Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:
- Allegiant Travel Co. (NASDAQ: ALGT) beat estimates with soaring Q1 revenues, bucking the airline trend.
- Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) Q1 profits doubled but fell short of expectations.
- Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) posted solid Q1 results despite negative operational cash flow.
- Centex Corp. (NYSE: CTX) posted a Q4 loss well below analyst estimates.
- Cigna Corp. (NYSE: CI) profits plunged in the first quarter on litigation charges.
- Countrywide Financial Corp. (NYSE: CFC) posted another big loss, way off estimates of a small profit.
- Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) posted its first quarterly loss since 2003 on write-downs.
- Gardner Denver Inc. (NYSE: GDI) beat Q1 expectations and raised its outlook for the year.
- International Paper Co. (NYSE: IP) fell short of Wall Street's Q1 earnings estimates.
- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) beat Q1 estimates and offered fully-year guidance.
- KBR Inc. (NYSE: KBR) Q1 profit more than doubled on arbitration benefit.
- MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA) topped analysts' expectations as Q1 profits more than doubled.
- Office Depot Inc. (NYSE: ODP) Q1 profits tumbled 55% but still beat analysts' estimates.
- Parker Hannifin Corp. (NYSE: PH) beat Q3 expectations due to growth in key markets.
- Savvis Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVS) reported narrower-than-expected losses and lowered its 2008 outlook.
- Thomas Weisel Partners Group Inc. (NASDAQ: TWPG) swung to a Q1 loss on fewer M&A transactions.
- Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) narrower profits beat expectations, and it lifted its outlook.
- Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) posted unimpressive results for its first quarterly report since its IPO.
- Wright Medical Group Inc. (NASDAQ: WMGI) beat Q1 estimates on growth of all major product lines.
Also, Jim Cramer lauds Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) for its success in these tough times and Colgate-Palmolive Co. (NYSE: CL) for bouncing back after taking a hit. And Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) investors may have been looking for more than they got in the quarterly report.
Upcoming results to watch for include Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM), Molson Coors (NYSE: TAP), Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), and American International Group (NYSE: AIG).
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5-14-2008 @ 8:40PM
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