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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Nike Sells Off on Weak Future Orders]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/22/nike-earnings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/22/nike-earnings/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/22/nike-earnings/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/major-movement/" rel="tag">Major Movement</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/earnings-reports/" rel="tag">Earnings Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/bad-news/" rel="tag">Bad News</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/from-the-boards/" rel="tag">From the Boards</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/management/" rel="tag">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/nke/" rel="tag">NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE)</a></p><p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="Nike (NKE) logo"  src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2010/12/nike-logo-black.jpg" />Athletic footwear and accessory giant Nike Inc. (<a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/quotes/nike-inc/nke/nys" class="inlinked">NKE</a>) sold off in after-hours trading as investors reacted to <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/40769652">weaker-than-expected future orders</a>, despite posting better-than-expected earnings and revenues during the quarter.</p>
<p>Quarterly earnings were up 22% from the same period last year to $0.94 per share, versus analyst estimates for $0.88. Revenues were up 10% during the quarter to $4.84 billion, compared to Wall Street estimates for $4.80 billion.</p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/22/nike-earnings/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Nike Sells Off on Weak Future Orders</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/22/nike-earnings/">Nike Sells Off on Weak Future Orders</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/22/nike-earnings/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/19772769/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/22/nike-earnings/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>athletics</category><category>earnings</category><category>featured</category><category>footware</category><category>future orders</category><category>inthenews</category><category>Mark Parker</category><category>Nike</category><category>nike earnings</category><category>NKE</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Fowlkes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nike Second Quarter Earnings Preview]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/20/nike-second-quarter-earnings-preview/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/20/nike-second-quarter-earnings-preview/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/20/nike-second-quarter-earnings-preview/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/international-markets/" rel="tag">International Markets</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/good-news/" rel="tag">Good news</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/marketmatters/" rel="tag">Market Matters</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/nke/" rel="tag">NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/financial-crisis/" rel="tag">Financial Crisis</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="Nike Q2 Earnings Preview" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2009/12/nike_logo-240.jpg" />Athletic footware and accessories giant Nike Inc. (<a class="inlinked" href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/quotes/nike-inc/nke/nys">NKE</a>) will get its chance to impress Wall Street when it reports its fiscal second quarter <a class="inlinked" href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/category/earnings/">earnings</a> following Tuesday's market close.<br />
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Investors are expecting to see a strong report, and this bullish view helped push the stock to a new 52 week high in Monday's trading session of $90.87.<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/20/nike-second-quarter-earnings-preview/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Nike Second Quarter Earnings Preview</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/20/nike-second-quarter-earnings-preview/">Nike Second Quarter Earnings Preview</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/20/nike-second-quarter-earnings-preview/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/19770808/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/20/nike-second-quarter-earnings-preview/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>athletic accessories</category><category>athletics</category><category>earnings</category><category>earnings preview</category><category>footware</category><category>forecasts</category><category>Nike</category><category>NKE</category><category>UBS</category><category>upgrades</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Fowlkes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nike Posts Better-Than-Expected Q1 Earnings]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/09/23/nike-posts-better-than-expected-q1-earnings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/09/23/nike-posts-better-than-expected-q1-earnings/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/09/23/nike-posts-better-than-expected-q1-earnings/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/after-the-bell/" rel="tag">After the Bell</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/major-movement/" rel="tag">Major Movement</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/earnings-reports/" rel="tag">Earnings Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/forecasts/" rel="tag">Forecasts</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/good-news/" rel="tag">Good news</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/nke/" rel="tag">NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE)</a></p><p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="Nike First Quarter Earnings Report" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2009/12/nike_logo-240.jpg" />Shares of athletic footwear and accessories giant Nike Inc. (<a class="inlinked" href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/quotes/nike-inc/nke/nys">NKE</a>) are trading up nicely in <a class="inlinked" href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/glossary/After-Hours%20Trading,AHT">after hours trading</a> after the company posted <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/rtn/pr/nike-inc-reports-fiscal-2011-first-quarter-results/rfid370217653/?channel=pf">better than expected results </a>for its fiscal first quarter this afternoon following the <a class="inlinked" href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/glossary/Market%20On%20Close,MOC">market close</a>.</p>
