Linkedin’s solid Quarter, American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG) Slumped

Linkedin Corporation(NYSE:LNKD) has beaten analysts’ estimates and posted spectacular profits in the third quarter reinforcing its ‘favorite’ tag with investors, while several other Internet companies continue to be shunned.

The company earned $2.3 million or 2 cents a share, much better than the loss of $1.9 million or 2 cents a share in the year ago quarter.  Adjusted earnings were $25.1 million or 22 cents a share, double analysts’ estimates.

Revenue rose a whopping 81 percent to $252 million from $139.5 million.  The Street had expected only $244.6 million. Most of the revenue came from charges paid by companies for accessing profiles and other data and the rest came from advertising.

The professional networking service company has added several new features as well as applications for smart phones and tablets to draw more eyeballs and ensure that visitors remain on the site for longer.

For this quarter, LinkedIn expects revenues of $270 million to $275 million in line with analysts’ expectations of $272.9 million.

Shares of the company ended flat after soaring 8% earlier in the session.

Strong insurance operations and healthy returns on investments made have helped American International Group, Inc.(NYSE:AIG) which had suffered in the financial crisis of 2008, boost profits in the third quarter.

The New York-based company earned $1.86 billion or $1.13 a share, compared to the loss of $4 billion or $2.10 a share in the prior year quarter.  The operating income of $1 a share was much higher than analysts’ expectations of 87 cents. 

2008 had been a bad year for the company and the Federal Reserve had to bail it out with $182.5 billion.  The company has since been restructured and the debt paid off.

Shares of the company fell $2.52 or 7.16% to $32.68 after the earnings announcement.

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Big Earnings Gainers: Linkedin Corporation, Starbucks Corporation – LNKD, SBUX

Linkedin Corporation (NYSE:LNKD) seems to be the only social networking company which has been outperforming. The stock soared 8.41% in the pre-open session as the company reported solid Q3 earnings late Thursday, which easily topped analysts’ estimates, thanks to increased ad rates and revenue from hiring services, which saw a solid boost.

Moreover, the company boosted the full year guidelines and now Linkedin projects to generate revenue of $939 million and $944 million, well above from its past outlook of $915 million to $925 million.

For the latest quarter, the company earned $2.3 million, or 2 cents a share on revenue of $252 million, signifying a 81% year over year jump in revenue. On an adjusted basis, the company would have earned 22 cents a share.

Analysts were estimating the company to earn 11 cents on revenue of $244.2 million.

There is further good news, the company’s Chief Executive Jeff Weiner claimed on a conference call on Thursday that the online service hold 187 million members and members are more busy on the website compared to the past.

Starbucks Corporation(NASDAQ:SBUX) is another stock, which has been showing buying activities in  the pre-open session as the world's biggest coffee chain decided to raise its full year earnings forecast on the back of strong quarterly earnings in the latest quarter.

The company now projects to earn $2.06 to $2.15 a share, compared to its earlier guidance of $2.04 to $2.14 a share. Moreover, the company also lifted its target to open global net new stores by 1,000 to 1,300.

For the latest quarter, the company earned $359 million, or 46 cents a share on revenue of $3.36 billion, signaling a 0.10% y-o-y increases in net income and 11% y-o-y rise in revenue.

The company showed a solid performance in terms of same store growth, which was up 6% for the past 13 months, contributed by 5% jump in footfall and another 1% came in from rise in average spending per visit.

Shares of SBUX are up 8.62% in the pre-market session.

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Linkedin Corporation (NYSE:LNKD): Wall Street Expects A Robust Performance In 3Q

Linkedin Corporation(NYSE:LNKD)’s status as a rising star on the internet on Wall Street is expected to rise even further on its third quarter earnings.

The results are supposed to be out today after the stock market closes. It will need the estimates of the top-notch analysts in order to propel LinkedIn’s outstanding stock to even greater heights. A disappointing performance could drag down a stock that has more than doubled since the time LinkedIn had gone public in May of 2011 at $45.

The warm embrace that investors have showered on LinkedIn lies in contrast with the cold shoulder that other reputed Internet companies have received ever since they went public in the last 18 months. Facebook, Zynga, Groupon and Pandora Media are some of such examples. All deal well lower than their initial public stock offering prices.

LinkedIn is doing better than its Internet peers since its growth has been progressively accelerating as more people around the world share their professional backgrounds and desires on its networking service. That has encouraged more head-hunters and companies looking to hire employees to pay the fees that LinkedIn charges to gain better access and more insights into the information that is posted on website.

Things have been going pretty well for LinkedIn. Analysts have started to raise the financial bar that they expect the company to clear. In the second quarter, average revenue of the analysts was only $1 million, or less than 1%, higher than the top end of management’s projections.

LinkedIn has been adding more features recently and redesigning its website in an attempt to give people a reason to visit more often and stick around longer. The company has also been rolling out more applications for tablet computers and smartphones to make it easier for members to engage when they were away from their homes or offices.

Shares of LNKD are trading flat in early session.

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