The company reported sales and a forecast for the second quarter today that missed analyst expectations, which sent the shares down in extended trading.
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Toyota spokesman Tomomi Imai says the company is unlikely to meet its sales forecast this year.
The telecommunication equipment maker's fiscal second-quarter profit fell 82% as sales stagnated and the company also forecast weaker adjusted profits for this quarter.
With that said, the company sounded a cautious tone for April sales as they forecast a low double-digit decline for this month.
Kidron lifted his FY 2012 profit forecast for the company based on higher expectations for sales of both iPads and iPhones.
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The Teradata job schooled him in the importance of fast, accurate figures on every part of a company's performance, which let him forecast from recent sales the likely fate of every product.
Toy stocks were also down after Jakks Pacific ( JAKK) said sales have been disappointing and forced the company to lower its earnings forecast.
The higher estimates, he writes, reflect a revised forecast for iPad sales: he now sees the company selling 30 million units this year and 40 million next, up from 20 million and 30 million previously.
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The company, which designs and manufactures generators, hiked its full-year sales forecast due to the major power outages in the wake of the storm.
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The company reiterated its 15 to 15.5 million forecast for industry-wide annual sales rate (SAAR) this year, adding its March estimate came in at 15.2 million.
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The company cited various uncertainties that were clouding its financial forecast, including how quickly it can build sales volume, how its copes with currency issues and how much it ends up paying for financing to run the business.
The company also raised its sales estimates for the year to between 8% and 10% over 2004 from a previous forecast of 5% to 8%.
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