Earnings news and trends

AI Solutions for P&C Insurance Industry Drive Growth at CCC
Earnings // April 30, 2024

The auto insurance claims and collision repair industries are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions to streamline their operations. Eleven percent year-over-year growth in the first quarter at CCC Intelligent Solutions, a cloud platform for the property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry, was largely driven by customers’...

Starbucks Renews Focus on Occasional Customers as Q2 Results Disappoint
Earnings // April 30, 2024

Starbucks’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered personalized rewards efforts, aimed at increasing customer frequency and spending, appear to be facing challenges.  Following the announcement of “disappointing” second-quarter 2024 results on Tuesday (April. 30), Starbucks shares plummeted by about 8%. This decline was attributed to various factors including a challenging macroeconomic environment,...

Amazon North American Sales Soar in Q1
Amazon // April 30, 2024

Although it was closely watched for the manner in which it handled its artificial intelligence (AI) investments, Amazon dropped a stunner of a Q1 earnings report Tuesday (April 30), driven by a big spike in its North American operations. Its overall, global operating income grew from...

LendingClub Deposits Reach $7.5B as Embedded Finance Beckons   
Earnings // April 30, 2024

LendingClub noted in its latest results that deposits on its balance sheet grew as customers gravitated to high-yield savings products, credit quality was strong — and embedded finance solutions may offer a new avenue of future growth. As detailed in the most recent earnings materials, deposits of $7.5...

Interviews & Exclusives
PayPal Sees Jump in Transactions Per Account as Fastlane Checkout Boosts Conversions

April 30, 2024
PayPal’s transactions per active account grew by double digits in the latest quarter, and debit spending boosted results, while easier, faster checkout boosted conversions. Total payment volumes were up 14% to $403.9 billion in the quarter, the company said in its most recent earnings supplementals, released Tuesday (April 30). Active accounts were up 0.4%, adding […]

FinTech IPO Index Adds 3% as Oportun Soars on Preliminary Quarterly Results

April 26, 2024
For the companies populating the FinTech IPO Index, earnings have been part of the continuing avalanche of headlines this past week. Earnings Begin to Trickle In Oportun shares soared 32.5%....

FinTech IPO Index Gives Up 6.4% as Platforms Plummet Ahead of Earnings 

April 19, 2024
If there was a theme marking the past five days of trading, after the big banks reported earnings, and as the digital lenders that populate the FinTech IPO Index showed,...

Just in Time for Summer: Apparel and Dining Out Get More Expensive

April 10, 2024
We’re all booking trips. But what we’re able to spend once we get away from it all … well, that remains to be seen. Delta Air Lines reported earnings on...

Quick Reads
Mondelez Sees US Snack Volume Decline Amid ‘Mixed’ Consumer Confidence

April 30, 2024
Consumer confidence in the United States is mixed, with many shoppers looking for deals when it comes to chocolate, biscuits and baked snacks. That finding contrasts with consumer confidence in Europe, which is stable, and in emerging markets, where it is strong, consumer packaged goods (CPG) company Mondelez International said in a presentation released Tuesday (April 30) in conjunction with the […]

AI Solutions for P&C Insurance Industry Drive Growth at CCC

April 30, 2024
The auto insurance claims and collision repair industries are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions to streamline their operations. Eleven percent year-over-year growth in the first quarter at CCC Intelligent Solutions, a...

Chili’s Beefs up Advertising as Fast Food Frustrates Diners

April 30, 2024
Casual dining company Brinker International wants to capitalize on diner discontent with fast food prices. The company — owner of Chili’s and Maggiano’s — released earnings Tuesday (April 30) showing a 3.3% increase in sales, driven primarily...

Apple’s App Store and iPhone Challenges Create Services and Ecosystem Headwinds

April 29, 2024
Thursday (May 2) will see Apple announce its latest quarterly earnings results. Amid the volatility of hardware sales that springs to mind, there may be signs of pressure as the tech giant seeks to expand...