Five More Earnings Reports

Lots of earnings. Let’s start with Fiserv (FISV). For Q4, the company made $1.13 per share. That was a penny below expectations.

“2019 was a year of leadership and growth in which we took steps to transform an industry to better enable long-term, differentiated value for clients, associates and shareholders,” said Jeffery Yabuki, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fiserv. “We delivered strong financial results including our 34th consecutive year of double digit adjusted earnings per share growth.”

Fiserv earned $4.00 for 2019. The company sees 2020 earnings of $4.86 to $5.02 per share.

Cerner (CERN) made 75 cents per share for Q4. That beat by a penny. Cerner earned $2.68 per share for the year. For Q1, Cerner sees earnings of 69 to 71 cents per share. For 2020, they see $3.09 to $3.19 per share.

Disney (DIS) had another blow-out quarter. The company has signed up 26.5 million Disney+ subscribers. For Q4, Disney made $1.53 per share. That was nine cents more than expectations.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) doesn’t report until Thursday, but the shares dropped 7.5% today on news that it made an offer to buy eBay. The Wall Street Journal said the offer was worth more than $30 billion. As of now, there’s no deal.

AFLAC (AFL) earned $1.03 per share which beat estimates by one penny. Currency exchange added two cents per share. AFLAC also increased its quarterly dividend from 27 cents to 28 cents per share. This is their 37th annual dividend increase in a row.

For 2020, AFLAC is looking for earnings of $4.32 to $4.52 per share. That assumes an exchange rate of 109.07 yen to the dollar (which was the average for 2019).

Globe Life (GL) had Q4 operating income of $1.70 per share. That was two cents below estimates. For 2020, GL expects operating earnings of $7.03 to $7.23 per share. Wall Street had been expecting $7.18 per share. The stock made a new 52-week high today.

Posted by on February 4th, 2020 at 5:10 pm


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