Month: January 2019

Universal Technical Institute, Inc. UTI is slated to report first-quarter fiscal 2019 results on Feb 5, after market close. In the last reported quarter, this for-profit education company recorded a loss of 49 cents, which was in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate […]

Maintaining the streak of positive earnings surprises, AmerisourceBergen Corporation ’s ABC first-quarter fiscal 2019 adjusted earnings per share (“EPS”) of $1.60 surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.50 and improved 3.2% year over year. The better-than-expected bottom-line performance can be attributed to solid growth at the Pharmaceutical Distribution segment and the World Courier business. Revenues improved almost 12.2% to $45.39 billion in the reported quarter […]

Archer Daniels Midland Company ADM is slated to report fourth-quarter 2018 results on Feb 5. Notably, the company delivered a positive earnings surprise in each of the trailing four quarters, the average being 26.9%. […]

United Parcel Service, Inc. UPS reported fourth-quarter 2018 earnings (on an adjusted basis) of $1.94 per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.91. Earnings increased almost 17% on a year-over-year basis. […]

Shares of Swiss pharma Novartis AG NVS reported weaker-than-expected results for the fourth quarter. Shares were down on sluggish results. Moreover, investors weren’t impressed with the outlook for 2019 […]

Cimpress N.V. CMPR reported second-quarter fiscal 2019 results with GAAP earnings of $69 million or $2.17 per share compared with $29.9 million or 93 cents per share in the year-ago quarter. […]

Blackstone BX reported fourth-quarter 2018 net loss of 2 cents per unit. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings was pegged at 3 cents. Also, the figure reflects deterioration from 45 cents earned in the prior-year quarter […]

Surmodics, Inc. SRDX reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of 12 cents in first-quarter fiscal 2019, comparing favorably with the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of a penny. Earnings rose 20% from the year-ago quarter’s figure […]

International Paper Company IP delivered fourth-quarter 2018 adjusted earnings of $1.65 per share, improving from the year-ago quarter’s $1.27. The bottom line outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.61. Including one-time items, earnings in the fourth quarter came in at 78 cents compared with $3.50 in the year-ago quarter […]

Murphy Oil Corporation MUR delivered fourth-quarter 2018 adjusted earnings of 31 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 26 cents by 19.2%. Further, the figure has significantly improved from the year-ago quarter’s earnings of 8 cents. On a GAAP basis, net income was 59 cents against a loss of $1.66 per share in the prior-year quarter. […]

Lumentum Holdings Inc. LITE is set to report second-quarter fiscal 2019 results on Feb 5. The company beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in the trailing four quarters, delivering average positive surprise of 32%. […]

MSCI Inc. MSCI reported fourth-quarter 2018 adjusted earnings of $1.31 per share, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny and increased 13.9% from the year-ago quarter. Operating revenues increased 8% year over year to $361.7 million, slightly better than the consensus mark of $361 million […]

Essex Property Trust Inc. ESS reported fourth-quarter 2018 core funds from operations (FFO) per share of $3.19, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Core FFO per share improved 6.0% from the year-ago quarter figure of $3.01 […]

Hologic, Inc. HOLX reported first-quarter fiscal 2019 adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of 58 cents, up 5.5% year over year. The bottom line surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny and is above the company’s guided range of 55-57 cents. […]

BOK Financial ’s BOKF delivered a negative earnings surprise of 2.9% in fourth-quarter 2018. Adjusted earnings per share of $1.65 lagged the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.70. […]

Merck & Co., Inc. MRK announced that the FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to its 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine candidate, V114. […]

Northrop Grumman Corporation NOC reported fourth-quarter 2018 earnings of $4.93 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.45 by 10.8%. Reported earnings also surged 224% from $1.52 recorded in the year-ago quarter. […]

SEI Investments Co. ’s SEIC fourth-quarter 2018 earnings of 73 cents per share were in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Notably, the figure declined 3% from the prior-year quarter […]

PayPal Holdings, Inc. PYPL delivered non-GAAP earnings of 69 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2018, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a couple of cents and also increased 25.5% on a year-over-year basis. Moreover, net revenues improved 14% year over year to $4.228 billion but missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.238 billion. […]

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. MMC delivered fourth-quarter 2018 adjusted earnings per share of $1.09, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 5.8%. Also, the bottom line improved 3.8% year over year […]