Instead of one satellite carrying every instrument, EPS-SG is likely to split the complement across two separate platforms.
The project has the rather ungainly codename at the moment of EPS-SG - but its technology promises to be cutting-edge.
Britain will be obliged to pay something approaching 300m euros for EPS-SG anyway as a member of Eumetsat, where it will be a mandatory programme.
However, as with the European Lunar Lander project I wrote about in my last posting, EPS-SG is having to compete for funds alongside a wide range of very worthy projects.
The same limitations described above regarding Google's use of non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating margin apply to our use of non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS. Management compensates for these limitations by providing specific information regarding the GAAP amounts excluded from non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS and evaluating non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS together with net income and EPS calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Blue Coat now sees non-GAAP EPS of 30-31 cents, below its previous target of 32-38 cents.
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We define non-GAAP EPS as non-GAAP net income divided by the weighted average outstanding shares, on a fully-diluted basis.
The company also said it now sees non-GAAP EPS of 53-55 cents a share, below previous guidance of 58-62 cents.
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The company sees non-GAAP EPS of 29-30 cents a share, including a 2 cent tax benefit, above the old consensus at 27 cents.
Also, the long-term EPS growth rate of 36.68%, based on the average of the three- and five-year historical EPS growth rates, exceeds the 15% minimum that the strategy requires.
As is usually the case the bottoms-up (individual company) EPS estimates when aggregated are above the tops-down EPS estimates.
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Marriott International released second quarter results after the bell on Wednesday, with net income up 13% and EPS in-line with expectations on strong international growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR).
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For FY Q1, Analog Devices sees revenue down 5%-10% sequentially, with EPS of 44-51 cents a share, below the Street at 60 cents.
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Non-GAAP EPS are expected to be 1-2 cents a share, below the Street at 3 cents.
Even the consensus sell-side long-term EPS growth forecast, normally seen as a casually-generated and typically optimistic ornament to the overall suite of analyst estimates, calls for EPS to decline at a 5.2% annual rate.
Backers will help Crenshaw launch a series of six limited-edition EPs over two years, on 10-inch picture-sleeved vinyl and digital download.
Gurus didn't mind the multiple of 22 times current-year earnings and bought into the company, which grew second-quarter EPS by 27% on a year-over-year basis.
LUKOY, which has grown earnings per share at a 10.2% rate over the long term (I use an average of the three-, four-, and five-year EPS growth rates to determine a long-term rate), trades for only 4.5 times earnings, and has a 5.8% dividend yield.
To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which statements are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, we use the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP EPS, free cash flow, and non-GAAP international revenues.
Non-GAAP net income and EPS. We define non-GAAP net income as net income plus expenses related to SBC, and, as applicable, one-time events less the related tax effects.
Coach also gets high marks from my Lynch-inspired strategy, in part because of its solid 17.1% long-term EPS growth rate (based on an average of the three-, four-, and five-year growth rates).
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His conclusion: trading at 8.9x his calendar 2012 EPS estimate ex-cash, the stock is cheap.
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Should HP execute to our expectations, we believe the multiple should expand to 8x forward 12 months EPS and longer-term to 10x.
Verizon reported 64 cents in EPS in second-quarter 2012, an increase of 12.3 percent compared with second-quarter 2011 earnings of 57 cents per share.
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With the stock up 21% year-to-date, and Suva anticipating little EPS acceleration in the near-term, he thinks the stock already reflects most near-term catalysts, including firmer LCD panel pricing.
Wal-Mart ( WMT) shares are off today, despite an 11% increase in EPS, because third-quarter sales for the chain came in a tad under the preferences of analysts.
With a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.10 and a growth rate (based on the average of the three-, four- and five-year historical EPS growth rates) of 24.14%, Hasbro has a price-to-earnings-growth ratio 0.96.
Wal-Mart has indeed upped EPS in each year of the past half-decade, and it has a red-hot relative strength of 92.
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The company also reaffirmed its full year outlook, indicating it still expects mid-single-digit EPS declines.
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