Street earnings are compared to GAAP earnings for over 29,000 annual observations and 100,000 quarterly observations from 1990 to 2000. Analysis is performed after separating firms by profitability and earnings volatility. Although there is little difference between the two types of earnings for firms with GAAP profits, firms with GAAP...
This paper first discusses the empirical evidence on earnings management practices by Belgian companies. This review indicates that Belgian companies manage earnings to avoid declines in earnings or losses, to influence relations with external financiers and to reduce taxes. Belgian companies quoted on the Brussels Stock Exchange also report significantly...
PHILADELPHIA -- Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC) will report its second quarter earnings after market close on Monday, August 1, 2005. A conference call will be held on Tuesday, August 2, 2005, at 11:00 am EDT to discuss the second quarter earnings and related matters for the company and its business...
CA Inc. hit the snooze button once again, this time announcing a delay in filing their first quarter 2007 earnings report with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
DALLAS -- Idearc Inc. (NYSE:IAR), publisher of the Verizon[R] Yellow Pages and home to Superpages.com[R], will report third-quarter 2007 earnings on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007.
Companies report their earnings according to GAAP, or generally accepted accounting principles, which is the common set of accounting principles that all companies are expected to follow. To get a clearer picture of core operating earnings, some companies also report adjusted, or non-GAAP, earnings. They do this by adding back...
As earnings season gets underway and investors start listening to calls and reading reports, understanding how companies report earnings is critical. Earnings per share. Basic EPS. Diluted EPS. Adjusted net income diluted. GAAP earnings. Non-GAAP earnings. Enough already. Although confusion can be part of the learning process in investing, it...
NEW YORK AP -- Stock prices surged Wednesday after a better- than-expected quarterly earnings report from Internet giant Yahoo sent investors scrambling after technology stocks.
CHICAGO -- Rewards Network Inc. (AMEX:IRN) is scheduled to report its earnings for the three months ended June 30, 2004 on Thursday, July 22, 2004 before the opening of the stock market.
SAN ANTONIO -- Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) announced today that it expects to report third quarter earnings in the range of $2.25 to $2.35 per share. Earnings in this range would represent the highest third quarter earnings in the company's history. The company also noted that its third quarter estimate...
* Net earnings of the National Association of Securities Dealers Inc. more than tripled in 1999 compared with earnings in 1998, according to its annual report. The NASD earned $154 million ... * Net earnings of the National Association of Securities Dealers Inc. more...
Before the release of earnings reports from the companies in this article, Stock Traders Daily has issued a detailed report to help Traders understand how they should be reacting to earnings surprises.
DALLAS -- Idearc Inc. (NYSE: IAR), home to Superpages.com[R] and publisher of the Verizon[R] Yellow Pages, will report fourth-quarter 2007 and year-end earnings, along with its view of 2008, on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, consistent with past practice.
Markos Kaminis (Wall St. Greek) submits: Why would a company recruit Warren Buffett to invest $3 billion dollars? Well, just about every company in existence would like to have the vote of confidence that Buffett's dollars represent. That $3 billion count, then, allowed [[GE]] to turn to the open...
By now most bankers will have read of FDIC's report on the industry's record earnings for 1993. A few key points some might have missed that bear mentioning: By now most bankers will have read of FDIC's report on the industry's record earnings for...
When a global Internet giant like Santa Clara, Calif.-based Yahoo Inc. announces its quarterly earnings, it isn't just stockholders who take notice. Indeed, after Yahoo's third quarter sales and earnings--which slightly surpassed most industry forecasts--were publicly announced last Tuesday, media gurus around the world chimed in on what these new...
