Q2 earnings

Global logistics provider Agility (DFM: AGLTY) reported a 20 percent increase in net profit for the second quarter of 2019. However, the company reported a more modest rise in revenues.  Sulaibiya, Kuwait-headquartered Agility has a range of businesses in air, ocean and road freight, logistics...

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) released strong earnings for the second quarter of 2019, injecting a dose of positive news into a worrisome economic situation. As the world's largest retailer, the company is often seen as a bellwether for the overall retail landscape. Walmart posted adjusted earnings per...

Earlier today in Europe, Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller–Maersk reported a massive increase in second quarter underlying profit and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization. Revenues also "grew slightly," the shipping mega-conglomerate said. Maersk today reported slight...

Evergreen Marine Corp. (TWSE:2603) reported a second quarter 2019 gross profit of nearly 3.7 billion New Taiwan Dollars (NTD), or about US$118.6 million, compared to about 109 million NTD in the second quarter of 2018. The company's results were reported on the Taiwan Stock Exchange EMOPS system....

Hyundai Merchant Marine (011200.KS), South Korea's largest container carrier, said it had an operating loss in the second quarter of 2019 of 112.9 billion won (about $93 million at the current exchange rate of about 1,215 won to the U.S. dollar), a decrease from the 199.8 billion won loss reported...

If YRC Worldwide, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: YRCW) second-quarter results could talk, they would tell investors and shippers to give them the benefit of the doubt. But after a disappointing quarter, an equity price that's down nearly 80 percent in the past 12 months, and a model that has destroyed untold...

Euronav (NYSE: EURN) reported a loss that was slightly lower than expected, despite the ongoing weakness in oil tanker rates. The tanker company expects demand and rates to rise toward the end of 2019. Euronav reported a net loss of $0.18 per share. The forecast from Wall Street analysts had been...

After yesterday’s impressive comeback, global markets feel like they’re on better footing this morning with bond yields moving up. That doesn’t mean it’s OK to get complacent about possible aftershocks. The whiplash moves aren’t necessarily over, with volatility still...

Shortline operator Genesee and Wyoming (NYSE: GWR) reported an 8.7 percent decline in operating income in the second quarter of 2019 amid year-over-year declines in freight revenue from its Australian and European operations. Operating income for the second quarter of 2019 totaled $94.2 million,...

Many parents of Millennials gave their kids a lesson about the stock market: “Buy the things you know.” Transportation company Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE: UBER) is one a lot of Millennials know, and they’ve snapped up its shares enthusiastically since the company’s...

Expeditors International (NASDAQ: EXPD) reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2019 on the morning of August 6, before markets opened. Expeditors' earnings per share of $0.88 beat the Street's estimates of $0.80 (overall net earnings attributable to shareholders grew 9 percent...

Air Transport Services Group (NASDAQ: ATSG) registered double-digit growth in both adjusted earnings and revenues in the second quarter due to strong performances across its business segments. The Wilmington, Ohio-based cargo airline operator and leasing company reported on August 5 adjusted...

Second-quarter revenue for BNSF, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK), rose 0.3 percent despite lower volumes for agricultural products, consumer products and industrial products, the railroad's parent company said on August 3. BRK said BNSF's second-quarter revenues totaled $5.9 billion, a 0....

For the past several quarters, XPO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: XPO) has been consigned to the figurative "penalty box" by analysts who've seen its pristine track record, and its credibility, marred by consecutive subpar results that had not been expected. Judging by Wall Street's reaction August 2 to...

ExxonMobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) posted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.73 for the second quarter of 2019, handily beating analyst estimates of $0.68. This comes after the company fell short of earnings expectations last quarter, coming in over 23 percent short of estimates.  The company's...