Fans gather at Ulta Beauty in Houston to greet Kylie Jenner at the launch of her cosmetics line on November 18, 2018 in Houston, Texas.
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Check out the companies that make headlines after the call:
Ulta Beauty – Shares of Ulta Beauty soared 18% in expanded trading after beauty retailers reported better-than-fear quarterly results. Ulta posted an EPS of 14 cents in the second quarter, above 6 cents per share, according to FactSet. The company said sales of e-commerce operations increased more than 200%, but sales from the same store decreased 26.7% compared to a year ago.
Workday – Shares of Workday jumped more than 10% to a deserved beat. The company, which specializes in human resources and cloud software, reported second-quarter earnings of 84 cents per share, up from an expectation of 88 cents per cent, according to FactSet. Workday also raised its forecast for fiscal subscription revenue in 2021 and announced a new co-CEO.
HP – Shares of HP gained about 3% in trading after hours after the hardware company posted quarterly results that exceeded expectations. HP earned 49 cents a share for its fiscal third quarter, above the Street Consensus of 43 cents, according to FactSet. A spike in consumer PC demand partially offsets the weak HP in commercial printer sales.
Dell Technologies – Shares of Dell Technologies jumped more than 4% to postimg a smaller than expected decline in quarterly revenue. The company’s revenue fell 2.7% to $ 22.73 billion from a year earlier, but exceeded analysts’ average estimate of $ 22.52 billion, according to Refinitiv. The company saw robust demand for its notebooks and software products for working remotely.
VMware – VMware shares climbed more than 1% after the software company reported better than expected results for the previous one. Earnings rose to $ 1.81 from $ 1.53 a share for the quarter ended July 31, above an expected $ 1.45 per share per FactSet. The company saw high demand from the social trend of working from home and migrating data to cloud.
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