(VIANEWS) – Shares of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) fell 9.31% to $3.95 at 11:49 EST on Friday, after five consecutive sessions in a row of gains. NYSE is sliding 0.02% to $16,103.26, after five successive sessions in a row of gains. This seems, so far, a somewhat bearish trend exchanging session today.
Nokia’s last close was $4.35, 17.61% below its 52-week high of $5.28.
Nokia cuts full-year net sales guidance, narrows margin outlook on weak demand
Customer spending plans are increasingly impacted by high inflation and rising interest rates along with some projects now slipping to 2024–notably in North America, Nokia said., Ahead of the company’s second-quarter earnings on July 20, Nokia also reported preliminary net sales of around EUR5.7 billion for the three-month period and a comparable operating margin of around 11%, with operating profit boosted by EUR80 million related to catch-up payments in its technologies unit.
About Nokia
Nokia Oyj provides mobile, fixed, and cloud network solutions worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Network Infrastructure, Mobile Networks, Cloud and Network Services, and Nokia Technologies. It offers products and services for radio access networks and microwave radio links for transport networks, and solutions for network management, as well as network planning, optimization, network deployment, and technical support services. The company provides fixed networking solutions, such as fiber and copper-based access infrastructure, Wi-Fi in-home solutions, and cloud and virtualization services; IP networking solutions, including IP access, aggregation, and edge and core routing for residential, business, mobile, cloud, and digital industry applications, as well as software-defined WAN solutions; a portfolio of optical networks comprising portfolio coherent optical transponders, optical transport network switchers, wavelength-division multiplexers, reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer solutions, and optical line systems for metro access and aggregation, data center interconnect, regional, and long-haul/ultra-long-haul applications; and submarine networks. In addition, it offers cloud and network services, including core network solutions, such as voice and packet core; business applications, which covers security, automation, and monetization; cloud and cognitive services; and enterprise solutions covering private wireless and industrial automation. Further, the company provides hardware, software, and services, as well as licensing of intellectual property, including patents, technologies, and the Nokia brand. It serves communications service providers, webscales, hyperscalers, digital industries, and government. Nokia Oyj was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Nokia has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.84.
PE Ratio
Nokia has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 4.7. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $4.7 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 21.91%.
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