Although strong links to its parent may mean stable sales, analysts said that limits growth opportunities.
They also said investors should expect retail sales to remain stable, but see some payback after the stronger-than expected December figures.
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Premium brand Ballantine's recorded stable sales figures, with strong results in Eastern Europe and Latin America countered by a sharp decline in Spain "in a very difficult Scotch category".
However, investors should note that smartphone sales depend on a stable macroeconomic environment.
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While earnings can fluctuate, Fisher found that sales were far more stable.
He expects Western European sales to be roughly stable in 2010, but with demand for bigger and more profitable vehicles replacing the artificial surge in demand for small, cheap cars.
Therefore, I want to see a history of sales and profit growth along with stable to rising earnings estimates.
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Physical sales of classical recordings are actually quite stable, whereas our revenue from legitimate digital downloads continues to grow nicely.
But sales fell when the brand was grouped with a stable of products including Gatorade.
Season ticket sales for the current 2012-13 campaign remained stable in comparison with recent seasons, it added.
Analysts also note the consumer-staples sector generally tends to be more supportive of debt loads because sales, even if uninspiring, are usually relatively stable.
In the reply it released today, the SEC conceded that mutual fund expenses have been rising for several years, but added that the overall cost of owning funds has remained relatively stable, thanks in part to declining sales loads, or commissions.
Harvey Nichols' luxury range did not help its sales, however, even though gross profit margins remained stable at around 44%, it said.
The growth of Wal-Mart U.S. segment has been positive and stable in terms of revenues and comparable store sales and is likely to continue this way.
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This bodes well for Wal-Mart as we maintain our bullish take on the company driven by expected improvements in sales metrics (like revenue per square foot) and stable profit margins.
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We expect high double digit revenue growth as Q4 is usually a seasonally strong quarter in the U.S. We also expect sales in Japan to boost growth and margins overall should be stable.
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In retrospect, HPs move into services with stable large corporate accounts was timely when the other division sales weakened, and its restructuring in the mid-2000s made it a much more leaner and more focused organization.
Samsung was able to secure stable growth for the quarter with an improved product mix and strengthened sales of high-end panels.
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The Genzyme acquisition is really a bet that in the future drug companies will need stable businesses like vaccines and consumer health that are insulated from the sudden drops of sales that happen with traditional small molecule drugs in the U.S. market.
Compared to March 2011, the sales prices of newly constructed residential buildings decreased in 38 cities out of 70, with 11 cities remaining stable.
Zachary Conen, senior vice president of sales and marketing at LRA Worldwide, a mystery shopping firm based in Pennsylvania, says they maintain a stable of 120 full time consultants who travel 42 weeks out of the year.
Despite his weak U.S. sales history, Mr. James was snapped up in 2009 by Minotaur Books, a crime imprint with a growing stable of international mystery writers.
The February sales price of newly constructed residential buildings in 70 large and medium-sized cities decreased in only 8 cities remained stable in 6 cities comparing with the previous month.
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