outlook
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Cardinal Health CAH -5.11%decrease; red down pointing triangle raised its outlook for the year after logging higher profit and revenue in its fiscal second quarter.
“Investor enthusiasm for prospects on the immediate outlook may have cooled, but the market consensus of Shell as a cautious buy remains in place, with the group still preferred over major rival BP.”
The outlook compares with consensus estimates of 3% and 21%, respectively, according to a poll of estimates provided by the company.
The positive outlook should underpin expectations for a rise in Ebitda this year to around $8.6 billion, analysts at Morgan Stanley wrote in a note after the update.
The updated outlook was published alongside its fourth-quarter earnings, which beat expectations.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
