Stock Analysis

Theme and marine park operators earn revenue from admissions, season passes, food, merchandise and in-park experiences. Attendance is sensitive to weather, school calendars, travel patterns and household spending. Because parks carry high fixed costs for rides, animals and facilities, small changes in attendance can …

Fire safety and specialty industrial products serve building owners, industrial facilities and contractors.Demandfor fire protection equipment typically tracks construction activity, building codes and maintenance cycles, while specialty products often depend on the needs of particular customers or applications. Both areas can be affected by …

Bottled water and beverage companies sell through home and office delivery routes, grocery and mass retail, and other channels.Demandis influenced by consumer spending, seasonal weather, and the cost of packaging, freight and raw materials such as plastic resin. Competition from other beverage makers and …

Industrial automation companiesSupplycontrols, software and services to factories, utilities and other manufacturers. Their orders often followCapitalspending cycles, which can be sensitive to interest rates,Businessconfidence and the pace ofManufacturinginvestment. Software andRecurring Revenueare increasingly used to smooth those cycles.

Total revenue for the third quarter was up 15.2% compared with the prior year, a rate that exceeded the 12.8% growth in system-wide sales. The release does not provide a line-by-line explanation of that difference, but the two measures track different parts of theBusinessand …

Resident revenue, the largest component of the company's sales, reached $189.0 million compared with $84.6 million in the prior-year quarter. Rental income added $8.1 million, while management fee income and managed community reimbursement revenue made up the remainder. The steep rise in resident revenue …

Quarterly reportedNet Incomerose by about $335 million, from $1.7 billion to $2.0 billion, while excluding items the increase was about $476 million. The difference between those two increases is the portion of the year-over-year change tied to the items the company excludes from its …