Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:
- Abercrombie & Fitch Inc. (NYSE: ANF) beat Q4 earnings estimates handily, sending shares higher.
- Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) did well in the holiday period but offered weak guidance.
- Barclays (NYSE: BCS) one-time gains offset write-downs and said it expects to resume dividend payments.
- Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) shares fell after it announced that it had understated its Q4 and fiscal 2008 loss.
- Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) topped Q4 earnings estimates due in part to volume gain internationally.
- Diageo (NYSE: DEO) earnings rose in the first half, but it cut its full-year forecast.
- GSI Commerce Inc. (NASDAQ: GSIC) "solid" Q4 results led to an analyst downgrade.
- Hasbro Inc. (NYSE: HAS) reported a steep drop in quarterly earnings, but shares rose on the news.
- Marriott International Inc. (NYSE: MAR) Q4 net loss was due to restructuring costs and fewer travelers.
- Masco Corp. (NYSE: MAS) Q4 numbers fell short of expectations as revenue plunged, and cut its dividend.
- NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N) swung to a Q4 profit and revenue surged despite the economic downturn.
- Nissan Motor Co. (NASDAQ: NSANY) a quarterly loss and said it expects its first annual loss in nine years.
- Pepsi Bottling Group (NYSE: PBG) shares rose as the market fell after it topped Q4 expectations.
- PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) Q4 earnings declined due in part to restructuring and impairment charges.
- Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) adjusted its previously reported Q4 loss to include a noncash charge.
- Yingli Green Energy (NYSE: YGE) posted a better-than-expected profit despite weakness in the euro.
For more highlights from this week, see Viacom, UBS, RIM, ArcelorMittal, Lions Gate, McAfee and others.
Also, Joseph Lazzaro asks, Is company quarterly guidance necessary? Peter Cohan suggests ignoring analysts' recommendations.
Upcoming earnings releases include Jack-in-the-Box (NASDAQ: JACK), La-Z-Boy (NYSE: LZB), Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Winn Dixie (NASDAQ: WINN), CBS (NYSE: CBS), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Goodyear (NYSE: GT), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX), Playboy (NYSE: PLA) , Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFMI), Deere (NYSE: DE), Denny's (NASDAQ: DENN), Dress Barn (NASDAQ: DBRN), Cabela's (NYSE: CAB), Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU), Hormel (NYSE: HRL), Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S), CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS), Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE), WebMD (NASDAQ: WBMD), JCPenney (NYSE: JCP), Lowe's (NYSE: LOW).
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