A sign hangs on the front of an Olive Garden restaurant on June 22, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olsen | Getty Images Darden Restaurants on Thursday reported weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings and revenue as sales weakened at Olive Garden and its fine dining restaurants. “While we fell short of our expectations for the first quarter, … Read more
It was a solid quarter for the companies in our stock portfolio, with the bulk of our names reporting what we felt were good-to-great earnings reports. Continued economic growth on the back of a resilient consumer and increasing business confidence ahead of what most expect to be a lower interest rate environment helped drive the … Read more
Signage at a Lululemon store in New York, US, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. Lululemon Athletica Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on August 29. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lululemon missed Wall Street’s fiscal second-quarter sales expectations and lowered its guidance Thursday after it botched a highly anticipated product launch and … Read more
People walk into a Best Buy store in a Brooklyn mall on August 29, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Best Buy raised its fiscal-year profit guidance Thursday after exceeding earnings and revenue expectations for the most recent quarter. The retailer now expects to see full-year adjusted earnings per share in … Read more
Salesforce chair and CEO Marc Benioff speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 18, 2024. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images Salesforce shares rose 4% in extended trading on Wednesday after the business software maker reported robust fiscal second-quarter results that beat estimates and raised its full-year profit outlook. The … Read more
Signage outside a Nordstrom Rack retail store in New York on Aug. 25, 2022. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nordstrom on Tuesday posted earnings that blew past Wall Street’s expectations, indicating the department store is making strides in its efforts to cut costs and boost efficiencies. Though the Seattle-based retailer posted earnings per … Read more
It appears more investors are eyeing dividend stocks ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision in September. Paul Baiocchi of SS&C ALPS Advisors thinks it is a sound strategy because he sees the Fed easing rates. “Investors are moving back toward dividends out of money markets, out of fixed income, but also importantly toward … Read more
Customers arrive at a Cava restaurant in New York City on June 22, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Cava on Thursday raised its full-year outlook as its restaurants reported strong traffic, fueling better-than-expected quarterly earnings and revenue. Shares of the company rose 7% in extended trading. The stock has more than doubled its value this … Read more
TJX Companies raised its full-year guidance on Wednesday after posting another quarter of strong sales, but its outlook still fell just short of Wall Street’s expectations. The discounter behind Marshalls, HomeGoods and TJ Maxx is now expecting full-year earnings to be between $4.09 and $4.13, compared with estimates of $4.14, according to LSEG. For the … Read more
A logo on the headquarters of Hargreaves Lansdown Plc in Bristol, UK, on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — British investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown said on Friday it had agreed to a takeover offer equivalent to £5.4 billion ($6.9 billion) by a group of investors including CVC Group. Abu … Read more
