estimates
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Revenue totaled $4.84 billion, below analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.86 billion.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
These calculations are useful, but they are estimates rather than certainties.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
AutoZone reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $38.07 per share, exceeding estimates, but revenue of $4.84 billion missed forecasts.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
In the year that ended last June, census estimates show, the Midwest gained slightly more people from the rest of the country than it lost—about 16,000—reversing perennial losses that topped 175,000 as recently as 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Indeed, it is the same figure provided by Las Casas, patron saint of High Counters, foremost among the old Spanish sources whose estimates Henige spends many pages discounting.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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