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The company also cut its guidance below analyst expectations.
While Kroger offered full-year earnings guidance below analysts' expectations, it did not appear to curtail investors' enthusiasm.
But the number of Standard & Poor's 500 companies that have issued earnings guidance below consensus analyst estimates is running higher than normal.
A look at the performance of companies that have reported their earnings and given guidance shows that trimming the future earnings outlook -- or just giving guidance below Wall Street forecasts for the quarters ahead -- can offset what was otherwise a strong earnings announcement.
McCormick Reports In-Line Q1 EPS, Guidance Below Estimates.
VMware is off 18% after issuing second-quarter revenue guidance, below the Street's call.
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But it forecast full-year guidance just below expectations.
It also issued third-quarter profit guidance significantly below Wall Street's expectations.
Wholesale retailer Costco trimmed its second-quarter guidance substantially below the consensus estimate of 70 cents a share and said it will not provide a forecast for the rest of the year, due to the uncertain consumer spending environment.
Transportation company Ryder System threw a curve at the market, issuing first-quarter guidance well below the Street's estimates and warning that the weak economic environment is likely to continue for the remainder of 2009.
The department store chain's shares dropped $2.54, or 2.9%, to $83.81 after the retailer released fourth-quarter earnings Thursday morning and said that first-quarter guidance was below expectations.
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