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[Prediction?] ” Companies Will Propel Profit More Than 100% Next Year: Analysts”

“Seven companies, including health care play Merck (MRK), industrial Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) and Estee Lauder (EL), are poised to post 2024 adjusted earnings per share that’s 100% or more higher than this year’s, says an Investor’s Business Daily analysis of data from S&P Global… Continue Reading…

Business

“Allianz Profit Beats as Pimco Sees $10 Billion of Inflows”

“Allianz SE reported a third-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates as its giant bond manager Pacific Investment Management Co. continued to attract new money. Group operating profit fell 15% to €3.47 billion ($3.7 billion), better than the €3.26 billion analysts… Continue Reading…

Business

“British fintech Wise reports 280% jump in profit as higher interest rates boost income”

“…Wise reported revenue of £498.2 million, up 25% year-on-year, in the half-year ended on Sept. 30, 2023. Including interest income, the company’s total income stood at £656 million for the period, up 58% year-on-year. Before tax, company profit came in… Continue Reading…

Business

“China’s largest chipmaker SMIC posts a 80% drop in third-quarter profit”

“China’s largest chipmaker SMIC on Thursday posted a 80% drop in third-quarter profit as global demand weakness hit foundries hard. Net income for the quarter ended September plunged 80% compared to a year ago — larger than the 64% drop posted in second quarter… Continue Reading…

Business

“Sony profit slumps 29% on chip weakness but maintains 25 million unit PlayStation 5 target”

“Sony on Thursday reported a 29% drop in operating profit in the fiscal second quarter as the Japanese electronics giant suffered from weakness in its imaging sensor — or chip — business. Here’s how Sony did in the September quarter versus… Continue Reading…

Business

“Nintendo hikes profit forecast as Mario movie, Zelda game breathe new life into Switch console”

“Nintendo reported better-than-expected sales and profit for its fiscal second quarter on Tuesday, as it continues to get a bump from the “Super Mario Bros. Movie” and flagship Zelda game released this year. Here’s how Nintendo did in its fiscal second… Continue Reading…

Business

“Southwest Airlines quarterly profit slides 30% and says growth will slow next year”

“Southwest Airlines’ third-quarter profit fell 30% to $193 million despite record revenue as leisure travel boomed over the summer, and the airline is losing pricing power at the same time that labor costs are rising. Southwest said Thursday that it… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Shares of Maersk plunge 18% as shipping giant announces 10,000 job cuts, says profit will be at lower-end of guidance”

“Shipping giant Maersk, a bellwether for global trade, on Friday announced plans to reduce its workforce by more than 10,000 people and said it expected profit to be at the low end of prior guidance. The firm’s Denmark-listed shares had fallen… Continue Reading…

Banking

“JPMorgan Chase tops profit expectations on higher rates, benign credit”

“…Here’s what the company reported: The bank said profit surged 35% to $13.15 billion, or $4.33 a share, from a year earlier. That per-share figure includes 17 cents in securities losses and 22 cents in legal expenses. It wasn’t  immediately clear which items… Continue Reading…

Business

“Samsung expected to report 80% profit plunge as losses mount at chip business”

“…The South Korean technology giant will issue earnings guidance on Wednesday. Analysts polled by LSEG expect operating profit of 2.3 trillion Korean won ($1.7 billion) for the September quarter, a 78.7% year-on-year decline. Revenue is expected to come in at… Continue Reading…