<p>Going into today's earnings report, analysts had been expecting to see the company post $1.01 per share, but Nike outpaced estimates with a reported $1.14 per share.</p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/09/23/nike-posts-better-than-expected-q1-earnings/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Nike Posts Better-Than-Expected Q1 Earnings</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/09/23/nike-posts-better-than-expected-q1-earnings/">Nike Posts Better-Than-Expected Q1 Earnings</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/09/23/nike-posts-better-than-expected-q1-earnings/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/19646458/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/09/23/nike-posts-better-than-expected-q1-earnings/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>athletics</category><category>earnings</category><category>earnings reports</category><category>inthenews</category><category>Mark Parker</category><category>Nike</category><category>NKE</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Fowlkes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nike Hopes to Score with Its Q4 Earnings Report]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/06/22/nike-hopes-to-score-with-its-q4-earnings-report/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/06/22/nike-hopes-to-score-with-its-q4-earnings-report/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/06/22/nike-hopes-to-score-with-its-q4-earnings-report/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/international-markets/" rel="tag">International Markets</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/earnings-reports/" rel="tag">Earnings Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/forecasts/" rel="tag">Forecasts</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/products-and-services/" rel="tag">Products and Services</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/competitive-strategy/" rel="tag">Competitive Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/marketing-and-advertising/" rel="tag">Marketing and Advertising</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/nke/" rel="tag">NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE)</a></p><img hspace="4" height="171" width="257" vspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="nike soccer ball" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2010/06/nikesoccerball.jpg" />After Wednesday's market close, Nike, Inc. (<a class="inlinked" href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/quotes/nike-inc/nke/nys">NKE</a>), the world's largest athletic shoe and accessory maker, is going to get its chance to impress Wall Street when it reports <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/211293-earnings-preview-nike?source=feed">its fiscal fourth quarter results</a>.<br />
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Analysts are expecting to see the company announce earnings of $1.05 per share, verses $0.99 during the same period last year.<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/06/22/nike-hopes-to-score-with-its-q4-earnings-report/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Nike Hopes to Score with Its Q4 Earnings Report</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/06/22/nike-hopes-to-score-with-its-q4-earnings-report/">Nike Hopes to Score with Its Q4 Earnings Report</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:20:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/06/22/nike-hopes-to-score-with-its-q4-earnings-report/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/19526741/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/06/22/nike-hopes-to-score-with-its-q4-earnings-report/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>adidas</category><category>athletics</category><category>earnings</category><category>earnings preview</category><category>forecasts</category><category>Nike</category><category>NKE</category><category>soccer</category><category>soccer shoes</category><category>sports</category><category>world cup</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Fowlkes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nike Jumps Following Strong Earnings Report]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/17/nike-jumps-following-strong-earnings-report/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/17/nike-jumps-following-strong-earnings-report/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/17/nike-jumps-following-strong-earnings-report/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/after-the-bell/" rel="tag">After the Bell</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/major-movement/" rel="tag">Major Movement</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/international-markets/" rel="tag">International Markets</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/earnings-reports/" rel="tag">Earnings Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/forecasts/" rel="tag">Forecasts</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/good-news/" rel="tag">Good news</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/china/" rel="tag">China</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/marketmatters/" rel="tag">Market Matters</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/nke/" rel="tag">NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/japan/" rel="tag">Japan</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2009/12/nike_logo-240.jpg"  alt="" />Shares of athletic giant Nike, Inc. (<a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/quotes/nike-inc/nke/nys">NKE</a>) are up over 3% in after hours trading after the company posted <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/rtn/pr/nike-inc-reports-fiscal-2010-third-quarter-results/rfid310011313/?channel=pf">better than expected earnings</a> for its fiscal third quarter this afternoon.<br />
