For year and years, investors would look to Alcoa for the unofficial start of earnings season. Now, with the aluminum giant hived off and taken down from the Dow Jones 30, Alcoa reports quarterly earnings within the general population of most publicly-traded companies.
Which brings us to the first of the major airlines to report this season — Delta Air Lines (DAL - Free Report) beat estimates on both top and bottom lines: 96 cents per share topped the Zacks consensus of 90 cents, while revenues of $10.47 billion surpassed the $10.39 billion expected. Top-line growth was up while unit costs were down in the quarter.
Delta is the only major U.S. airline to not carry the beleaguered (and grounded) 737 MAX. So while we see guidance cut by Delta competitors like American (AAL - Free Report) , Delta looks healthy going forward as well. The latest crash of the Boeing (BA - Free Report) 737 MAX in Ethiopia happened during the back end of Q1, so the extent of relative strength for Delta — or rather, the lack of strength for Delta’s competitors — may yet to be seen.
Shares of DAL are up on the news this morning by more than 2%. The airline has grown 14% year to date, which is slightly below the S&P 500 overall. And the commercial airline remains off all-time highs the company enjoyed late November last year.
CPI In-Line at +0.4%
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March came in as expected at +0.4%, compared to the unrevised +0.2% reported last time. Stripping out volatile food and energy prices, this number dwindles to +0.1%, lower than the +0.2% expected. Year over year CPI bumped up 10 basis points to 1.9%.
A cursory glance points to price growth most prominently coming from gasoline and Transportation overall. These numbers are subject to wider swings report over report; overall, inflation appears to be around the Fed’s target 2%.
Real Average Earnings for March went to +1.3% year over year, and +1.3% weekly year over year. These reads are cooler than in the last report, which is consistent with slowing wage growth demonstrated by last week’s March non-farm payroll figures.
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It’s a little-known chemical company that’s up 65% over last year, yet still dirt cheap. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.
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For year and years, investors would look to Alcoa for the unofficial start of earnings season. Now, with the aluminum giant hived off and taken down from the Dow Jones 30, Alcoa reports quarterly earnings within the general population of most publicly-traded companies.
Which brings us to the first of the major airlines to report this season — Delta Air Lines (DAL - Free Report) beat estimates on both top and bottom lines: 96 cents per share topped the Zacks consensus of 90 cents, while revenues of $10.47 billion surpassed the $10.39 billion expected. Top-line growth was up while unit costs were down in the quarter.
Delta is the only major U.S. airline to not carry the beleaguered (and grounded) 737 MAX. So while we see guidance cut by Delta competitors like American (AAL - Free Report) , Delta looks healthy going forward as well. The latest crash of the Boeing (BA - Free Report) 737 MAX in Ethiopia happened during the back end of Q1, so the extent of relative strength for Delta — or rather, the lack of strength for Delta’s competitors — may yet to be seen.
Shares of DAL are up on the news this morning by more than 2%. The airline has grown 14% year to date, which is slightly below the S&P 500 overall. And the commercial airline remains off all-time highs the company enjoyed late November last year.
CPI In-Line at +0.4%
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March came in as expected at +0.4%, compared to the unrevised +0.2% reported last time. Stripping out volatile food and energy prices, this number dwindles to +0.1%, lower than the +0.2% expected. Year over year CPI bumped up 10 basis points to 1.9%.
A cursory glance points to price growth most prominently coming from gasoline and Transportation overall. These numbers are subject to wider swings report over report; overall, inflation appears to be around the Fed’s target 2%.
Real Average Earnings for March went to +1.3% year over year, and +1.3% weekly year over year. These reads are cooler than in the last report, which is consistent with slowing wage growth demonstrated by last week’s March non-farm payroll figures.
Zacks Names "Single Best Pick to Double"
From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
It’s a little-known chemical company that’s up 65% over last year, yet still dirt cheap. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.
This company could rival or surpass other recent Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Boston Beer Company which shot up +143.0% in little more than 9 months and NVIDIA which boomed +175.9% in one year.
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