New homes for sale by Lennar home builders. Getty Images Lennar reported a better-than-expected profit on Wednesday, as cheaper mortgage rates led to higher demand for its homes. The No. 2 U.S. homebuilder’s shares rose more than 2% before the opening bell. The company said its orders, a key indicator of future revenue, rose 8.5%
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An employee works next to shoes on display inside the flagship store of sporting-goods giant Nike in Shanghai on March 16, 2017. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Nike on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings and sales that topped analysts’ expectations, as investments it’s made to sell more directly to customers showed signs of paying
Pedestrians cross a street in front of a Rite Aid store in Oakland, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Rite Aid’s stock surged by about 9% in pre-market trading Thursday after reporting better-than-expected earnings under new CEO Heyward Donigan. The pharmacy chain’s overall sales, however, fell short of analysts’ forecasts for its
A shopper makes a purchase at a Best Buy store in Corpus Christi, Texas. Eddie Seal | Bloomberg | Getty Images Best Buy is targeting $50 billion in revenue by fiscal 2025, the company announced Wednesday morning ahead of a meeting with investors in New York. The company also said in a press release it
Shoppers At Niketown Store In San Francisco. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nike‘s stock is on pace to open at an all-time high on Wednesday morning after hitting one in extended trading on Tuesday, on the heels of the company’s better-than-expected earnings report. Shares were last up nearly 6%, trading around $92.15.
A remote control is seen being held in front of a television running the Netflix application Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images Credit Suisse just joined a slew of analysts worried about Netflix‘s earnings. Shares of the streaming video giant turned negative for the year this week, prompting many Wall Street analysts including KeyBanc
Todd Haselton | CNBC Canada’s BlackBerry on Tuesday cut the top end of its current fiscal-year revenue forecast and posted lower-than-expected quarterly revenue, hit by weak demand for its software amid increasing competition. U.S.-listed shares of the company fell nearly 12% before the bell. Once known for its phones, BlackBerry has pivoted to selling software
General Mills’ Cheerios for sale on a store shelf. Lisa Baertlein | Reuters Cheerios maker General Mills Inc’s quarterly sales fell short of Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, hit by weak demand for its baking products and snacks in the United States and challenges in key emerging markets such as Brazil and India. The company,
Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe, attends a media event in Mumbai on May 3, 2017. Abhijit Bhatlekar | Mint | Hindustan Times | Getty Images Adobe shares fell as much as 4% on Tuesday after hours, as the company reported better-than-expected fiscal third quarter earnings and soft quarterly guidance. Here’s how the company did: Earnings:
Chewy shares fell 2% in extended trading Tuesday despite reporting a narrower-than-expected second quarter loss. The pet food and product retailer posted net sales of $1.15 billion, topping estimates of $1.13 billion, according to a survey of analysts by Refinitiv. Sales also grew 43% from last year. The company’s second quarter loss widened to $82.9