Eps Estimates

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) reported Q3 EPS of $0.52, ex-items, beating consensus analyst estimates of $0.51. Revenues for the quarter fell 7% year-over year to $8.6 billion, falling short of consensus analyst estimates of $8.83 billion....

With Q3 earnings reports upon us, not only is the question open of what companies will deliver on the bottom line relative to expectations but also of importance will be what they deliver on the top line as Q2 saw about 75% of companies beat EPS estimates but only 50% exceeded revenue forecasts.…

In likely the most pointed, direct message given to the US government in a while on the direction……prosperity of the global economy.” My updated earnings scorecard has 86% of companies beating EPS estimates with only 57% exceeding revenue forecasts. IP, consumer confidence and TIC data…

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) reported Q1 EPS of $1.26, topping consensus estimates of $1.22. Revenues in the quarter fell 7% year-over-year to $15.03 billion, and came in short of consensus estimates of $15.43 billion....

(SmarTrend(R) News Watch) -- Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) reported Q1 EPS of $5.16, ex-items, beating consensus estimates of $4.93. Revenues rose 6% year-over-year to $5.15 billion....

Wyeth (NYSE:WYE) reported Q1 EPS of 95 cents, ex-items, topping consensus estimates of 88 cents. Revenues fell 6% year-over-year to $5.38 billion, missing consensus estimates of $5.52 billion. The company reaffirmed its 2009 EPS guidance of $3.33-$3.53, vs....

Apple (nasd:AAPL) reports its Q4 2009 results on Monday, October 19th. I am expecting revenue to increase 19% (Y/Y) to $9.374B and EPS to increase 25% to $1.57.  I expect gross margin to rise sequentially to 36.7% from 36.3% reported in Q3. Revenue growth will be driven by strength in the…

The bulls had the upper hand today and for the fourth straight week the S&P 500 closed higher. Today the tape initially sold off on the jobs report……earnings report. The company reported a truly strong quarter beating EPS estimates by $0.06 and issuing upside guidance. Professor Sean…

Comparing price-earnings multiples and expected growth rates of Yahoo and Google several items become apparent. Yahoo is extremely overvalued as an……FY08 EPS estimate of 46 cents and 48.5x FY09 estimate of 56 cents. These EPS estimates translate into Yr/Yr growth of -2.1% (FY08) and 21.7%…

Shares of Hindalco Industries were up 4 per cent at Rs 50.45 in dull trade on Wednesday, but brokers see limited upside in the stock as the outlook on aluminium prices remains bearish.

RIL may see a 34% knee jerk reaction on disappointing results. We have downgraded its FY10 EPS estimates by 4%. The market is likely to be rangebound with the upside capped around 4660 on the Nifty, Deven Choksey of KR Choksey Securities said.

From the APAlcoa, the world's third-largest aluminum producer, said Monday it earned $303 million, or 37 cents per share, for the first three……of the announcement, we have lowered our first-quarter and fiscal 2008 EPS estimates from 92 cents and $4.40, respectively, to 86 cents and…

Editor's Note: The following was posted in real time on our premium Buzz & Banter (click for a free trial). It's being shared here for the benefit……across the board in the next 2-3 weeks. Many analysts will be raising EPS estimates price targets and recommendations. All of this could…

SocGen confirms in Barron's what I was suspecting. While companies were beating EPS estimates in 1Q, they were falling short on revenue projections - i.e. margins were expanding. So margins were expanding between 2003 and 2008 when there was expansion, and margins are expanding now when there is…

Earnings will once again be the focus of next week’s trading session. Most companies have beat EPS estimates with revenues coming inline. So far the reaction has been positive as Wall Street has cheered the cost-cutting undertaken by most major companies. Next week we'll hear from a wide…