Uniqlo owner’s shares slump after Q1 net profit falls 9.1%
Fast Retailing Co. shares 9983, -7.95% fell sharply Friday morning after its first-quarter net profit dropped 9.1% from a year earlier due to higher costs and weaker sales in China. The shares were recently 6.9% lower at 74,340 yen after falling as much as 7.1% earlier. The owner of Uniqlo said that net profit for […]
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing reports record net profit and revenue on chip demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said Thursday that fourth-quarter net profit rose to a new record thanks to growing demand for high-speed computing and better margins. The world’s largest contract chip maker 2330, +0.41% TSM, +0.63% said net profit for the quarter ended Dec. 31 rose 78% from a year earlier to 295.90 billion Taiwan dollars […]
JD Sports Fashion sees 2023 profit at the higher end of expectations after stronger Christmas sales
JD Sports Fashion PLC said Wednesday that it expects to report fiscal 2023 adjusted pretax profit toward the top end of market expectations after it booked a strong performance during the Christmas period. The sports-and-fashion retailer JD, +6.42% said that for the fiscal year ending Jan. 28 it expects to report adjusted pretax profit in […]
The holiday PC market stunk for everyone except Apple, report says
A sharp drop in global shipments of personal computers in the holiday quarter wrapped up a year of such declines, but Apple Inc. reportedly suffered the least. Global PC shipments fell 28.1% to 67.2 million units in the fourth quarter from a year ago, research firm International Data Group reported Tuesday. All manufacturers except for […]
Inari Amertron falls after report that Apple plans to drop broadcom chip
Shares of Inari Amertron Bhd. fell as much as 8.9% in early trade following a report that Apple Inc. plans to cease using some parts from major chip suppliers, including Broadcom Inc., by 2025. Shares of the Malaysia’s leading outsourced semiconductor assembly and test provider 0166, -5.71% dropped to 2.57 ringgit (59 U.S. cents) on […]
Look for a big cut to TSMC’s 2023 outlook as a bullish sign for chips, one analyst says ahead of earnings
The best thing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. can do in its earnings report Thursday is to cut its outlook for 2023 big, indicating a bottoming in the first half of the year, according to one analyst Monday. TSMC TSM, +3.87% is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday at 1 a.m. Eastern Time. Needham analyst […]
Swiss National Bank estimates it’ll record $143 billion loss
The Swiss National Bank on Monday estimated it will lose 132 billion francs ($143 billion) for 2022, reportedly the largest in its history. The central bank, which unlike most others is an active investor in stock markets, said it’s estimating a 131 billion franc loss on foreign currency positions, and a 1 billion loss on […]
XPeng stock just misses a record selloff, snaps 5-day win streak
The U.S.-listed shares of XPeng Inc. plunged Friday to snap a five-day win streak, as price cuts by Tesla Inc. in China soured sentiment toward China-based electric vehicle makers. The stock XPEV, -15.04% was down as much as 17.2% at its intraday low of $9.85, before recovering slightly to close down 15.04% at $10.11. It […]
Macy’s stock slides as holiday lulls weigh on sales forecast and execs predict difficulties into 2023
Shares of Macy’s Inc. slid as much as 8% in after-hours trading on Friday after the department-store chain gave a more downbeat forecast on its fourth-quarter sales, with management citing big “lulls” in the holiday-shopping season and saying customers would likely feel the squeeze from inflation into next year. The chain issued the sales and […]
Why Snowflake shares can survive a tough winter, according to Wells Fargo
Snowflake Inc. shares have dropped almost 60% over the past 12 months amid concerns about software valuations as well as the outlook for consumption-based software companies in a choppier economic environment, but Wells Fargo’s Michael Turrin thinks that the data-warehousing name can still thrive. He initiated coverage of Snowflake’s SNOW, +1.55% stock with an overweight […]