Sentence examples similar to slightly beats from inspiring English sources

Both slightly beat their earnings-per-share forecasts.

The results slightly beat Wall Street projections of $1.24 a share, according to First Call/Thomson Financial.

For its third quarter, the company announced earnings that slightly beat analysts' expectations.

Revenue rose 7percentto to $7.5 billion, slightly beating analysts' forecasts of $7.44 billion, according to Thomson First Call.

The revenue and net income, at 66 cents a share, slightly beat the expectations of Wall Street analysts.

[C18.] Ebay said profits rose 28percentt in the first quarter and revenues topped $1 billion, slightly beating analyst expectations.

Among other retailers, BJ's Wholesale Club's third-quarter profit rose 24percentt, slightly beating Wall Street expectations.

Facebook posted revenue that slightly beat forecasts, and it said 14 percent of its advertising revenue came from ads on mobile devices.

Then companies report earnings that slightly beat the lowered forecasts, said Chuck Hill, research director at the First Call Corporation, a Boston firm that compiles analysts' projections.

The Compaq Computer Corporation reported a 37percentt jump in its profit for the fourth quarter today, slightly beating Wall Street expectations, amid a 23percentt increase in sales.

The results slightly beat the expectations of analysts surveyed by the First Call Corporation of 68 cents a diluted share in the quarter.