Amgen profits leap in third quarter
Shares of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen climbed past the $117 mark in after-hours trading Oct. 22 as third-quarter results blew through analyst forecasts with profits rising 24 percent. The world’s biggest biotech company reported a profit of $1.37 billion, or $1.79 per share, on revenue of $4.75 billion. Analysts were forecasting revenue of $4.6 billion and Read More →
Ceres loses $9.3M, missing estimates
Thousand Oaks-based agricultural biotech firm Ceres’ third-quarter net loss widened to $9.3 million, or 38 cents per share, on revenue of $1.4 million, it said July 11. The energy crop firm attributed the higher loss to added expenses from expanding business operations in Brazil and higher-than-expected variability in how much fuel its crops can produce. Read More →
Deckers shares plummet as Q1 earnings drop 87%
Shares of Goleta-based Deckers Outdoor Corp. plunged 8.6 percent on Friday as the Ugg boot parent reported first-quarter earnings were a fraction of what they had been a year earlier. Deckers said first-quarter profits were $1 million, or 3 cents per share, compared to $8 million, or 20 cents per share, a year earlier. The Read More →
Semtech sets sales record, shares soar
[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NASDAQ:SMTC” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”06-09-2012″ enddate=”06-03-2013″ width=”300″ height=”245″] Camarillo-based Semtech beat analyst expectations for revenue and profits for its most current fiscal year and raised its sales prediction for the next quarter, sending shares up more than 11 percent in after-hours trading. Semtech said its full-year revenue came to $578.8 million, up 20.4 percent Read More →
Deckers earnings dropped 36% in 2012
Shares of Deckers Outdoor Corp. shot up 7.4 percent in after-hours trading as the Goleta firm predicted 2013 revenue will increase 7 percent over last year’s levels. Deckers earned $98 million in the fourth quarter, a 22.9 percent decline over a year earlier. Diluted earnings per share were $2.77 compared to $3.18 a year earlier, Read More →
Limoneira predicts sales gains after profits dip
Santa Paula-based Limoneira Co. said fourth-quarter revenue jumped sharply but that it experienced a decline in profit because of expenses for Sheldon Ranch, a new 1,000-acre lemon and citrus leasehold that is expected to be profitable in 2013. The company said it expects strong results from those lemon and citrus in 2013, when it also Read More →
