The earnings crunch is in full swing, and here are a few of the highlights of this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:
- Airgas Inc. (NYSE: ARG) beat expectations and raised its guidance.
- Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) beat estimates and said the 787 Dreamliner was on schedule.
- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (NYSE: BNI) fourth-quarter profits fell on rising fuel costs.
- Crane Co. (NYSE: CR) beat expectations and raised its guidance.
- Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) profits fell due to rising costs of raw materials.
- Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) posted the largest annual and quarterly profit ever by a U.S. company.
- Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) beat earnings expectations due to strong international growth.
- Honda Motor Co. (NYSE: HMC) posted record earnings for the third quarter on demand for fuel efficiency.
- JetBlue Airways Corp. (NASDAQ: JBLU) posted a narrower-than-expected loss.
- Nissan Motor Co. (NASDAQ: NSANY) posted strong results due in part to U.S. sales of the Rogue.
- Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY) fourth-quarter profit surged, leading to its best yearly results ever.
- Paraexel International Corp. (NASDAQ: PRXL) beat estimates and offered revised guidance.
- Ratheon Co. (NYSE: RTN) posted strong fourth-quarter results and offered optimistic guidance.
- RightNow Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: RNOW) posted a loss, though revenues were up.
- Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) posted solid results on TV sales and the game division's return to the black.
- Stanley Works (NYSE: SWK) posted solid results despite the housing slump due to strength overseas.
- United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) met earnings estimates due to a pension-related charge.
- US Steel Corp. (NYSE: X) fourth-quarter and full-year profits declined on acquisition costs and job cuts.
- Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) beat expectations despite a profit decline of 49%.
For additional BloggingStocks earnings highlights, see Yahoo!, Google, Amazon, Countrywide, Merck, UBS and others and McDonald's, Kraft, P&G, Verizon, MasterCard, 3M and others.
Also, in the wake of earnings reports from Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) made a move for Yahoo! Rumor has Google going after AOL in response. Meanwhile, Timothy Sykes has some advice for buying stocks ahead of earnings reports.
Upcoming results to watch for include Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), Yum Brands (NYSE: YUM), Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), and PepsiCo. (NYSE: PEP).
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