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On A$ parity and dashed whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... per cent despite reporting a more than threefold increase in its third quarter profits. Reports say that while the actual EPS result of US$5.25 greatly exceeded market expectations of US$4.18 per share - it fell short of 'whisper' expectations of US$6.00. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... strong result from one of the US bellwether companies, this time JPMorgan. "It surpassed analysts' expectations in terms of EPS (earnings per share) and strong revenue growth from its investment banking division." Australia's big four banks benefitted ...

Perpetual buys Grosvenor

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... combination of $9 million cash and shares issued subject to earn outs over three years. The acquisition is expected to be EPS accretive in the 2010 financial year (net of acquisition and integration costs, and amortisation of purchased intangible assets). ...

Challenger FM down, CEO says goodbye

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... for some time to come," said Stevens. But Stevens said he is "confident" in Challengers' pursuit of generating double-digit EPS growth in the long term.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... bank St George decreased 75 cents, or 2.72 per cent to $26.80. Citigroup today slashed its fiscal 2009 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for local banks by up to 12 per cent, citing a vicious cycle of tightening global credit availability, slowing economic ...

MFS bumper year after restructure

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... Group which announced a net profit of $13.4 million for the year to 30 June 2007, beating its May 2007 earnings per security (EPS) forecast by 124 per cent. Excluding Fair Value Adjustments from the merger with Villa World, EPS beat full year forecasts ...

Equity Trustees' sunny forecast

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
... profit before tax in excess of $9.5 million. After tax, the latest forecast would mean a year-on-year earnings per share (EPS) increase of 54 per cent, or about 99Ac per share. After adding forecast profit on the sale of investments, reported before-tax ...

Suncorp bids for Promina and a national footprint

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
... Promina were "favourably disposed" to the offer and were keen to progress discussions. The acquisition was expected to be EPS accretive to Suncorp shareholders by year two. Suncorp shares have appreciated by around 20 per cent since the beginning of ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
... this earnings season of the 256 expected to report. Earnings per share grew by about 21 per cent over the year to June whilst EPS growth for the current financial year fell by about 3 per cent over the last quarter to now be at around 15 per cent.

Commonwealth banks on customer service and IT

... productivity improvements and increasing dividends, in line with our previous practice. We expect to achieve above market EPS growth, reflecting our superior position in the market." The announcement of the new strategy came after last week's management ...