CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

The apparel and footwear retailer also raised its full-year forecast and reported an unexpected rise in comparable store sales. in premarket trading after an unexpected return to profitability and better-than-expected sales. Williams-Sonoma reported better-than-expected sales and profit for its latest quarter.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Technology shares are leading losses after Facebook parent Meta Platforms surprised investors with a bigger-than-expected profit drop. billion profit in the recent quarter. Eli Lilly reported quarterly profit and revenue that beat forecasts. ConocoPhillips reported a $2.6 Chart of the Day.

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CFO Share

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Overly-Optimistic Forecasting (or the Absence of Forecasting) At the heart of the most common financial pitfalls is the unbridled optimism of an entrepreneur. This optimism, while crucial for taking risks and seizing opportunities, often clouds judgment, leading to expectations of big sales that remain forever on the horizon.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 11, 2023

billion in retail inventory losses in 2021 was not “attributable to organized retail crime.” retailers retracted its claim that “organized retail crime” accounted for nearly half of all inventory losses in 2021 after finding that incorrect data was used for its analysis.” No, “ nearly half ” of $94.5

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 26, 2022

in the premarket after its quarterly profit and revenue fell well short of estimates. CarMax earned 24 cents per share, compared with a consensus estimate of 70 cents, and its comparable used-vehicle sales were down 22.4% versus FactSet’s consensus forecast of a 16.9% Micron Technology (MU) – Micron shares fell 2.9%

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Disney — Shares of the media giant slid more than 11% after the company’s quarterly results missed Wall Street expectations on revenue and profit, as both its parks and media divisions underperformed estimates. after the company reported another quarterly loss as operational costs increased. AMC Entertainment — Shares dropped 9.8%

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

after the company reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss and said its production would remain on track despite supply chain snafus. Bumble – Shares of the company known for its dating platforms added 10% even after Bumble issued a weak current quarter revenue forecast and missed expectations. from 14.9%. Source link.

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Profit and Loss Pharmaceutical Forecasting Valuation 130

CFO News Room

JANUARY 28, 2023

Paco Freire/Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Intel — The chipmaker suffered a 9% loss in its shares in early morning trading after its latest financial results missed analysts’ estimates and showed significant declines in the company’s sales, profit and gross margin.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 27, 2023

Intel — The chipmaker saw its shares drop nearly 7% after its latest financial results missed analysts’ estimates and showed significant declines in the company’s sales, profit and gross margin. The company also forecasted a loss for the current quarter. per share, according to Refinitiv.

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Profit and Loss Forecasting Manufacturing Marketing 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Abercrombie & Fitch – Shares of the retail stock jumped 19% after the apparel retailer beat Wall Street’s revenue forecasts for the third quarter and posted unexpected quarterly profit. Dick’s raised its full-year financial forecast as well. Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Costco – Shares of retailer Costco shed nearly 6% after the company reported softer-than-expected sales figures for November that could signal a weak consumer heading into the holiday shopping season. The company announced that sales in November rose 5.7% Analysts had anticipated a loss of 24 cents for the quarter.

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Centage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

During turbulent times, your business can forecast and do scenario planning for the future with our forecasting and scenario planning tools at Centage. What Is Financial Forecasting? It is important to keep a forecast up to date as forecasting further out increases the chance of inaccuracies.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Pfizer said strong demand for its older drugs helped offset a drop in sales of its Covid-related products. SoFi – The fintech company jumped 10% on the back of a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss and revenue that exceeded analysts’ forecasts. following its report of quarterly profit that was above expectations.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Are media buyers burning through budgets at the last minute just to preserve them for a better shot next year, or will the ad rebound collectively help recoup 2020 losses with holiday sales? billion, while ad sales at YouTube shot up 32 percent to $5 billion.”. billion, while profits jumped 29 percent to $7.84

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

Same-store sales and earnings both clocked in under analyst estimates, and net losses grew to $62 million, or 20 cents per share, from the $56 million, or 18 cents per share, reported in the same time frame last year. Losses were expected, albeit lower ones. Same-store sales, however, were down 1.3 Penney Company, Inc.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 24, 2022

A new merchandising leader undertook a review of brand profitability and saw that the company was actually losing money on its La Perla sales. The company debated whether it was worth carrying a brand that consistently created losses. It does not involve any forecasting models, AI/ML methods, or prescriptive advice.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2020

But as the coronavirus crisis spread outside of mainland China and became a worldwide phenomenon in the final few weeks of quarter, Starbucks’ earnings took a sharp hit, which is likely to deepen in Q3, according to Starbucks’ current forecasts. billion in revenue. in the waning weeks of Q2.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

According to the data, DoorDash got 33 percent of all food delivery sales in the U.S. With Grubhub’s latest earnings report out (and showing wider-than-expected losses), it doesn’t seem too far of a stretch to suspect that sales talk will do another run through the rumor mill this week. billion forecast.

