Seasonally Quotes

We have remodeled the showroom. We make sure we change it seasonally. Spring and summer are big landscaping months for us, and we are in the process now of gearing up the showroom for that business following the end of our snow and ice control season. - Kevin Menna

We had a very good quarter. Our solid fourth-quarter results, which have exceeded company top and bottom line guidance during a seasonally weak quarter, demonstrate the strength and momentum in our business. - Charles Zhang

We feel pretty good about the rest of the year, based on the belief that Greenspan is done and he has gotten the economy slowed down to where he needs it, and we're coming into a seasonally strong period. Earnings, for the most part, for the stocks that we like, are -- have been good and we expect them to continue to be good. So, we do believe that we go higher from here. - Robert Zidar

We expect seasonally normal PC demand and a richer product mix to drive a positive first quarter earnings surprise. PC demand should accelerate in the second half of 2000, (driven by) a strong economy, Windows 2000 and a sharp increase in microprocessor price performance. - Mark Edelstone

We effectively managed our distribution channel to closely match our shipments in with distributor sales out. Channel re-sales were seasonally down about 3% during the first quarter but were more than 17% higher than a year ago. We managed our sales into the channel to this level of re-sales, resulting in a slight decrease in absolute inventory levels for approximately flat weeks of supply in the channel compared to the prior quarter. - Mark Thompson

We don't know how much of the refinery is down or for how long. But not to negate the human tragedy, it happened at the worst time of the year seasonally. And it happens at a time the market is nervous and looking for reasons to go higher anyway. - Peter Beutel

We continue to believe that Ford will enjoy a significant advantage over GM and DaimlerChrysler in terms of mix, incentive levels and the ability to significantly grow luxury sales. Ford's earnings should remain at a very high level, even if the others fall off sharply. Ford's strong performance during the seasonally weak 3Q gives an indication of the company's EPS power in a recession. - Nicholas LoBaccaro