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As we noted in our <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/16/nike-third-quarter-earnings-preview/">earnings preview</a> last night, analysts had forecast earnings of $0.89 per share for the quarter. Fueled by a 7% increase in sales during the quarter, Nike was able to outpace estimates and earn $1.01 per share. This marks the 11th straight quarter that Nike has been able to post better than expected quarterly earnings.<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/17/nike-jumps-following-strong-earnings-report/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Nike Jumps Following Strong Earnings Report</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/17/nike-jumps-following-strong-earnings-report/">Nike Jumps Following Strong Earnings Report</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/17/nike-jumps-following-strong-earnings-report/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/19404211/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/17/nike-jumps-following-strong-earnings-report/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>athletic shoes</category><category>athletics</category><category>AthleticShoes</category><category>China</category><category>earnings</category><category>featured</category><category>inthenews</category><category>Japan</category><category>Nike</category><category>NKE</category><category>revenues</category><category>sales</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Fowlkes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nike Third Quarter Earnings Preview]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/16/nike-third-quarter-earnings-preview/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/16/nike-third-quarter-earnings-preview/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/16/nike-third-quarter-earnings-preview/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/after-the-bell/" rel="tag">After the Bell</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/earnings-reports/" rel="tag">Earnings Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/forecasts/" rel="tag">Forecasts</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/marketmatters/" rel="tag">Market Matters</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/scandals/" rel="tag">Scandals</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/nke/" rel="tag">NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/recession/" rel="tag">Recession</a></p><img width="207" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="166" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2010/03/nike-swoosh.png" />Athletic foot ware and accessories giant Nike Inc. (<a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/quotes/nike-inc/nke/nys">NKE</a>) will be reporting its <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9EF93O80.htm">fiscal third quarter results</a> tomorrow after the market closes.<br />
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Going into tomorrow's earnings report, analysts are expecting the company to report $0.88 per share, down 11.1% from the same period last year. <br />
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The economic downturn hit the company's sales, but last quarter it stated that it was starting to see a turnaround in sales and consumer sentiment. Wall Street will be looking for further signs that sales are starting to improve for company.<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/16/nike-third-quarter-earnings-preview/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Nike Third Quarter Earnings Preview</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/16/nike-third-quarter-earnings-preview/">Nike Third Quarter Earnings Preview</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/16/nike-third-quarter-earnings-preview/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/19402179/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/16/nike-third-quarter-earnings-preview/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>athletics</category><category>earnings</category><category>earnings forecast</category><category>earnings previews</category><category>EarningsForecast</category><category>EarningsPreviews</category><category>Nike</category><category>NKE</category><category>olympics</category><category>soccer</category><category>tiger woods</category><category>TigerWoods</category><category>world cup</category><category>WorldCup</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Fowlkes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nike Jumps on Stronger Than Expected Earnings]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/17/nike-jumps-on-stronger-than-expected-earnings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/17/nike-jumps-on-stronger-than-expected-earnings/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/17/nike-jumps-on-stronger-than-expected-earnings/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/after-the-bell/" rel="tag">After the Bell</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/major-movement/" rel="tag">Major Movement</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/earnings-reports/" rel="tag">Earnings Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/forecasts/" rel="tag">Forecasts</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/good-news/" rel="tag">Good news</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/marketmatters/" rel="tag">Market Matters</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/nke/" rel="tag">NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/recession/" rel="tag">Recession</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/financial-crisis/" rel="tag">Financial Crisis</a></p><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2009/11/nike-logo-200.jpg" alt="" />Shares of athletic giant Nike, Inc. (<a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/quotes/nike-inc/nke/nys">NKE</a>) are trading sharply higher after hours, following reporting <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/34466189/site/14081545">better than expected earnings</a> for its fiscal second quarter.<br />
