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Global Trade And Logistics Bellwether UPS Misses Top and Bottom Line, Cuts Forecast
UPS, traditionally considered one of the legacy bellwether, came out with earnings. And they were ugly. The company missed both the top and bottom line, with the revenue coming at $13.35 billion, below expectations of $13.7 billion, and EPS at $1.15 on expectations of $1.17. This merely confirms what those who did not have their head in the sand in Q2 knew all along: without Europe, global trade stalls every time. But it was the outlook cut that was the cherry on top: "The company’s performance was mixed during the second quarter,” said Kurt Kuehn, UPS’s chief financial officer. "The results in the U.S. Domestic and Supply Chain and Freight segments were partially offset by the weakness in International. “As we look toward the second half of the year, customers are more concerned as greater uncertainty exists. Additionally, economic growth expectations have come down,” Kuehn continued." China bull take note: "Revenue was $3 billion as the segment remains under pressure due to weaker global economies and reductions in exports from Asia." Going back to Kuehn: "Consequently, we are reducing our guidance for 2012 diluted earnings per share to a range of $4.50 to $4.70, an increase of 3%-to-8% over 2011 adjusted results.” The firm's previous guidance was $4.75-$5.00, with sellside consensus of $4.82. Somehow we fail to see how the Q3 and Q4 renaissance, which is so critical to meet the S&P target of over 100 in earnings, will happen. Actually scratch that: it won't. Expect reality to slam stocks head on some time in Q3 as the realization that the air out of the US corporate juggernaut has come out, courtesy of a sliding EUR and surging USD. Or at least until the Chairman has something to say about it.
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Gigantic earnings misses are...transitory. As are free markets, representative republics, and human rights.
Long live gigantic corporations!
Conclusion: SHORT AMZN
Gigantic Corps are people too!
If you have an earnings miss, you didn't do that. Someone else made that happen...
We'll find out later that iPad shipments have fallen off a cliff.
iPads are quickly becoming a commodity.
Huh? Everybody knows that Samsung makes the best iPad.
I should have said tablets.
Oh they have already started talking down AAPL earnings - users are not buying iPhones because they are waiting for iPhone 5
But my stock broker says US not affected that much from european problems, I fired my broker 2008
Also the baltic dry...and shipping rates...all down...it will be interesting to see how the Governments can skew the numbers this time...in the end ..everyone will own the Swiss 2 year......but it will only be good for 1 year...by then you will be out of money...lol
Long way to Chicago from the Baltic.
yungman,
can you point me to a place where I can track the BI? I have seen it's relavance in articles on ZH but not found a good way to observe it.
regards
sorry for the mis-spell on the name youngman
Aren't we susposed to elect the person that can do something about it? Well Obama can't do shit and fuck Bernanke I did not vote for him either.
"What's that brown all over you?"
You've been drafted by UPS.
Not mentioned are fuel costs too. There's no way all that's being passed on to the customer...then again...
oh well, no worries. Our lean, efficient and nimble USPS will pick up any slack.
so? you know romney has money..and bush and cheney and romney are white...and and and....racism. thats about it until the truth dept of lies gives me more FACTS
"The company missed both the top and bottom line, with the revenue coming at $13.35 billion, below expectations of $13.7 billion, and EPS at $1.15 on expectations of $1.17."
EPS estimates for UPS were $1.21 as of 90 days ago, and they were revised downward several times prior to the latest release of earnings. If UPS had actually beaten $1.17, the MSM whores would probably have thrown a ticker tape parade. Imagine that...
Dollar up = fewer dollars for UPS to book as revenue and profits back home in the U.S. Same for other multinationals.
Must not be flying as many iphones and ipads from China in those 747s. So what does that bode for AAPL?
UPS has probably stopped delivering to the cities in China built by the communist government that no one lives in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPILhiTJv7E
These estimates are made by analysts, right? Why is it that the company is seen as not meeting expectations instead of the analysts made a mistake?
Because analysts are just crunching numbers based on growth figures, pe ratios, etc.
http://pragcap.com/one-reason-why-blogs-are-growing-in-influence
Oh noes! The Libertarians, and the free thinking liberals, with their gall of the use of their own free thought!
Right, there are no conspiracies only rogue traders and lone gunmen and soon lone dronemen.
UPS, FED Ex a big deal and a tell on where we are headed. Going down.
1936. J. Stalin is spending his evenings happily smoking his pipe and going over his list and picking out who´s to be shot and who´s going to the Gulag. That´s communism and we spent grillions to get rid of that.
2012. Obammy is spending his evenings happily chilling with a toke and going over his list and picking out who´s to be rubbed out on the other side of the world by drone. That´s democracy and we´ve spent grillions to defend that.