Price Increases Not Hurting Profits for Staples Companies
August 2, 2008
With most of the earnings season complete, it looks like Consumer Staples fared pretty well with over 70% posting upside earnings surprises. One of the key issues that analysts were concerned with for Staples companies before earnings was how the rise in commodity prices and input costs would affect these stable companies. Read more
Kraft & Tyson Paint Mixed Picture For Food Producers
July 28, 2008
Today is a big day for the food producing sub-sector of Consumer Staples as some of the largest players in the market came out with earnings this morning. Kraft [KFT: 27.62, 0.00 (0.00%)], Tyson Foods [TSN: 8.79, 0.00 (0.00%)] and WM Wrigley Jr. Co [WWY: 0.00, 0.00 (0.00%)], all released quarterly earnings today, Read more
Pepsico Q2 2008 Earnings Roundup
July 23, 2008
Pepsico [PEP: 55.60, 0.00 (0.00%)] reported Q2 earnings of $1.05 a share on $10.95B in revenue. This quarter marked 14% revenue growth and 11% EPS growth, with the company confirming their full year guidance. This beat analysts estimates of $1.02 of EPS per share and $10.52B in revenue. Total volume was up 5%, with strong results Read more
Discount Retailers Feeling the Pressure?
July 23, 2008
Inflation and rising energy prices are starting to seep through the economy, even affecting discount retailers to an extent. Costco Wholesale Corporation [COST: 52.29, 0.00 (0.00%)] released a statement today stating that they would miss Q4 EPS estimates of $1 per share by a large amount. They noted that this was due to inflation, particularly rising energy costs. Most would think this would be good for Read more
Coca-Cola: An Interesting Value Play
July 21, 2008
Coca-Cola [KO: 45.44, 0.00 (0.00%)] is the world’s largest beverage manufacturing company, serving over 200 countries with non-alcoholic beverages. The stock has taken a downturn after earnings because of low increase in sales volume. It is important to note that these concerns may be overblown as the company still posted profits ahead of Wall Street estimates and part of their volume miss can be attributed to one time events, such as the earthquake in China and unseasonable Read more
Proctor & Gamble - A Jack of All Trades
July 20, 2008
Proctor & Gamble [PG: 62.35, 0.00 (0.00%)] is one of the largest consumer goods manufacturers in the world, providing goods from household toiletries to food and batteries. You might recognize some of their most popular brands such as Crest, Tide and Pringles.
Given the current state of the equity markets, an investment in the Consumer Staples sector is something that any investor can/should have in order to limit their risk Read more
 
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