Sentence examples for forecast first from inspiring English sources

Let's look at a few reasons to be skeptical about the "consensus" forecast: First, not everyone subscribes to it.

By making their manual forecast first, these veterans kept their skills sharp, unlike the pilots on the Airbus 330.

Catering group Compass added 12p to £11.86 following an upbeat trading update which forecast first half revenue growth of 5.5%.

They'll have to do it again - at least, I hope they do because it would be a must-buy record - but they'll have to check the weather forecast first.

House broker Singer Capital Markets said: "We forecast group sales growth of 6.2% in the first half alongside gross profit growth of 2.8%, driven predominantly by the UK retail division where we forecast first half sales growth of 7%.

Elsewhere catering group Compass is up 11p at £11.85 after it forecast first half revenues would rise by around 5.5%, with a return to growth in Europe and Japan and strong demand in North America.

Analysts forecast first-quarter profit of 89 cents a share on sales of $538.6 million.

The company forecast first-quarter earnings of 52 to 58 cents a share.

The company forecast first-quarter revenue of $190 million to $210 million, above analysts' estimates of $170.85 million.

The company forecast first-quarter profit that missed analysts' estimates after an increase in imports and domestic production.

Separately, Healtheon forecast first-quarter revenue would exceed $62 million, up from $33 million in the fourth quarter of 1999.