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As we noted in <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/17/nike-earnings-preview-another-upside-surprise-for-q2/">our earnings preview</a>, analysts had been expecting the company to show earnings of 71 cents per share, but the company outpaced these estimates with a reported 76 cents during the quarter, on revenues of $4.4 billion.<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/17/nike-jumps-on-stronger-than-expected-earnings/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Nike Jumps on Stronger Than Expected Earnings</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/17/nike-jumps-on-stronger-than-expected-earnings/">Nike Jumps on Stronger Than Expected Earnings</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/17/nike-jumps-on-stronger-than-expected-earnings/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/19285877/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/17/nike-jumps-on-stronger-than-expected-earnings/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>athletics</category><category>earnings</category><category>earnings reports</category><category>EarningsReports</category><category>Nike</category><category>NKE</category><category>sports</category><category>Tiger Woods</category><category>TigerWoods</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Fowlkes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nike first quarter earnings results]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/29/nike-first-quarter-earnings-results/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/29/nike-first-quarter-earnings-results/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/29/nike-first-quarter-earnings-results/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/earnings-reports/" rel="tag">Earnings Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/good-news/" rel="tag">Good news</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/from-the-boards/" rel="tag">From the Boards</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/marketmatters/" rel="tag">Market Matters</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/nke/" rel="tag">NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE)</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="nike first quarter earnings" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2009/03/nike_160.jpg" />This afternoon, <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/nike-inc-cl-b/nke/nys">Nike Inc.</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/nike-inc-cl-b/nke/nys">NKE</a>) reported its fiscal first quarter numbers, and the company was able to put up <a href="http://www.streetinsider.com/Earnings/Nike+%28NKE%29+Reports+Q1+EPS+of+%241.04%2C+Beats+by+7c/4978588.html">better than expected earnings numbers</a>, but revenues came in slightly under expectations.<br /><br />As we noted in our <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/28/nike-q1-earnings-preview/">earnings preview yesterday</a>, analysts had been expecting to see the company show earnings of 97 cents per share, and the actual earnings figure was a bit higher at $1.04 per share. For the same period last year the company showed earnings of $1.03 per share.<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/29/nike-first-quarter-earnings-results/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Nike first quarter earnings results</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/29/nike-first-quarter-earnings-results/">Nike first quarter earnings results</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/29/nike-first-quarter-earnings-results/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/19178535/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/29/nike-first-quarter-earnings-results/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>after hours</category><category>AfterHours</category><category>apparel</category><category>athletics</category><category>earnings</category><category>good news</category><category>GoodNews</category><category>Nike</category><category>NKE</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Fowlkes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nike Q1 earnings preview]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/28/nike-q1-earnings-preview/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/28/nike-q1-earnings-preview/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/28/nike-q1-earnings-preview/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/international-markets/" rel="tag">International Markets</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/earnings-reports/" rel="tag">Earnings Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/forecasts/" rel="tag">Forecasts</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/products-and-services/" rel="tag">Products and Services</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/china/" rel="tag">China</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/marketmatters/" rel="tag">Market Matters</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/nke/" rel="tag">NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/recession/" rel="tag">Recession</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/financial-crisis/" rel="tag">Financial Crisis</a></p><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/nike-inc-cl-b/nke/nys"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="nike earnings preview" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2009/09/nu-nike-logo-160.gif" />Nike Inc.</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/nike-inc-cl-b/nke/nys">NKE</a>) will get its chance to impress Wall Street when it reports its most recent quarterly results Tuesday following the market close. The company will be reporting its fiscal first quarter numbers, and analysts are expecting <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jbcfEVvHGgpTFBFxCetSSEj_fE8wD9B0E9301">slightly lower numbers</a> that its first quarter last year.<br /><br />The giant in sports apparel and footwear last reported earnings back on June 24 when it was able to outpace analyst estimates, and this time around analysts are looking for the company to show earnings of 97 cents per share. In its first quarter last year, the company reported earnings of $1.03 per share.