As of Wednesday evening, the Dow Jones Industrial Average
Aluminum producer Alcoa
Companies such as Intel
Indeed, despite all the bad news out there, things were starting to look up.
But for those of you wondering how much longer this could go on, we now have our answer.
But late this week, Travelers
Company |
EPS |
Average Analyst Estimate |
Beat/Miss |
---|---|---|---|
Alcoa | $0.06 | $0.05 | Beat |
American Express | $1.15 | $1.07 | Beat |
Bank of America | $0.19 | $0.14 | Beat |
Coca-Cola | $1.22 | $1.19 | Beat |
Goldman Sachs | $1.78 | $1.17 | Beat |
Intel | $0.54 | $0.52 | Beat |
IBM | $3.51 | $3.42 | Beat |
Johnson & Johnson | $1.30 | $1.29 | Beat |
JPMorgan Chase | $1.22 | $0.76 | Beat |
Travelers | $1.26 | $1.34 | Miss |
Verizon | $0.64 | $0.64 | Beat |
Source: The Wall Street Journal's Market Data Center.
Despite missing analysts' estimates, the insurance company reported a profit of $499 million for the quarter. This compares with a net loss of $364 million in the year-ago period, largely because of $1.1 billion in catastrophic losses in the second quarter of 2011.
According to Travelers Chairman and CEO, Jay Fisher: "Our second quarter net income of $499 million benefited from meaningful improvement in our underlying underwriting margins as well as strong net investment income given the continuing low interest rate environment."
For the year, shares in the insurance giant, including dividends, have returned an impressive 9.4%, beating both the Dow and the S&P 500.
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