Category Archives: Earnings

Caterpillar Beats For All The Right Reasons

Posted on July 25, 2017 by macromon

Caterpillar, a bellwether for the global economy,   beat on both the top and bottom line for all the right reasons (increase in sales and revenues) with their earnings release this morning.  The stock is up over 5 percent at … Continue reading →

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Six Charts of Christmas: Profits – FT

Posted on January 1, 2016 by macromon

John Authers asks if US profits and profit margins are due to fall further in 2016. ► Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs (click here if charts are not observable)

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Nike Beats

Posted on June 26, 2014 by macromon

Nike beat estimates and is trading up 3.6 percent in the after hours session.  We picked up a small position thinking it should take out its high at $80.26 in the next few days. Here’s an interesting breakdown of sales … Continue reading →

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S&P500 Testing Key Support

Posted on March 21, 2013 by macromon

Hard to to discern the cause of the increase in chop in U.S. equities.  Cyprus?  Overbought? Earnings worry?  Strong dollar’s impact on earnings (see Oracle’s release)? Here’s what we said on March 4th: No doubt the stronger dollar will be … Continue reading →

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FedEx Whiffs

Posted on March 20, 2013 by macromon

FedEx down big on earnings miss.  Watch to see if this one can recover.  Our plan has been to lighten up on equities going into earnings as the big run has made stocks vulnerable to a correction around earnings, which, … Continue reading →

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eBay Trends

Posted on January 16, 2013 by macromon

eBay reported earnings after the bell beating top line estimates (see here for presentation).  They delivered organic y/y revenue growth of 19 percent, very impressive in such current sluggish macro environment.   We’re thinking the market rewards revenue growers. This … Continue reading →

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Macro Notes From Alcoa’s Earnings Release

Posted on January 8, 2013 by macromon

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China Not So Yummy

Posted on December 1, 2012 by macromon

Wow! Take a look at YUM! Brands’ swan dive today on huge volume after they announced Q4 same store sales in China will be negative. For the fourth quarter, stronger than expected operating performance from Yum! Restaurants International and our … Continue reading →

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Macro Notes from Caterpillar’s Earnings Release

Posted on October 22, 2012 by macromon

Key Metrics Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) announced third-quarter 2012 sales and revenues of $16.445 billion, a 5-percent increase from third-quarter 2011 sales and revenues of $15.716 billion. EPS per share for Q3 2012 was $2.54, up 49 percent from $1.71 per … Continue reading →

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IBM Revenues Fall, Confirms Slowing Economy

Posted on October 16, 2012 by macromon

The New York Times reports, The results, analysts said, were unlikely to reassure investors concerned about the global outlook for technology spending. In a conference call with analysts, Mark Loughridge, I.B.M.’s chief financial officer, said the revenue shortfall came from … Continue reading →

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