Walmart(NYSE: WMT) announced a revenue drop of 0.7% and a net income fall of 9.2% for fiscal year 2016. Diluted EPS fell 9.5% to $4.57 from $5.05 in 2015. US sales went up 3.6% while Sam’s Club and international sales fell 2.1% and 9.4% respectively. US comparables store sales declined 0.5% in 2016 compared to a decline of 0.1% in 2015.
Express Scripts (NASDAQ: ESRX) reported a marginal revenue increase of 0.9% for 2015. However, net income rose 22.8% as a result of reductions in selling, general and administrative expenses. Consequently, diluted EPS climbed 34.8% to $3.56 from $2.64 the previous year. Network revenues fell 3.4% whereas service, home delivery and specialty, and other revenues rose 26.1%, 11.4% and 5.7% respectively.
Priceline (NASDAQ: PCLN) recorded a 9.3% revenue increase and a 5.4% net income surge for fiscal year 2015. Diluted EPS rose 8.3% to $49.45 from $45.67 in 2014. The revenue growth was driven by agency revenues (up 11.7%) and advertising & other revenues (up 49.5%) but checked by merchant revenues (down 4.7%).
T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) posted an 8.4% rise in revenue for the fiscal year 2015. Net income rose 196.8% as a result of reductions in losses on the disposal of spectrum licenses and declines in the cost of goods sold. Consequently, Diluted EPS increased 173.3% to $0.82 from $0.30 the previous year. Postpaid customer additions were 4.5 million in 2015 compared to 4.9 million in 2014.
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