SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd <005930.KS> said on Thursday it expects fourth-quarter profit to fall due to weak server chip demand and rising smartphone competition, after posting its best quarterly operating profit in two years in the third quarter.
Reported pretax profit for Europe's biggest bank by assets came in at $3.1 billion for the quarter ended Sept. 30, down from $4.8 billion in the same period a year earlier
Weathering impact of localised lockdowns, it managed to grow its net sales by 10.2 per cent during the quarter to Rs 3,525 crore
Net profit margin for the nine months was 8.0%, versus 8.7% over the same period a year earlier, Huawei said
The company, which follows January-December financial year, had posted a profit of Rs 595.27 crore in the July-September quarter a year ago
"Our teams delivered solid third-quarter results that exceeded our expectations despite pandemic-related impacts in significant portions of the business," Intel CEO Bob Swan said in a statement
Daimler said its adjusted EBIT rose to 3.479 billion euros ($4.11 billion) in the quarter, up from 3.14 billion euros in the year-earlier period
The company, which follows January-December financial year, had clocked a net profit of Rs 533.85 crore in the year-ago period, Ambuja Cements said in a BSE filing
The company also upgraded its full-year core profit margin target to 15.1%-15.4% from 14.5%-15.0% previously, and confirmed its aim to increase this to around 17% by 2022
For the first nine months of the year, Nestle's organic sales grew by 3.5%, compared to analysts' average estimate for 2.8%, according to a company-supplied consensus
Snapchat saw its daily active user base jump to touch 249 million, from 238 million in last quarter, as the company registered a 52% increase in revenue at $679 million in its third quarter
The robust Q3 operating performance that was ahead of expectations is driving upgrades in earnings and target prices
However, executives said passengers are starting to return and bookings for Thanksgiving and Christmas are looking up
Johnson & Johnson boosted revenue slightly and doubled its third-quarter profit, mainly due to a $4 billion charge for litigation costs in the year-ago quarter. The health care giant blew past Wall Street expectations and raised its financial forecast for the year. Meanwhile, the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based company disclosed late Monday that it had to temporarily pause its huge, late-stage study of a potential COVID-19 vaccine due to an unexplained illness in a study participant. Such pauses are not unusual in big studies, and it's unknown whether the participant one of 60,000 planned for the global study got J&J's shot or a placebo. The world's biggest maker of health care products on Tuesday reported net income of $3.55 billion, or $1.33 per share, up 103% from $1.75 billion, or 66 cents per share, in 2019's third quarter. Excluding one-time gains and expenses, adjusted net income was $5.87 billion, or $2.20 per share, up from $5.67 billion, or or $2.12 per share, a ...
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's <005930.KS> September-quarter profit likely surged more than a third, fuelled by strong smartphone sales and a rush order of memory chips from Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL], analysts said.
Samsung is expected to report strong third-quarter earnings as its mainstay semiconductor business remained solid despite a decline in memory prices
Adidas said its sales were flat for the second quarter in China, where it saw double-digit growth in May and June
California-based company posted iPhone revenues of $26.42 billion, $4 billion above analyst expectations
The company's total revenue rose 2.1 per cent to $141.67 billion, missing the estimate of $142.49 billion
The company had posted a loss of Rs 238 crore in the same period a year ago