forecast
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The German armaments giant lowered its revenue forecast due to the cancellation, with revenue for the year now expected to fall between 13.7 billion and 14.2 billion euros.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Japanese company maintained its annual sales forecast of 16.5 million Switch 2 consoles, despite reporting a decline in quarterly sales to 3.82 million units due to a high base a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal forecast an 83,000 increase in new jobs in July, up from 57,000 in June.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
German industrial giant Siemens on Thursday raised its profit outlook for the second time this year after a quarter boosted by AI spending, but its shares plunged after the forecast fell short of investors' hopes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
“I don’t think it’s really going to rain much. Weather forecast for this afternoon said mostly sunny.”
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
Adjusted EPS of $8.38 were also ahead of forecasts for $6.01 a share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization rose to $142.3 million, up from $140 million, but below forecasts of $150.9 million, per FactSet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
It forecasts a final dividend of 13.5 U.S. cents a share, about 8% above consensus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Revenues rose 6.8 percent to $25.2 billion, a bit under analyst forecasts.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Love comes to mind, immediately, and it surprises him like a lightning bolt on a day with clear forecasts.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
That has the ironic consequence of increasing the forecasted return of the stock market relative to the bond market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Analysts forecasted revenue of $1.18 billion, according to FactSet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
They concluded that “the consensus view of $178 appears to underestimate peak EPS relative to our forecasted distribution of outcomes.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
NATS, the UK's air traffic control service, said "weather disruption was expected to continue through the rest of the day" after "forecasted severe weather across the south east of England".
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Because if I didn’t beat Elliot in this, he would go on to the next level of the Academy, and I’d be left behind, waiting for whatever awful future the letter forecasted to come true.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Analysts are forecasting $1.12 billion in revenue and 61 cents a share in adjusted earnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Adjusted earnings per share came in at $1.02, ahead of the 87 cents that analysts were forecasting.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Asked about Greece's fire-weather forecasting and early-warning systems, Giannaros said significant progress had been made in recent years.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
The maker of Crest toothpaste and Pantene shampoo also gave a soft outlook for the current fiscal year, forecasting profit and sales below Wall Street’s expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Against his bleak forecasting is set my mother’s cheerfulness, in retrospect profoundly willed.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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