Nike Reports Higher Revenues, Earnings Beat in Latest Quarter -- Earnings Review
September 25 2018 - 4:58PM
Dow Jones News
By Aisha Al-Muslim
Nike Inc. (NKE) reported its first-quarter results after the
close of trading Tuesday. Here's what you need to know:
PROFIT: Net income for the quarter, ending Aug. 31, was $1.09
billion, or 67 cents a share, compared with $950 million, or 57
cents a share, for the same quarter a year before. Analysts polled
by Thomson Reuters were looking for 63 cents a share.
REVENUES: Revenues rose 10% to $9.95 billion, within range of
the consensus forecast of $9.94 billion. Revenues for the Nike
brand were up 10% to $9.4 billion, while revenues for Converse were
up 7% to $527 million.
PROFIT MARGIN: Gross profit margin went up to 44.2% from 43.7% a
year earlier.
STOCK MOVE: The stock fell 2.8% to $82.33 in after-hours trading
Tuesday. Shares are up more than 59% in the last year.
Write to Aisha Al-Muslim at aisha.al-muslim@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 25, 2018 16:43 ET (20:43 GMT)
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