Month: April 2018

The first-quarter earnings season has already seen 154 members of the elite S&P 500 index reporting financial numbers so far. Per the latest Earnings Preview , performances of these index participants indicate a 25.4% increase in total earnings on 10.3% higher revenues. […]

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. HLT reported better-than-expected earnings for the sixth straight quarter, when the company posted first-quarter 2018 results. However, revenues missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate after delivering a beat in each of the preceding six quarters. […]

Ensco plc ESV recently reported first-quarter 2018 loss of 32 cents a share (excluding one-time items), which was wider than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 25 cents. Moreover, the figure compared unfavorably with loss of 4 cents posted in the year-earlier quarter. Total revenues were $417 million, down from $471 million reported in the year-ago quarter. […]

Roche Holding AG RHHBY posted strong sales number for the first quarter of 2018 propelled by demand for new drugs amid biosimilar competition for legacy drugs. Sales came in at $14.5 billion, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $13.8 billion. The Swiss pharma giant reported sales of CHF13.6 billion in the first quarter, up 6% from the year-ago period. […]

Domino's Pizza, Inc. DPZ reported impressive first-quarter 2018 results, wherein both earnings and revenues surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Following the quarterly results, shares of the company increased 7.3% yesterday. […]

Mattel, Inc. MAT incurred wider-than-expected loss in first-quarter 2018, lagging the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the sixth straight quarter. However, the company’s sales surpassed the consensus mark after missing in the preceding five quarters. […]

Principal Financial Group, Inc .’s PFG first-quarter 2018 reported a record operating net income of $1.40 per share, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.7%. Moreover, the bottom line improved 10.2% year over year owing to higher revenues and lower expenses. Principal Financial Group, Inc […]

Western Digital Corp . WDC delivered strong third-quarter fiscal 2018 non-GAAP results. […]

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation COG reported first-quarter 2018 earnings per share – adjusted for special items – of 28 cents, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 26 cents. Moreover, the figure compared favorably with earnings of 19 cents in the year-earlier quarter. […]

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc . […]

Exxon Mobil Corporation XOM posted lower-than-expected earnings in first-quarter 2018, thanks to plunge in oil equivalent production, decreased refinery throughput and lower margins at the chemical business. This was partially offset by increased price realizations from liquids. […]

Fortive Corporation FTV reported first-quarter 2018 earnings of 78 cents per share, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by four cents. The figure increased 30% from the year-ago quarter but declined 4.9% on a sequential basis. […]

The Medicines Company MDCO incurred first-quarter 2018 loss of 76 cents per share, wider than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 71 cents and the year-ago figure of a loss of 75 cents. Shares of The Medicines Company decreased more than 2% on Apr 25 following the release of weak earnings results. The same has also underperformed the industry in a year’s time with the stock having lost 38.3%, wider than the industry’s decrease of 9.7% […]

KBR, Inc. KBR reported adjusted earnings of 34 cents per share in first-quarter 2018, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 25 cents by 36%. Notably, the company’s shares increased 3.8% at the close of market on Apr 26, following the company’s earnings release. […]

Unum Group UNM will report first-quarter 2018 results after the market closes on May 1. The company delivered a positive earnings surprise in each of the last four quarters. […]

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated RGA reported first-quarter 2018 adjusted operating income of $1.61 per share, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.45 by 34.3%. Also, the bottom line declined 13.4% from the year-ago quarter’s figure. Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise | Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated Quote The company’s weak performance at Traditional business in the Asia Pacific, United States and Latin America regions in the reported quarter was primarily responsible for this downside […]

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. AJG is slated to report first-quarter 2018 results on May 1 after the market closes […]

Radian Group Inc. ’s RDN first-quarter 2018 operating income of 59 cents per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.7%. […]

Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc. CNAT is slated to report first-quarter 2018 results on May 2, after the market closes. […]