Bill Barrett Fourth Quarter Earnings Call
Mar 04, 7:11 AM EST |
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| Income fell 77% from $11 million or 25 cents a share in 2006 year to $2.5 million or 6 cents a share, on dry hole costs, depreciation and depletion. |
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| The gas and oil exploration firm reported a 20% increase in revenues to $109 million from $91 million in the prior year on increased production, despite lower prices. The firm also continued to see efficiency improvements in drilling costs, completion, optimization and significant improvement in LOE during the year, as a direct result of the commitment toward utilization of the right technologies and management practice to maximize cost efficiencies. |
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The Home Depot Fourth Quarter Earnings Call
Mar 04, 7:07 AM EST |
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| Sales increase by 2% to $17.7 billion, from $17.4 billion in the prior year due to the positive impact of an extra week. |
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| The retailer reported earnings of $671 million or 40 cents a share, down 28% from $925 million or 42 cents a share in 2006, as the slowing housing environment significantly impacted comparable sales. The firm is maintaining a cap on the $22.5 billion recapitalization plan, until there is stabilization in the business and the credit markets. It also piloted a new distribution concept, will be rolling it out to lower costs, increase asset efficiency and improve the customer experience. |
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Autodesk Fourth Quarter Earnings Call
Mar 04, 2:50 AM EST |
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| The earnings were $96.5 million or 40 cents per share as against $96.4 million or 40 cents per share in the prior year. |
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| The leading maker of design software reported revenue of $599.1 million, an increase of 20% over the prior year. While the revenue from EMEA region increased 38%, the revenue from Americas grew only by 2%. During the quarter, the firm shipped nearly 46,000 commercial seats of its 3D products. In Q4, Autodesk acquired three companies - Robobot, Hanna Strategies and Carmel Software - for $49 million. For fiscal 2009, Autodesk expects revenue in the range of $2.425 and $2.475 billion. |
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Sun Microsystems Second Quarter Earnings Call
Mar 04, 2:44 AM EST |
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| Quarterly GAAP net income rose to $260 million or 31 cents per share, compared with $133 million, or 15 cents per share, in the last year quarter. |
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| The technology developer reported second quarter total revenues of $3.615 billion, an increase of 1.4% from $3.566 billion in the last year quarter. Sun Microsystems, as part of its growth strategy, has acquired MySQL and expects to complete the transaction in the third quarter. In Q2, the company bought back 36.7 million ordinary shares, valued at $750 million. The firm reaffirmed the low to mid single digit revenue growth guidance for fiscal 2008. |
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TheStreet.com Fourth Quarter Earnings Call
Mar 03, 10:33 AM EST |
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| Net income rose 19% to $4.7 million or 16 cents per share, from $4 million or 14 cents a share in 2006 on revenue growth. |
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| The financial information portal reported 38% growth in revenue to $19.9 million, as marketing services revenue increased 99% to $9.5 million. The purchase of Bankers Financial Products, Rate-Watch and BankingMyWay and a recent launch of MainStreet all represent a bright line for the company in terms of expansion beyond the focus on the investing and financial news space. |
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Pfizer Fourth Quarter Earnings Call
Mar 03, 10:25 AM EST |
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| Net income of $2.9 billion or 42 cents a share, decreased 70% due to the one-time gain related to the sale of the Consumer Healthcare business in 2006 |
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| The pharmaceutical company reported a 4% increase in revenues to $13.1 billion, compared with $12.6 billion the year ago quarter, despite Norvasc loss of U.S. exclusivity, which contributed to a $666 million decrease in Norvasc revenues. The firm has significantly streamlined the organization, reducing layers and increasing spans of control. It also entered into several alliances to develop new drugs. |
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The Coca-Cola Company Fourth Quarter Earnings Call
Mar 03, 5:41 AM EST |
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| Earnings rose 79% to $1.2 billion or 52 cents a share from $678 million or 29 cents a share in 2006 driven by strong volume growth. |
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| The beverage firm reported revenue growth of 24% to $7.3 billion from $5.93 billion in 2006, due to increases in concentrate sales, structural changes related to bottler acquisitions, and a favorable impact from pricing and mix. The firm continued to benefit from the diversity of its geographic reach and also the breadth of the product portfolio. International operations continued to be the primary driver of growth as volume performance exceeded long-term growth target in every quarter of 2007. |
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Kohl’s Fourth Quarter Earnings Call
Mar 03, 4:26 AM EST |
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| The earnings were $411.7 million or $1.31 per share as against $484.6 million or $1.48 per share in the prior year period. |
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| The department store chain reported revenue of $5.5 billion, a marginal increase of 0.7% from the prior year while the same store sales fell 4%, reflecting decreases in average transaction value of 1.3% and transactions per store of 2.7%. Kohl’s, which witnessed very broad acceptance of all three of its new brand introductions, proposes to launch a series of brand sin fiscal 2008 as well. For fiscal 2008, the firm assumes EPS in the range of $3.15 to $3.50, on sales growth of 5% to 8%. |
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