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Centage

APRIL 19, 2022

Without a comparison between your forecasted income and expenses and your company’s actual income and expenses, you have no way of knowing whether you are on track, doing better than expected, or falling behind. Your budget is a forecast and a flexible plan. Profit: Your company’s revenue minus expenses is its profit.

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Centage

AUGUST 29, 2022

As the country moves out of the crisis period and toward recovery, companies need to abandon earlier forecasting methods based on old information on customer demand. Instead, business leaders should craft new scenario plans that include a wide range of variables from inventory to sales, expenses to capital availability.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

forecast pre-release. For the quarter to come, Amazon is forecasting net sales to come in between $75 billion and $81 billion, which would put its year-on-year growth between 18 percent and 28 percent. That pick-up, however, will be offset largely by an operating loss range of $1.5 per share, notably before the $6.25

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Cube Software

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Understanding break-even analysis Break-even analysis is a fundamental financial tool used to determine the point at which sales will cover all fixed and variable costs, resulting in neither profit nor loss. At its core, this analysis revolves around three primary components:

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2018

After reporting a weaker forecast and higher losses, JCPenney saw its shares fall more than 27 percent. 16) after it revealed that it expected its losses per share for the year to be between 80 cents and $1 – worse than a previous forecast, which ran from a loss of 7 cents to a profit of 13 cents.

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Jedox Finance

AUGUST 10, 2022

Operating cash flow/net sales. Earnings are not cash – they occur when a sale or expense is made. It is possible for an organization to have significant earnings and profit in a given quarter but, due to a delay in payment, still be in a negative cash flow position. Operating cash flow/net sales. Types of cash flow.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

First quarter profits of $3.6 per share that analysts were forecasting. That is also a bit of a drop-off from a year ago, when sales grew 47 percent YOY. Physical store sales, largely dominated by Whole Foods , grew 1 percent to $4.3 billion, though it fell beneath analyst forecasts of $4.39 billion, or $7.09

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

According to official filings, Amazon posted a slight loss in its early Australian days. That run-up, when they were spending money in-nation without actually selling anything there, was when it racked up a modest loss around AU$9 million (US$6.6 million in retail sales, just a piece of the AU$26.3 billion in quarterly profit.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

billion forecast for this year. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the 2017-2022 forecast period is 37.3 IDC is already seeing that organizations using these technologies to drive innovation are benefitting in terms of revenue, profit and overall leadership in their respective industries and segments.” ”

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Centage

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Every company wants to know about variances as soon as they occur so they can either exploit unexpected opportunities or take steps to mitigate losses. That means a company’s functional heads – VP of Sales, Customer Care, Operations – also need the ability to run reports that monitor how their departments are performing.

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Fpanda Club

JULY 24, 2022

They tend to avoid losses and prefer to keep the things as they are rather than invest in risky innovation. However, firm’s competitors continue to make their investments, including innovation, which will probably put pressure on prices, sales volumes and market shares. which will be part of the allowable cost.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The share sale comes on the heels of a separate block trade, where 6.25 In recently reported Uber statistics, the company said it has turned its focus to cutting losses and becoming profitable. million shares crossed at 39.78 after the market closed on Monday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. percent in a day.

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CFO Share

MAY 22, 2024

Small businesses have three key financial reports: the balance sheet the income statement (aka profit and loss statement) the cash flow statement A statement of retained earnings is a fourth report common for large, public corporations, but isn’t as useful for small businesses. Investors won’t have confidence in your business.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2017

million, up 118 percent, and total gross profits were $9.7 Caravana reported a net loss of $38.4 Looking to the second quarter, Caravana expects more unit and revenue growth from used cars, as well as total gross profit per unit improvement. million, a rise of 146 percent compared with a year ago. million in the quarter. “We

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Jedox Finance

JANUARY 19, 2023

When a plan is done right, it instills a culture of decisiveness, improves the ability to serve the changing needs of customers, and boosts profitability. This is a tremendous drag on accountability and decision-making, and can negatively affect productivity, profitability, and team morale. That is the power of Superplännen.

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Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In making their earnings judgments and revisions, analysts draw on many sources, including: The company’s history/news : With the standard caveat that the past does not guarantee future results, analysts consider a company’s historical trend lines in forecasting revenues and earnings.

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

I profited mightily on that investment, but I sold too soon , when Tesla's market capitalization hit $150 billion, and just before COVID put the company on a new price orbit. billion on revenues of $95.9 of the company's revenues in 2022 to 6.2% in the twelve months ending September 2023.

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VCFO

MARCH 17, 2023

That’s because inventory is a key driver of several profit & loss (P&L) statement components, from revenue all the way down to net profit. How much is being charged to cost of sales? What is the percentage of the cost of sales to revenue? How much inventory is being carried on the balance sheet?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2016

In India, ShopClues, the eCommerce play that plies its trade in what are known as tier-two and tier-three cities, has said that it looks to be EBITDA-profitable within the next year (EBITDA is sometimes used as a rough proxy for cash flow). That would stand in stark contrast to the losses incurred by eCommerce peers such as Flipkart.

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