January 16, 2023 by leslie
first quarter, Walgreens Boots Alliance
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DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) posted first quarter sales and earnings that topped analysts’ forecasts. WBA reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.16, surpassing the expected $1.14. Revenue for the three-month period ended November 30 was $33.38 billion, ahead of the projected $32.84 billion. Walgreens’ front-end sales grew 0.8%, with same-store sales rising
January 5, 2023 by MMR
first quarter, Walgreens, WBA
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DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance posted first quarter sales and earnings that topped analysts’ forecasts. WBA reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.16, surpassing the expected $1.14. Revenue for the three-month period ended Nov. 30 was $33.38 billion, ahead of the projected $32.84 billion. Walgreens’ front end sales grew 0.8 percent, with same-store sales
July 26, 2022 by MMR
2022 first quarter, Albertsons, first quarter
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BOISE, Idaho — Albertsons Cos. reported top and bottom line gains for its fiscal first quarter, and raised its outlook for the year. The company said Tuesday that identical sales increased 6.8% for the quarter, which ended June 18. Digital sales increased 28%, and net income increased about 8.1%, to $484.2 million, or $0.84 per
June 23, 2022 by MMR
first quarter, Q1, Rite Aid
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PHILADELPHIA — Rite Aid on Thursday reported a narrower first quarter loss and more revenue than analysts had expected. The company’s adjusted loss per share of 60 cents for the period ended May 28 was smaller than Wall Street’s consensus projection of a7 0 cents loss. Sales of $6.01 billion beat the predicted $5.7 billion.
May 26, 2022 by MMR
Dollar Tree, Dollar Tree president and CEO Michael Witynski, first quarter
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CHESAPEAKE, Va.— Dollar Tree reported a 43.2% increase in net income, to $536.4 million for the first quarter ended April 30. Diluted earnings per share for the quarter increased 48.1% to a first-quarter company record $2.37, compared to $1.60 in the prior year’s quarter, the company said Thursday. Consolidated net sales increased 6.5% to $6.90
May 23, 2022 by MMR
Ahold Delhaize, first quarter
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ZAANDAM, Netherlands — Ahold Delhaize said its global retail portfolio reported sales growth of 8.3% in its first quarter as food-at-home consumption continued to prove resilient. Sales benefited from recent store acquisitions as well as favorable currency rates; at constant exchange rates, net sales increased 3.6% in the period to April 3. Net sales at
May 17, 2022 by MMR
first quarter, Walmart
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Walmart posted mixed results for the first quarter of fiscal 2023. Adjusted earnings per share for the three months ended April 30 were $1.30, well short of the $1.48 that analysts had forecast. The company said inflation hurt the bottom line. Revenue beat analysts’ estimates, rising 2.4% to $141.57 billion. Wall Street
May 4, 2022 by MMR
CVS Health, first quarter
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health reported strong first quarter results, topping analysts’ forecasts for revenue and earnings. Total revenue for the period ended March 31 climbed 11.2% from the year-ago quarter to $76.8 billion, driven by growth across all segments. Wall Street had estimated revenue of $75.3 billion. Adjusted earnings per share rose 8.8% to
May 2, 2022 by MMR
first quarter, Publix
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LAKELAND, Fla. — Publix reported sales of $13.2 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2022, a 13.5% increase from $11.7 billion in 2021. Comparable store sales for the three months ended March 26 increased 11.7% over the prior-year period. Net earnings for the quarter were $618 million, a decline of 58.7% versus the prior
January 17, 2022 by MMR
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DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance’s (WBA’s) first quarter sales and profits topped Wall Street’s expectations, and its own. Customers flocking to stores for COVID vaccines and tests helped drive a 7.8% increase in sales, to $33.9 billion, for the three-month period ended November 30. That easily topped analysts’ prediction of $32.7 billion. Adjusted earnings
December 10, 2021 by MMR
Costco, first quarter, Q1, results
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ISSAQUAH, Wash. — Costco Wholesale Corp. reported strong sales gains in the first quarter of fiscal 2022, which ended on November 21. Net sales for the first quarter increased 16.7%, to $49.42 billion, up from $42.35 billion in the same quarter last year. Comparable sales in the United States increased 14.9% (9.9% when the effects
June 17, 2021 by MMR
first quarter, Kroger, Kroger CFO Gary Millerchip, Kroger chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen
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CINCINNATI — Kroger on Thursday reported first-quarter results that beat analysts’ expectations. The retailer also raised its guidance for the year and announced a new $1 billion share repurchase plan. “Kroger is even better positioned to connect with our customers than we were prior to the pandemic as a result of our relentless focus on