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Earnings Review: No Slowdown In Sight For Nike
Sports giant Nike (NYSE:NKE) recorded another strong quarter in Q1 2016, with revenue rising by 5% annually to $8.4 billion, lifted by continued growth in all product types and geographies. The gross margin expanded by 90 basis points year over ...
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Nike Earnings Preview: US, China Key To Growth
Sports giant Nike (NYSE:NKE) is scheduled to report its earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 on Thursday, September 24th. (Fiscal years end with May.) In the previous quarter, the company reported a revenue growth of 5% to $7.8 billion. ...
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How NIKEiD Is Helping Nike’s Push For Greater Profits
Nike (NYSE:NKE) has had an excellent run in recent years. Its sales have grown across product categories and geographies, boosting the company’s bottom line. But Nike is still finding ways to impress customers and shareholders by introducin...
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Earnings Review: Nike Continues Its Strong Run
Sports giant Nike (NYSE:NKE) recorded another strong quarter in Q4 2015, with revenue rising by 5% annually to $7.8 billion, lifted by continued growth in all product types and geographies. The gross margin expanded by 60 basis points year over ...
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Earnings Preview: Rising Costs Could Impede Nike’s Momentum This Quarter
Sports giant Nike (NYSE:NKE) is scheduled to report its earnings for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 on Thursday, June 25th. In the previous quarter, the company reported a revenue growth of 7% to $7.5 billion. The company’s strong perfor...
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How Growing China Businesses Benefits Nike
Nike (NYSE:NKE) has done extremely well over the past two years. The company has continued to post remarkable gains in its core North American business, while taking over from Adidas as the biggest retailer of sportswear in Europe, and reviving i...
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Earnings Review: Nike Continues To Grow On Higher Comparable Sales, More Profitable Sales Mix
Sports giant Nike (NYSE:NKE) recorded another strong quarter in Q3 2015, with revenue rising by 7% annually to $7.5 billion. Gross margin expanded by 140 basis points y-o-y, on the back of a shift in the sales mix to higher margin products, a...
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Two Surprising Ways In Which Nike Is Growing Its Business
We recently revised our price estimate for sports giant Nike (NYSE:NKE) from $68 to $85 following an extremely strong quarter, which saw the company boost its revenue by 15% and reverse a trend of declining gross margins, to post a 120 basis po...
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Strong Europe, China Performance Drives Nike’s 15% Top Line Growth In Q2
Sports giant Nike (NYSE:NKE) recorded another strong quarter in Q2 2015, with revenue rising by 15% annually to $7.4 billion. Gross margin expanded by 120 basis points y-o-y, on the back of a shift in the sales mix to higher margin products and...
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Earnings Preview: Higher Unit Prices, Shift To Higher Margin Businesses To Drive Nike’s Growth
Sports giant Nike (NYSE:NKE) is scheduled to report its earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2015 on Thursday, December 18th. In the previous quarter, the company recorded a 15% revenue growth over the same quarter in the previous fiscal pe...
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How Big Can Nike’s Women’s Business Be?
One of the key growth strategies outlined by sports giant Nike (NYSE:NKE) to achieve its stated target of $36 billion in annual revenues by fiscal 2017 is growing its women’s business. To this end, the company appointed long time company e...
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Division In Focus: The High Performing Footwear Division Fueling Nike’s Growth
Sports giant Nike (NYSE:NKE) has continued its upward trajectory in 2014 after an excellent 2013, in which its stock price appreciated by about 60%. The company has been posting solid bottom line growth driven by strong performance across all d...
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Strong Showing In China, Europe and North America Keeps Nike’s Topline Growth Rate Humming Nicely
Sports giant Nike (NYSE:NKE) recorded another strong quarter in Q1 2015, with revenue rising by 15% annually to $8 billion. Gross margin expanded by 170 basis points y-o-y, helped by a greater presence of higher margin products in the sales mix...
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Earnings Preview: Nike’s Strategy Should Keep Delivering Growth Across All Categories
Sports giant Nike (NYSE:NKE) is scheduled to report its earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2015 on Thursday, September 25. In the previous quarter, the company recorded a 11% revenue growth over the same quarter in the previous fiscal perio...
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Weekly Consumer Products Notes: Nike, Under Armour
According to USA Today, Oklahoma Thunder star and NBA MVP Kevin Durant has signed a 10-year agreement worth as much as $300 million, including a $50 million retirement package, with Nike (NYSE:NKE). Durant’s current 7-year, $60 million deal...
