Michael O. Johnson, chairman and CEO of Herbalife, wrote this column in the Gazette about the rise of a new version activist investing, targeting companies such as Herbalife.
About 220 years ago, two dozen stockbrokers and merchants sat beneath a buttonwood tree on Wall Street and signed the famous Buttonwood Agreement forming the New York Stock and Exchange Board. This exchange, and the others that followed, ushered in a new era of free market capitalism and changed world history.
Through history, we have occasionally seen folks try to take advantage of the freedom this marketplace provides. Thankfully, the system of checks and balances has, for the most part, successfully identified and restrained these excesses to help insulate and safeguard the market.
Yet today, in the never-ending pursuit of an edge, some investors are using
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Herbalife Q2 Earnings – $1.3 Billion Revenue + 7%
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Herbalife Ltd. Announces Second Quarter 2014 Results and Raises 2014 Earnings Guidance
Second quarter worldwide volume growth of 5 percent compared to the prior year period.
Adjusted1 EPS of $1.55 increased 10 percent compared to the prior year. Reported EPS of $1.31 primarily reflects the impact of the non-cash costs associated with the convert and other items.
Raising FY’14 adjusted diluted EPS guidance to a range of $6.17 to $6.32.
Repurchased $581 million or 9.8 million shares during the quarter.
Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) today reported second quarter net sales of $1.3 billion, reflecting an increase of 7 percent compared to the same time period in 2013 on volume point growth of 5 percent. Adjusted1 net income for the quarter of $141.4 million, or $1.55 per diluted share, compares to 2013 second quarter adjusted net income of $150.7 million, or $1.41 per diluted share. On a reported basis, second quarter 2014 net income of $119.5 million, or $1.31 per diluted share compares to $143.2 million, or $1.34 per diluted share for the same period in 2013.
“Herbalife has once again delivered strong results in sales and profitability while demonstrating our continued ability to enhance our earnings per share,” said Michael Johnson, Herbalife’s chairman and CEO. “Our