Breaking News: Earnings
Berkshire earnings decline in the first quarter on slowing economic growth, stock market pullback
Warren Buffett Gerry Miller | CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reported Saturday a decline in first-quarter earnings, as the conglomerate was not immune to a slowing U.S. economy. The company’s net earnings came in at $5.46 billion, down more than 53% from $11.71 billion in the year-earlier period. Berkshire’s operating earnings — which encompass profits […]
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Amazon’s cloud business grows almost 37%, but slows from last quarter
Amazon’s cloud unit grew 36.5% year over year in the first quarter, a bit faster than analysts projected. But Amazon shares were down about 9% in after-hours trading, as investors focused on the e-commerce giant’s $3.8 billion overall net loss. The cloud business results point to lighter but still brisk demand for computing, storage and […]
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Robinhood shares fall as retail brokerage reports shrinking revenue, fewer active users
The logo for Robinhood is displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photograph. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Retail brokerage firm Robinhood reported a wider-than-expected loss and shrinking revenue for the first quarter, showing signs that the small-dollar trading boom that captivated Wall Street a year ago may have run out of steam. […]
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Apple posts big beat and 9% revenue pop, authorizes $90 billion buyback
Apple CEO Tim Cook greets customers at the new Apple Store on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 24, 2021. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Apple’s revenue grew nearly 9% on an annual basis in the quarter ending in March, the company said on Thursday, showing strong growth and bucking investor worries about a […]
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Amazon shares plunge on weak sales forecast
Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon and then CEO of Amazon Web Services, speaks at the WSJD Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, October 25, 2016. Mike Blake | Reuters Amazon shares plummeted as much as 10% in extended trading on Thursday after the company issued a revenue forecast that trailed analysts’Â estimates. Here’s how the company […]
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Comcast shares slump as broadband subscriber growth continues to slow
Comcast reported first-quarter earnings Thursday that beat analyst estimates on the top and bottom lines, though broadband growth continues to slow. Comcast added 262,000 high-speed internet customers in the quarter, above the 229,000 average analyst estimate. But about 80,000 of those subscribers were free Internet Essentials customers who are now counted in the total. Comcast […]
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Twitter is set to report Q1 earnings days after accepting Musk’s takeover bid
Musk would have been appointed to Twitter’s board on Saturday, but the world’s richest man informed the company on the day that he would not, in fact, be taking the board seat. Andrew Burton | Getty Images News | Getty Images Twitter is set to report earnings for the first quarter of 2022, in what […]
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McDonald’s is about to report earnings. Here’s what to expect
McDonalds and other local stores remain shuttered due to COVID-19 at Times Square on April 13, 2020 in New York, NY. Eduardo Munoz | Getty Images McDonald’s is expected to report its first-quarter earnings before the bell on Thursday. Here’s what Wall Street analysts surveyed by Refinitiv are expecting: Earnings per share: $2.17 expected Revenue: […]
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Qualcomm revenue pops 41% driven by Android phone chip sales
Qualcomm reported second-quarter earnings Wednesday, beating Wall Street expectations for sales and earnings, and driving the stock up over 4% in extended trading. Here’s how Qualcomm did versus Refinitiv consensus expectations: EPS: $3.21, adjusted, versus $2.91 expected, up 69% year-over-year Revenue: $11.16 billion, adjusted, versus $10.60 billion expected, up 41% year-over-year QCT (chip sales): $9.55 […]
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Facebook shares spike on better-than-expected quarterly earnings
Mark Zuckerberg told the world last October that he was rebranding Facebook to Meta as the company pushes toward the metaverse. Facebook | via Reuters Shares of Facebook parent Meta jumped 15% in extended trading on Wednesday after the company reported earnings that topped estimates even as revenue was disappointing. Here are the results. Earnings […]
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