Here is a selection of announcements that have made (or will make) move the prices of these companies:
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The shareholders of the hydrocarbon giant Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA, € 16.85) voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday in favor of its climate strategy, contested by NGOs, aimed at reducing its dependence on oil and gas and becoming carbon neutral by 2050. It sets targets but does not go through the planned abandonment of hydrocarbons which represent the majority of its profits, even though the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday that the sector must stop all exploration projects to keep global warming under control.
The American retail giant Walmart (WMT, US $ 138) beat expectations at the start of the year, with sales still on the rise thanks in part to government aid to US households, and raised its annual profit forecast. The turnover of the company has indeed increased by 2.7% over the period from February to April, to 138.3 billion dollars, details a press release Tuesday. Growth is lower than at the height of the pandemic, when the company benefited from its status as a core business and the boom in online sales. But analysts expected revenue to fall. Walmart, encouraged by footfall and food sales trends, said it was “more optimistic than at the start of the year.” The group raised its forecast for adjusted earnings per share for the full year ending at the end of January 2022, estimating that it should grow from 5% to 10% while it anticipated a “slight decline” in this indicator performance before. Reported per share and excluding exceptional items, it was posted at 1.69 dollars, against 1.21 dollars expected by analysts. In electronic trading before Wall Street opened, the stock price rose more than 3% after the results were announced.
The American home improvement giant Home Depot (HD, US $ 320) posted strong results in the first quarter of 2021, continuing to benefit from the advance of DIY amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Group revenue rose to $ 37.5 billion in the first quarter of the lagged fiscal year (ending May 2), up 33% from last year and beyond. above the expectations of analysts who expected $ 35 billion. In 2020, the hardware chain’s sales jumped nearly $ 22 billion and net profit was up 15.2%, thanks to the “DIY at home” effect caused by the pandemic. For the first quarter of 2021, net income was $ 4.1 billion, 85% higher than last year. Reported per share, the benchmark on Wall Street, it is 3.86 dollars against 3.08 dollars expected.
British telecommunications operator Vodafone (VOD.L, £ 133) said on Tuesday it had suffered in the past fiscal year, but plans to invest more, in Europe and Africa, to meet the new digital needs created by the pandemic. The announcement of new investments went badly with the market, especially since Vodafone is already heavily in debt: the share fell 6.1% around 7:30 am (Quebec time) on the London Stock Exchange. The pandemic however severely penalized its results for the 2020-2021 fiscal year ended at the end of March. Its net profit reached 112 million euros, and its turnover fell 2.6% to 43.8 billion euros, as the health crisis limited international travel and weighed on roaming revenues. . Vodafone managed to reduce its enormous debt, which stood at 40.5 billion euros at the end of March, a little thanks in particular to the funds recovered through the IPO of Vantage Towers. For the 2021-2022 financial year, it forecasts a slight improvement in its gross operating income, which it expects to be between 15 and 15.4 billion euros, against 14.4 billion realized in 2020-2021.
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