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refers to the accounting period of April, May and June. Any financial statements you receive from April 1 to June 30 are for Q2 of the fiscal quarter system. For companies on a calendar quarter ...

This time around, most companies reported financial and operating results for the July-August-September quarter, the third three-month period in a calendar year. But if a company runs on a fiscal ...

This strategic move is expected to provide a clearer alignment of FedEx (NYSE:FDX)'s financial reporting with the calendar year, which is standard practice for many corporations. The change may also ...

The federal government posted a $129 billion budget deficit for January, up sharply from an unusually low $22 billion deficit ...

Many companies’ Q4 dates follow the calendar year ... The fiscal quarter and the fiscal year are the two main accounting periods for companies. All companies with publicly traded securities ...