A recap of recent earnings and guidance

Posted Sep 12th 2007 2:00PM by Eric Buscemi
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Intel (INTC), Texas Instruments (TXN)

Looking back at recent company statements regarding earnings and guidance, there seems to be a big disparity in the type of companies reporting above average numbers to those reporting below average numbers.

Beating

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) -- Q3 guidance
National Semconductor Corporation (NYSE: NSM) -- Q1 earnings
Western Digital Corporation (NYSE: WDC) -- Q1 guidance

In Line

Texas Instruments Inc (NYSE: TXN) -- Q3 guidance

Missing

Staples Inc (NASDAQ: SPLS) -- Q2 earnings, Q3 guidance
Office Depot Inc (NYSE: ODP) -- Q2 earnings
Harley Davidson Inc (NYSE: HOG) -- 2H2007 guidance
Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) -- Q3 guidance

If legendary mutual fund manager Peter Lynch's adage that higher stock prices follow higher earnings still holds true, then it is time to take a closer look at technology stocks.

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9-12-2007 @ 4:35PM

Murray said...

It seems curious that Buscemi conveniently omitted one of the most blatant misrepresentation examples of earnings forcast in recent months.
A month before postin 600,000 loss, Hector Ruiz CEO of AMD told analysts that their financial statement was going to be a good one. this was 30 days before the end of the quarter.
Come on Eric, how much AMD stock do you own???