2 Solid Earnings Reports - Foster Wheeler (FWLT) and FTI Consulting (FCN)
Trader Mark (May 7th, 2008) Writes:
Knock on wood but we continue a strange streak of no major earnings blowouts from the myriad fund holdings. I had reduced both positions going into earnings to reduce risk, but looks like both came through quite well.
As opposed to Huron Consulting (HURN) which we sold out of yesterday, peer FTI Consulting (FCN) just continues to execute quarter after quarter; beat estimates and raise guidance - par for the course for these guys. All the drivers that should be driving HURN are in fact driving FCN. All this earnings growth even with a large share count increase (nearly a quarter) - even more impressive.
Business advisory firm FTI Consulting Inc. said Wednesday its first-quarter profit more than doubled, surpassing Wall Street's expectations, as fallout from the subprime mortgage mess spurred strong revenue growth across all business segments.
For the three months ended March 31, the company reported income ...
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Advisory Firm, Business Segments, Consumer Durables, Corporate Finance, Current Market News, Downturn, Earnings Growth, Foster Wheeler, Fti Consulting Inc, FWLT, Health Care Sector, Quarter Profit, Quarter Revenue, Retail Consumer, Share Count, Share Results, Stocks to Watch, Strategic Communications, Subprime Mortgage, Technology Segment, Thomson Financial, Three Months Ended March


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