The company beat narrowly on the top and bottom lines, and beat estimates on its key iPad and iPhone products, but saw margins come in below expectations.
Frankfort noted the company's strong results reflect the increasing recognition of the Coach brand globally as well as a positive consumer response to the product offerings, and he said the company should continue to report solid results on the top and bottom lines through a combination of global productivity gains and distribution growth.
Shares in Barrick Gold fell hard on Thursday after the company posted earnings that revealed a top and bottom-line miss, lower guidance on gold production and higher cash cost forecasts.
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But investors also need to look at where that money is going, lest they find themselves married to an Amazon-like company of fat top lines and ever-thin bottom ones.
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Net revenues for 2012 were up 5% over 2011, and we expect the company to maintain the momentum it gathered last year with solid bottom and top line growth in the first quarter.
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Framing the Gorilla Glass screen is a generous bezel housing the front-facing camera up top and Huawei's company logo at the bottom.
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Penney stores, on the other hand, are striving to attract customers, and sales are souring, hurting both the top and bottom lines of the company.
Parent-company EMC also scored, beating the Street on both top and bottom lines and raising the full-year outlook.
Aside from beating both top and bottom line estimates, both were company records.
The company recently reported first-quarter 2012 results that disappointed on the top and bottom lines.
Given this impressive track record, one would likely assume that that company was a well-oiled machine, deeply disciplined and effectively managed from top to bottom.
According to Baggini, NetLogic, a semiconductor company focused on Internet network technology, has a tremendous track record of top- and bottom-line growth, and that current consensus estimates for both are too low.
Good company, and a look at similar lists generally put Musial just at the bottom of the top 10.
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This time, the top- and bottom-line numbers may actually be much less important than the company commentary and the guidance going forward.
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This means that Groupon must spend heavily on advertising to push these products and services on the top of their list, which certainly has a negative impact on the company bottom line.
Between the plastic and the display is a flush black bezel that gets a bit thicker on the top and the bottom, housing the trademark "n" home button -- a signature, the company explains, that helps people orient the device even when the screen is off.
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