Toyota Motor Corp. expects its profits to decrease in the coming fiscal year due to increasing material costs and other operating challenges, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and shortages of semiconductors. For the fiscal year ending March 31, the automaker’s net profit increased 26.9% annually. Sales rose 15.3%, due to strength in its markets in the United States and Asia...
Duke Energy Corporation posted its first-quarter 2022 earnings that missed Zacks Zacks Consensus Estimate. The electric power company’s adjusted earnings rose +3.2% from the year-ago quarter to $1.30 per share, which fell short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.34 by 3%. Higher volumes in the Electric Utilities and Infrastructure segment, along with growth and rate case contributions in...
The Walt Disney Company posted second-quarter fiscal 2022 adjusted earnings, which rose +36.7% from the year-ago quarter to $1.08 per share. However, the figure missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by -10%. The entertainment giant’s revenues surged + 23% year over year to $19.24 billion but missed the consensus mark by 4.96%. Revenues from Media and Entertainment Distribution (70.8% of...
Welltower posted earnings of $0.14 per share for the first quarter, falling short of the consensus expectations of $0.82 (based on MarketWatch Earnings reports). The healthcare infrastructure company’s revenue rose +32.7% from the year-ago quarter to $1.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.38 billion. Looking ahead, Welltower boosted its forecast for Q2 2022 to...
Sony Group Corp. posted its fourth-quarter fiscal 2021 net income per share (on a GAAP basis) of ¥88.98 (77 cents) per share, compared to Zacks Consensus Estimate of 82 cents. The figure is +67% higher from the year-ago quarter. Total revenues were up + 1% year over year to ¥2,264 billion ($19,486.3 million). The Zacks consensus estimate was $20,818.7 million. The company’s revenue from Game...
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The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. posted its fiscal third-quarter 2022 results, with earnings topping the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Revenue, however, fell short of expectations. The beauty and cosmetics company’s adjusted earnings for the quarter came in at $1.90 per share, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.66. The bottom line rose +17% (up 18% at constant currency) year over year...
American International Group, Inc. reported first-quarter earnings that topped Zacks Consensus Estimate. The finance and insurance company’s quarterly adjusted operating earnings came in at $1.30 per share, which exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4.8%. AIG’s bottom line rose +23.8% year over year, on the back of strong underwriting results within the General Insurance segment. However,...
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. posted its Q1 FY 2022 earnings that handily topped analysts’ expectations. The chipmaker’s earnings for the quarter came in at $1.13 a share, crushing the $0.91 estimate from analysts(according to Visible Alpha consensus). The EPS is also double that of the year-ago quarter. Revenue surged +71% year-over-year to $5.9 billion in the quarter (vs. $5.2 billion...
Intel posted its quarterly earnings that surpassed expectations. However, the chipmaker issued guidance on second quarter that was less optimistic compared to analysts’ forecasts. The company’s earnings came in at 87 cents per share vs. 81 cents as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. Revenue fell -7% from the year-ago quarter to $18.35 billion, vs. $18.31 billion as expected by...
Amazon posted its quarterly results that missed analysts’ expectations. The e-commerce company’s earnings came in at $7.56 per share for the quarter, falling short of Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $9.33 (according to MarketWatch Earnings report). Revenue rose +7.3% from the year-ago quarter to $116.44 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $116.52 billion...
Moody’s earnings came in at $2.33 earnings per share, falling short of analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.38. Revenue rose +19.3% from the year-ago quarter to $1.54 billion during the quarter, topping analysts’ expectations of $1.51 billion. Moody’s had a net margin of 35.61% and a return on equity of 91.13%. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the company’s first-quarter earnings is $2.91. The...
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. posted third-quarter fiscal 2022 results that were better than expected by the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The payroll and HR services company’s adjusted earnings climbed +16.9% from the year-ago quarter to $2.21 a share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 6.8%. Total revenues of $4.51 billion beat the consensus mark by 1.2% and grew +10% year over year...
Exxon Mobil Corp. doubled its first-quarter per-share profit, However, they missed the Street expectations, even excluding a $3.4 billion writedown from its withdrawal from Russia. The company’s said net income rose to $5.48 billion, or $1.28 per share, in the three months ended March 31, compared with $2.73 billion, or 64 cents per share, last year. Adjusted earnings per share in the quarter...
Honeywell International Inc. reported first quarter earnings that surpassed expectations. The conglomerate narrowed the range of its full-year profit forecast. Honeywell’s adjusted earnings for the three months ending in March came in at $1.91 per share exceeding the Street expectations of $1.86 per share. Revenues fell -0.6% to $8.4 billion, compared to analysts' estimate of $8.3 billion...
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Microsoft posted its third-quarter fiscal 2022 earnings, which rose +9.4% from the year-ago quarter to $2.22 per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.83%. Revenues of $49.360 billion increased +18.4% year over year and exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.81%. On a non-GAAP basis and at constant currency (cc), revenues rose +21% year over year. Adverse forex movement hurt...