Posts Tagged ‘growth’

The earnings beat was nice, but the real story in JP Morgan's second quarter results was the impressive revenue growth.

Operating profit in the U.S. did decline 28 percent, but profits were up 25 percent in China leading to a strong earnings beat.

New CEO Larry Page needs to show investors and Wall Street that he (and Google) can still deliver impressive results.

Better than expected revenue growth is a welcome sign for Alcoa, but earnings came in below Wall Street's expectations.

Strong global demand for aluminum is likely to push Alcoa’s quarterly results above expectations this quarter and the company looks to be positioned for a strong second half of the year.

Investors are expecting a strong quarter from IBM with double-digit earnings growth anticipated.

While Costco appears to be seeing improvement in their operating margins, we feel that severe weather that blanketed much of the nation over the last few weeks could limit any upside surprise.

Netflix continues to offer one of the more compelling growth stories in the market today with revenue growth rates that are accelerating.

Amazon has established itself as the face of ecommerce and has delivered impressive growth despite the severe economic recession.

Investors should be encouraged that IBM’s management team is openly optimistic that these strong earnings performances will continue this quarter and into 2010.