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December 17, 2025BKR · Energy

Baker Hughes (BKR) 25Q3 Update

BKR reported 25Q3 GAAP diluted EPS of $0.61 vs. 24Q3’s $0.77 and my estimate of $0.66.  Net income was lower than expected due to transaction-related costs and a negative swing in the fair value of equity securities (Abu…

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July 25, 2025BKR · Energy

Baker Hughes (BKR) 25Q2 Update

BKR reported 25Q2 GAAP diluted EPS of $0.71 vs. 24Q2’s $0.58 and my estimate of $0.58.  Net income was higher than expected due mostly to lower SG&A expenses and a $130 million fair value gain from its equity…

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March 13, 2025BKR · Energy

Baker Hughes 24Q4 Update

BKR reported 24Q4 GAAP diluted EPS of $1.18 vs. 23Q4’s $0.43 and my estimate of $0.66.  Its net income was higher than expected due mostly to a large income tax benefit.  Operating income was 34% below my estimate,…

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October 27, 2024BKR · Energy

Baker Hughes (BKR) 24Q3 Update

BKR reported 24Q3 GAAP diluted EPS of $0.77 vs. 23Q3’s $0.51 and my estimate of $0.63.  Non-GAAP EPS was $0.67, compared with $0.42 last year and my estimate of $0.65.  Revenues of $6.9 billion rose 4.0% vs. 23Q3,…

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August 7, 2024BKR · Energy

Baker Hughes (BKR) 24Q2 Update

BKR reported 24Q2 GAAP diluted EPS of $0.58 vs. 23Q2’s $0.40 and my estimate of $0.47.  Non-GAAP EPS was $0.57 compared with $0.39 last year and my estimate of $0.48.  Revenues of $7.5 billion rose 13.1% vs. 23Q2,…

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May 15, 2024BKR · Energy

Baker Hughes (BKR) 24Q1 Update

BKR reported 23Q4 GAAP diluted EPS of $0.45 vs. 23Q1’s $0.57 and my estimate of $0.34.  Non-GAAP EPS was $0.43 compared with $0.28 last year and my estimate of $0.35.  Revenues of $6.42 billion rose 12.3% vs. 23Q1,…

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February 26, 2024BKR · Energy

Baker Hughes (BKR) 23Q4 Update

BKR reported 23Q4 GAAP diluted EPS of $0.43 vs. 22Q4’s $0.18 and my estimate of $0.43.  Non-GAAP EPS was $0.51 compared with $0.18 last year and my estimate of $0.47.  Revenues of $6.84 billion rose 15.7% vs. 22Q4,…

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October 27, 2022BKR · Energy

Baker Hughes (BKR) 22Q3 Update

BKR reported a 22Q3 GAAP net loss of $0.02 per share vs. 21Q3’s profit of $0.01.  Non-GAAP adjusted EPS was $0.26 vs. $0.16.  I had anticipated 22Q3 GAAP EPS of $0.18 and Non-GAAP EPS of $0.30.  BKR’s 22Q3…

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2021 Market Outlook – Part 2: S&P 500 Sector Analysis

2020 was of course dominated by the impact of the pandemic on the economy and specifically on the revenues and profits of each of the S&P 500 constituents.  There was a sharp stock market sell-off in March-April, followed…

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July 12, 2018ARCH · Energy

Arch Coal (ARCH) 18Q1 Update

2018 First Quarter Results. On April 26, Arch Coal reported disappointing 2018 first quarter results. Adjusted EPS for the quarter was $2.95, up from $2.82 last year, but behind the consensus forecast of $4.22.  Revenues declined 4.3% to…

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July 19, 2016ARCH · Energy

Coal Sector Update

The Dow Jones U.S. Coal Mining Sector Index has more than doubled so far this year, up 117.6% through July 15, obviously much better than the broader DJ US Total Market Index’s gain of 5.7%. Much of coal’s gains…

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