Benchmark Electronics Inc.

These are single quarters, not a trailing year — the figures elsewhere on this site cover twelve months and will be much larger. A seasonal business swings a long way between the two: ServiceNow earns $2.0B of free cash flow in its December quarter and $0.5B in its June one.

Compared against the same quarter a year earlier, not against an analyst forecast. A “beat” or “miss” needs a consensus estimate, which is licensed data we do not carry — and getting it wrong is worse than leaving it out.

What management said

“Our third quarter results reflect the continued transformation of Benchmark into a higher-performing company,”

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How the share price reacted

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What Benchmark Electronics Inc. does

Benchmark provides comprehensive solutions across the entire product lifecycle by leading through its innovative technology and engineering design services, leveraging its optimized global supply chain, and delivering world-class manufacturing services in the following industries: advanced computing and communications, aerospace and defense, industrial, medical, and semiconductor capital equipment. Benchmark’s global operations include facilities in eight countries and its common shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BHE.

The company’s own description, as it appears at the foot of the release.