Foot Locker’s turnaround is starting to bear some fruit. The sneaker giant saw comparable sales decline 1.8% during its fiscal first quarter, far better than the 3.1% drop-off that analysts expected, according to StreetAccount. The company also reaffirmed its fiscal year guidance, which projects sales to be between a 1% decline and a 1% gain,…
Best Buy on Thursday missed Wall Street’s quarterly sales expectations but stressed higher profits and lower costs as softer demand for consumer electronics continues. Shares of the retailer gained 13% Thursday. The retailer beat on earnings per share and stuck by its full-year forecast. It expects revenue to range from $41.3 billion to $42.6 billion…
A Monzo debit card being used at a payment terminal. Monzo Monzo, the British digital challenger bank, on Monday reported its first full year of profitability. The fintech startup said in annual financial results that its pre-tax profits totaled £15.4 million ($19.6 million) in its 2023-2024 fiscal year, swinging to the black from a £116.3…
Wall Street saw much to like in Costco ‘s earnings report last Thursday, as customers flocked to the warehouse club’s stores and website. Costco’s earnings per share for its fiscal third quarter came in at $3.78, topping the $3.70 expected from analysts polled by LSEG. Revenue was $58.52 billion versus the $58.07 billion consensus estimate.…
Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, appears on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2024. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Salesforce shares plummeted as much as 17% in extended trading on Wednesday after the cloud software vendor reported weaker-than-expected revenue and issued guidance that trailed Wall Street’s…
A Citi Bike docking station outside the Nordstrom flagship store in New York on Feb. 21, 2024. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nordstrom on Thursday fell short of Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations as its off-price chain Rack outperformed the rest of its stores. Despite the earnings miss, the Seattle-based department store operator…
MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria. Scott Mlyn | CNBC MongoDB stock sank as much as 26% in extended trading on Thursday after the database software maker issued light guidance for the quarter and reduced its forecast for the full fiscal year. Here is how the company did, compared to the LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: 51…
Ulta Beauty on Thursday laid out plans to boost sales and gain market share after a first-quarter sales slowdown. Comparable sales, a metric that tracks Ulta stores open at least 14 months along with online sales, increased 1.6% year over year, a stark slowdown from the same period a year earlier when Ulta reported comparable…
A Gap store in New York, US, on Monday, May 27, 2024. Gap Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on May 30. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gap posted positive comparable sales at all four of its brands on Thursday, leading the apparel giant to raise its full-year guidance as CEO Richard Dickson’s…
Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, speaking at the Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 27, 2024. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images Dell reported first-quarter earnings on Thursday that beat analysts’ estimates for earnings and sales, as the company has emerged as one of the top vendors for…
