The earnings crunch is in full swing, and here are a few of the highlights of this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:
- Allegheny Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ATI) posted lower fourth-quarter profits but record full-year sales.
- Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) posted strong results and offered bullish guidance (see transcript).
- Concur Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: CNQR) revenue soared and it offered revised guidance.
- Countrywide Financial Corp. (NYSE: CFC) posted a bigger-than-expected loss for the fourth-quarter.
- Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) beat earnings expectations but fell short of revenue estimates.
- EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) beat estimates but shares were dragged down by VMware results.
- Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) shocked investors and missed earnings expectations (see transcript).
- Intuitive Surgical Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) beat estimates as revenue soared.
- Lazard Ltd. (NYSE: LAZ) sidestepped the subprime mess and fourth-quarter earnings soared.
- MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI) reported a $2.3 million loss due to mortgage write downs.
- Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) posted a $1.6 million loss and lowered its full-year guidance.
- Monster Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: MNST) posted strong results despite weakness in North America.
- ScanSource Inc. (NASDAQ: SCSC) beat earnings estimates but matched revenue forecasts.
- Somanetics Corp. (NASDAQ: SMTS) beat estimates and offered revised guidance.
- Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) beat expectations on revenue growth from overseas.
- UBS (NYSE: UBS) reported a record loss for the fourth quarter due to the subprime crisis.
- VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) missed revenue forecasts, sending shares tumbling.
- Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) posted unimpressive results, but beat earnings expectations (see transcript).
For additional BloggingStocks earnings highlights, see Exxon, Boeing, Halliburton, Sony, UPS, Honda, and others and McDonald's, Kraft, P&G, Verizon, MasterCard, 3M, and others.
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