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Last week, major banks including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo reported positive first quarter earnings results and provided guidance indicating that the recent loss of confidence from regional banks had a limited impact on the broader financial sector. Despite weaker-than-expected retail sales data causing stocks to decline on Friday, the three major averages were set to end the week with positive gains thanks to a strong start to corporate earnings. The decline in retail sales was double what was expected, continuing a trend of declining inflation partly due to lower gas prices.
IBM posted stronger-than-expected third quarter earnings. Revenues, too, beat expectations. The software company’s adjusted earnings came in at $1.81 per share for the three months ending in September, topping the Street forecasts by around 3 cents per share. Revenues rose +6% from the year-ago quarter to $14.1 billion, exceeding the Street consensus forecast of $13.5 billion. Revenues from...
SMART Global Holdings, Inc. posted adjusted earnings of $0.80 per share for the quarter ended August, well above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.65 per share. The figure, however, is lower than the year-ago quarter’s $1.08 per share. The company’s revenues came in at $437.7 million, falling short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.53%. Revenues were $467.71 million a year ago. Non-GAAP...
Concentrix Corporation posted its latest quarter earnings and revenue, both growing from the year-ago levels, but lagging consensus estimates (according to Zacks Equity Research report). The company posted its third quarter (ending August) adjusted earnings of $2.95 per share, that fell short of Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.97 per share. The figure, however, was higher than the year-ago...
Globant SA reported second-quarter earnings of 87 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and costs related to mergers and acquisitions, came in at $1.22 per share, topping the $1.21 per share expected by seven analysts polled by Zacks Investment Research. The information technology company’s revenue in the quarter was $429.3 million, which exceeded expectations of $427...
SMART Global Holdings, Inc. posted quarterly adjusted earnings of $0.87 per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.75 per share. Earnings were higher than $0.70 per share a year ago. The electronics company’s revenue in the quarter ended May 2022 rose to $462.54 million (from the year-ago quarter’s $437.73 million), and also topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.65%. The...
Concentrix Corporation’s adjusted earnings came in at $2.85 per share for the quarter ended February 2022, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.70 per share. The figure was $2.29 per share a year ago. Revenues of $1.54 billion in the quarter exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.38%. This is also higher than the year-ago quarter’s revenue of $1.35 billion. The company beat...
Accenture reported stellar performance in its second quarter, leading it to raise its revenue outlook. The company’s revenue grew +24% year-over-year to $15 billion in its second quarter ended February. The company’s new bookings in the quarter came in at $19.6 billion, up +22% from the year-ago period, with consulting and outsourcing revenue of $10.9 billion and $8.7 billion respectively...
IBM posted adjusted earnings of $3.35 per share for the fourth quarter, beating the $3.30 per share expected by analysts polled by Refinitiv. The tech/cloud company’s revenue came in at $16.70 billion also surpassed analysts’ expectations of $15.96 billion. IBM streamlined its reporting segments for the fourth quarter amid its spin-off of infrastructure services business Kyndryl. Revenue from...
IBM shares were downgraded to sell from neutral by a UBS analyst. Analyst David Vogt also cut his price target on the tech company’s shares to $124 from $136. Vogt mentioned in a research note that near-term risk to fourth-quarter operating estimates and an "elevated valuation" implies that the shares are "vulnerable" over the next 12 months. Vogt said that IBM is trading at over three turns...
Accenture posted its fiscal first-quarter earnings and revenue that exceeded analysts’ expectations. The company boosted its full-year fiscal 2022 guidance. The IT services company’s adjusted earnings for the quarter ended Nov. 30 climbed +20% from the year-ago quarter to $2.78, compared to analysts’ estimate of $2.64 a share. Including acquisitions, Accenture revenue increased +27%...
IBM shares fell Wednesday after hours, as the company’s third-quarter revenue came in below analysts’ expectations. IBM’s quarterly revenue rose +0.3% from the year-ago quarter to $17.6 billion. However, it fell short of analysts' estimates of $17.8 billion. Revenue increased +2.5%, normalized to exclude the company's Kyndryl managed infrastructure services division, which is set to be spun...
Global business process management company WNS posted net profit of $26.8 million for the first quarter, which represent an 81% year-over-year increase.
Revenues climbed +22% from the year-ago quarter to $253.2 million.
"Despite Covid-related challenges in the quarter, WNS continued to perform well and posted solid financial results.Hiring accelerated in support of both new wins and committed volume increases with existing clients," said Group CEO Keshav R Murugesh.
As of quarter-end, the company had $311.3 million in cash and investments.
IBM announced that it was buying Waeg, a Salesforce consulting partner in Europe.
The acquisition would potentially boost IBM’s Salesforce services and boost its hybrid-cloud and artificial intelligence strategy, as indicated by IBM.“The acquisition builds on IBM's continued investment in Salesforce consulting services to meet the rising client demand for experience-led business transformation and new customer engagement strategies backed by data, AI and machine learning,” IBM said.
The terms were not disclosed for the deal, which is expected to be closed this quarter.
In January, IBM acquired 7Summits, a U.S. consultancy that specialises in Salesforce's customer management software.