<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/28/nike-q1-earnings-preview/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Nike Q1 earnings preview</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/28/nike-q1-earnings-preview/">Nike Q1 earnings preview</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:40:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/28/nike-q1-earnings-preview/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/19176921/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/09/28/nike-q1-earnings-preview/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>apparel</category><category>athletics</category><category>China</category><category>currencies</category><category>dollar</category><category>earnings</category><category>earnings preview</category><category>EarningsPreview</category><category>Nike</category><category>NKE</category><category>shoes</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Fowlkes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nike (NKE) jumps after hours following Q1 earnings]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/09/24/nike-nke-jumps-after-hours-following-q1-earnings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/09/24/nike-nke-jumps-after-hours-following-q1-earnings/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/09/24/nike-nke-jumps-after-hours-following-q1-earnings/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/after-the-bell/" rel="tag">After the Bell</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/earnings-reports/" rel="tag">Earnings Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/good-news/" rel="tag">Good news</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/from-the-boards/" rel="tag">From the Boards</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/nke/" rel="tag">NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE)</a></p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.thestreet.com/_aol/story/10439176/1/nike-beats-profit-estimates.html?cm_ven=AOL&amp;cm_cat=Free&amp;cm_pla=Feed&amp;cm_ite=Feed&amp;puc=aol"><img hspace="4" border="0" align="right" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2008/09/nikeswoosh.gif" /></a>Shares of sports shoes and apparel giant <a target="_blank" href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/nike-inc/nke/nys">Nike</a> (NYSE: <a target="_blank" href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/nike-inc/nke/nys">NKE</a>) are trading up over 5% after hours today, following <a target="_blank" href="http://www.thestreet.com/_aol/story/10439176/1/nike-beats-profit-estimates.html?cm_ven=AOL&amp;cm_cat=Free&amp;cm_pla=Feed&amp;cm_ite=Feed&amp;puc=aol">strong earnings for its fiscal first quarter</a>. <br /><br />As I noted in my <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/09/22/nike-nke-first-quarter-earnings-preview/">earnings preview</a> earlier this week, Wall Street was looking for 92 cents earnings per share for Nike's first fiscal quarter. The company surprised to the upside with a reported EPS of $1.03 a share. While this is down year-over-year from the $1.12 EPS it reported last year in the first quarter, it was still a good quarter considering the current economic environment.<br /><br />Revenues grew nicely for Nike in the quarter, up a very respectable 17% to $5.4 billion. This also came in above analyst estimates of $5.19 billion.<br /><br />One aspect of the company's overall business I discussed in the preview was that last quarter the company was able to overcome weak U.S. sales numbers by posting strong growth in international markets. This quarter, too, a weak U.S. dollar has helped boost sales in India and Asia, in particular China, where the recent summer Olympic games were held.<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/09/24/nike-nke-jumps-after-hours-following-q1-earnings/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Nike (NKE) jumps after hours following Q1 earnings</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/09/24/nike-nke-jumps-after-hours-following-q1-earnings/">Nike (NKE) jumps after hours following Q1 earnings</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:47:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/09/24/nike-nke-jumps-after-hours-following-q1-earnings/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1323773/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/09/24/nike-nke-jumps-after-hours-following-q1-earnings/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>apparel</category><category>athletics</category><category>earnings</category><category>earnings surprises</category><category>EarningsSurprises</category><category>inthenews</category><category>Nike</category><category>NKE</category><category>sportswear</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Fowlkes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nike (NKE) gearing up for summer Olympics]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/04/08/nike-nke-gearing-up-for-summer-olympics/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/04/08/nike-nke-gearing-up-for-summer-olympics/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/04/08/nike-nke-gearing-up-for-summer-olympics/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/international-markets/" rel="tag">International Markets</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/other-issues/" rel="tag">Other Issues</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/products-and-services/" rel="tag">Products and Services</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/consumer-experience/" rel="tag">Consumer Experience</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/competitive-strategy/" rel="tag">Competitive Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/marketing-and-advertising/" rel="tag">Marketing and Advertising</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/china/" rel="tag">China</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/nke/" rel="tag">NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/politics/" rel="tag">Politics</a></p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/faraz27989/157709625/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2008/04/nike_swoosh.jpg" alt="" /></a>With this year's summer Olympics just around the corner, athletic outfitter <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/nike-inc-cl-b/nke/nys">Nike Inc.