported fourth-quarter 2017 adjusted earnings of 55 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 48 cents by 14.6%. However, earnings declined 8.3% year over year, primarily due to lower contribution from U.K. […]

SCANA Corp. ’s SCG fourth-quarter 2017 loss of $3.11 per share compared unfavorably with the Zacks Consensus Estimate of earnings of 98 cents. The bottom line also deteriorated from the year-ago quarter’s figure of 87 cents […]

IDACORP, Inc. IDA reported fourth-quarter 2017 operating earnings of 77 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 67 cents by 14.9%. Quarterly earnings increased 16.7% from 66 cents in the year-ago quarter. […]

Welltower, Inc. HCN reported normalized funds from operations (FFO) per share of $1.02 for fourth-quarter 2017, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.04. Further, on a year-over-year basis, the figure declined 7.3% from $1.10 […]

Acadia Healthcare Company Inc. ACHC reported fourth-quarter 2017 adjusted earnings of 61 cents per share, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 10.8%. Moreover, earnings improved 3.4% year over year. […]

Machinery company Altra Industrial Motion Corporation AIMC failed to keep its earnings streak alive in the fourth quarter of 2017. The company’s non-GAAP earnings in the quarter were 47 cents per share, roughly 4.1% below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 49 cents. However, the bottom line increased 14.6% from the year-ago tally of 14.6% on the back of an improving industrial market, strategies to leverage benefits from new business opportunities and gains from acquired assets. […]

The telecom space was rife with earnings reports last week. DISH Network Corp. […]

U.S. energy firm Apache Corporation APA reported fourth-quarter earnings per share – excluding one-time items – of 33 cents, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 21 cents. […]

The Wendy's Company WEN reported lower-than-expected results in the fourth quarter of 2017. Adjusted earnings of 11 cents per share in the quarter missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 12 cents by 8.3%. […]