* Donaldson Company, Inc.(NYSE:DCI) is estimated to report quarterly
earnings at $0.60 per share on revenue of $725.39 million.
Share prices normally go up when
earnings exceed market expectations but when
earning results disappoint investors, stocks usually decline on profit-taking.
Previous literature documents that managers tend to round their reported
earnings and revenues upwards to achieve key reference points represented by N x [10.sup.k] (1) (Carlsaw, 1988; Thomas, 1989; He et al., 2013).
Net operating earnings(1) were $22.8 million and operating
earnings per share(1) were $0.52 for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2017; these operating results exclude $1.4 million in after-tax merger-related costs and $6.3 million in nonrecurring tax expenses related to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Tax Act").
For example, if the number of short-ter m workers increases, the total hours worked for all part-time workers decreases, and thus even if hourly wages are increasing, the total cash
earnings may decrease.
In its recent report, Markaz said Qatar's corporate
earnings fell by 11% in the first half of this year (H1, 2016).
"The gap between estimates for the year ahead and actual
earnings is now the widest since 2009," Kleintop warned in a report on Monday.
(http://www.ibtimes.com/stock-market-update-uncertainty-plagues-outlook-stocks-earnings-go-full-swing-2351392) Quarterly
earnings reported by companies in the Standard and Poor's 500-stock index have dropped in each quarter since the final months of 2014.
Earnings from real estate came in at $3.7 billion recording a growth of 44.5 per cent (YoY).
Earnings surge 33.5 per cent in first nine months of 2014; banks drive Dubai's 55.5 per cent leap to $5.1 billion
(NASDAQ: PEBK), the parent company of Peoples Bank, has reported third quarter and year to date
earnings results.