Apple Inc. (AAPL), Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR) (BIDU), Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG): How Earnings Season Treated This Foolish Retirement Portfolio

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Second, we have Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). The company announced an impressive sales increase of 22%, though CEO Jeff Bezos is continuing to play the long game in waiting for profits to show the same type of growth. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) also plans on spending heavily on new hires to meet increased demand, and Bezos himself recently made news by personally buying the Washington Post newspaper.

Finally, we have National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV). Though earnings came in slightly lower than expected, investors don’t seem to be panicking. Earnings showed a non-GAAP growth of 13.6%, with all three of the company’s segments — Rig Technology, Petroleum Services, and Distribution & Transmission — showing positive revenue growth. Most important, the company’s backlog continues to grow, and now stands at an all-time high of almost $14 billion.

One big, fat loser
The undisputed loser of the group was the maker of the daVinci Surgical robot, Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG). The company already prepared investors for rough times when it made a pre-earnings announcement that sales of the daVinci in America fell sharply. Things only got worse during the actual release, as the company said this trend could continue through the rest of the year.

The article How Earnings Season Treated This Foolish Retirement Portfolio originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Brian Stoffel.

Fool contributor Brian Stoffel owns shares of Apple, Google, Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Amazon.com, Baidu, National Oilwell Varco, Whole Foods Market, Intuitive Surgical, and PriceSmart. The Motley Fool recommends Amazon.com, Apple, Baidu, Coca-Cola, Google, Intuitive Surgical, Johnson & Johnson, National Oilwell Varco, PriceSmart, and Whole Foods Market. The Motley Fool owns shares of Amazon.com, Apple, Baidu, Google, Intuitive Surgical, Johnson & Johnson, National Oilwell Varco, and Whole Foods Market.

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