</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/nike-inc-cl-b/nke/nys">NKE</a>) unveiled its <a href="http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/nike-unveils-olmpic-products/n20080408010409990004">new Olympic products</a> yesterday.<br /><br />While Nike has never really embraced the concept of being a sponsor for the Olympics, it prides itself on being an outfitter for the competing athletes. This year there will be thousands of Olympic hopefuls from over a hundred companies that will be sporting the famous "Nike Swoosh" on themselves for millions of watchers to see.<br /><br />Nike will definitely leave its own footprint all over this summer's Olympic games. For the first time ever, BMX will be an Olympic medal sport, and the new Nike gear for the sport is being heralded by Nike's global director for action sports, John Martin, as the "illest BMX product ever." I honestly thought the word "illest" vanished from the vocabulary around the same time as <a href="http://www.rundmcmusic.com/" target="_blank">Run-DMC</a>; guess I was wrong. But I will definitely look forward to seeing the "illest" BMX gear ever, Nike definitely got my attention on that one!<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/04/08/nike-nke-gearing-up-for-summer-olympics/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Nike (NKE) gearing up for summer Olympics</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/04/08/nike-nke-gearing-up-for-summer-olympics/">Nike (NKE) gearing up for summer Olympics</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/nike-unveils-olmpic-products/n20080408010409990004>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/04/08/nike-nke-gearing-up-for-summer-olympics/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1161427/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/04/08/nike-nke-gearing-up-for-summer-olympics/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>athletes</category><category>athletics</category><category>China</category><category>human rights</category><category>HumanRights</category><category>inthenews</category><category>Nike</category><category>NKE</category><category>Olympics</category><category>shoes</category><category>sports</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Fowlkes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money Losers of 2007: Marion Jones is last out of the blocks]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/21/money-losers-of-2007-marion-jones-is-last-out-of-the-blocks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/21/money-losers-of-2007-marion-jones-is-last-out-of-the-blocks/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/21/money-losers-of-2007-marion-jones-is-last-out-of-the-blocks/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/competitive-strategy/" rel="tag">Competitive Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/scandals/" rel="tag">Scandals</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/business-of-sports/" rel="tag">Business of Sports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/headline-news/" rel="tag">Headline News</a></p><p><img alt="Marion Jones " hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2007/12/money-losers-200-marion-jones-cs121707.jpg" align="right" vspace="4" border="1" />Could there be any worse fate for an Olympic level athlete than to be stripped of their statistics and medals? Yes, there could be worse things. Just ask former Olympic track star <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Jones">Marion Jones</a> which is worse, losing your medals or being forced to tell your mother you have to sell her house.</p>
<p>Are these professional quality athletes really so stupid as to believe that if they get pinched for using banned <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/search/?q=performance%20enhancing%20drugs">performance enhancing drugs</a> they'll get away with just a slap on the wrist? I don't think it's that simple. I'm sure that Marion Jones knew what she was doing was seriously wrong and I feel certain that she knew if she got busted, the truth would come with a very high price. Now, amid all the investigations and scandal, she's finding out just how high priced skirting the truth can really be.</p>
<p>For her misdeeds, Marion Jones has been required to forfeit all five of her medals from the 2000 summer <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/tag/Olympics/">Olympics</a> and has been told to repay approximately $700,000 of her prize money. All of her standings and statistics beginning at September 1, 2000, shall be red-lined in the record books and her medals from other competitions have been taken away also.<br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/21/money-losers-of-2007-marion-jones-is-last-out-of-the-blocks/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Money Losers of 2007: Marion Jones is last out of the blocks</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/21/money-losers-of-2007-marion-jones-is-last-out-of-the-blocks/">Money Losers of 2007: Marion Jones is last out of the blocks</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:10:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/11/23/jones.annulled.ap/index.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/21/money-losers-of-2007-marion-jones-is-last-out-of-the-blocks/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1064286/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/21/money-losers-of-2007-marion-jones-is-last-out-of-the-blocks/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>athletics</category><category>doping</category><category>integrity</category><category>investigation</category><category>Marion-Jones</category><category>medal</category><category>money-laundering</category><category>Olympics</category><category>scandal</category><category>steroids</category><category>Sydney</category><category>the clear</category><category>track-and-field</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Sattler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:10:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
