Month: April 2018

Woodward, Inc . WWD reported second-quarter fiscal 2018 adjusted earnings of 82 cents per share, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 79 cents by 3.8%. Adjusted earnings included a one-time expense of 22 cents per share, courtesy of the pre-tax restructuring charges. […]

Arch Coal Inc . ARCH is scheduled to report first-quarter 2018 results on Apr 26. In the fourth quarter of 2017, the company reported a positive earnings surprise of 77.59% […]

Centene Inc. CNC reported first-quarter 2018 adjusted net income per share of $2.17, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 13%. Also, the bottom line improved 93% year over year […]

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. MMC will release first-quarter 2018 results on Apr 26, before the market opens. […]

Biogen Inc. ’s BIIB reported first-quarter 2018 earnings per share of $6.05, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.93 by 2%. […]

Microsoft Corp MSFT is set to report third-quarter fiscal 2018 results on Apr 26. The company’s cloud computing service — Azure — has been the key catalyst in recent times. […]

Southwestern Energy Company SWN is set to release first-quarter 2018 results after the closing bell on Apr 26. Spring, TX-based Southwestern Energy is an independent energy company. In the trailing four quarters, the company witnessed a negative average earnings surprise of 9.6%, missing two estimates […]

We expect AbbVie Inc. ABBV to beat expectations when it reports first-quarter 2018 results on Apr 26, before the market opens. Last quarter, the company delivered a positive earnings surprise of 2.78% […]

KLA-Tencor Corporation KLAC is set to report third-quarter fiscal 2018 results on Apr 26. The company topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate in the trailing four quarters, with an average beat of 8.32%. […]

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. RCL is scheduled to report first-quarter 2018 financial numbers on Apr 26, before the opening bell. Last quarter, the company pulled off a positive earnings surprise of 11.7%. […]

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. CDNS delivered strong results for first-quarter 2018. Both the top and bottom lines fared better than the respective Zacks Consensus Estimate as well as managements guided ranges. […]

S&P Global Inc. SPGI is slated to report first-quarter 2018 results on Apr 26, before the bell. We expect S&P Global's results to be driven by strength across all segments, margin improvement and positive impacts of U.S […]

3M Company MMM reported solid first-quarter 2018 results, with an impressive year-over-year improvement in adjusted earnings and revenues. GAAP earnings came in at 98 cents per share compared with $2.16 per share in the year-earlier quarter. The year-over-year decline in GAAP earnings despite higher sales was largely due to a pre-tax charge of $897 million or $1.16 per share related to a lawsuit, and a tax expense of $217 million or 36 cents per share. […]

Waters Corporation WAT reported first-quarter 2018 non-GAAP earnings of $1.59 per share, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4 cents. The figure increased 8.9% on a year-over-year basis but declined 36.6% sequentially. […]

The first-quarter 2018 earnings season has commenced on a better note than the preceding one. Per the latest Earnings Preview , “ the earnings and revenue growth rates and the proportion of positive earnings surprises are tracking materially above historical periods .” As of Apr 20, 87 S&P 500 members have reported quarterly numbers. Total earnings of these companies are up 25% on a year-over-year basis (82.8% of the companies beat EPS estimates) while total revenues are up 10.7% on a year-over-year basis (67.8% of the companies beat top-line estimates) […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT reported first-quarter 2018 earnings from continuing operations of $4.02 per share, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.35 by 20%. The earnings figure also came in higher than the year-ago figure of $2.69 per share, by 49% […]