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Tariff refunds boost earnings at Apple, Nike and FedEx, WSJ reports
Tariff refunds boost earnings at Apple, Nike and FedEx, WSJ reports. The scale and speed of these refunds matters more for the earnings-quality debate than for the broader macro picture: over 40 S&P 500 companies booking around $9.6 billion
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Tariff refunds boost earnings at Apple, Nike and FedEx, WSJ reports. The scale and speed of these refunds matters more for the earnings-quality debate than for the broader macro picture: over 40 S&P 500 companies booking around $9.6 billion
Tariff refunds boost earnings at Apple, Nike and FedEx, WSJ reports
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Tariff refunds boost earnings at Apple, Nike and FedEx, WSJ reports. The scale and speed of these refunds matters more for the earnings-quality debate than for the broader macro picture: over 40 S&P 500 companies booking around $9.6 billion
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The scale and speed of these refunds matters more for the earnings-quality debate than for the broader macro picture: over 40 S&P 500 companies booking around $9.6 billion is a real, if one-off, tailwind to reported profits this quarter, with Apple's contribution alone (roughly 11 cents per share, about 5% of the quarter's EPS) illustrating how material these credits can be for large-cap names. Investors should treat these as non-recurring rather than a genuine earnings-power signal, since companies like Caterpillar are booking hundreds of millions in recoveries while still absorbing far large…
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