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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Q2 2009 Earnings Results Continue to Impress

Of the 72 public companies followed by Briefing.com on Tuesday, only 9 stocks missed their earnings estimates. That follows an extremely positive market performance on Monday when only 3 of 30 firms missed their number.

Of the 59 issues that beat their estimates Tuesday, they beat them handily. Those companies provided surprise after surprise to the upside -- averaging $.10 per share better earnings than consensus projections.

Of particular note, Apple (APPL) blew past analysts forecasts of only $1.17 per share. The iPhone and Mac maker, posted an extremely impressive $1.35 per share earnings or a net profit of $1.23B in Q2. Apple joined IBM (IBM) and Intel (INTC) in setting expectations for Q3 2009 GDP growth that will be anything but lackluster.

2 comments:

  1. Isn't there still some cause for concern for a slow or a jobless recovery? Unfortunately, many earnings were based on cost cutting and no real revenue growth. Let's take CSX for example. Their business declined 25% but they beat analyist expectations through cost cutting. Apple is an exception though.

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  2. Yes revenue growth is important... but during earnings season all eyes are on profits. Wednesday was yet another day of great earnings.

    For the first several quarters of a turnaround it is difficult to gage strength on y/y revenue percentages like CSX. Go have a look at the q over q revenue declines and you will note that CSX is now likely returning to revenue growth. Q1 over Q2 decline was 3% along with the good news of their net.

    Also for the firms reporting good earnings today, over 35 also showed y/y revenue growth as well. I haven't taken the time to check q over q revenue for all of them, but it is likely that many are now seeing even q over q revenue numbers or better.

    GNE

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