as their fiscal year-end date cannot be changed every year. In the U.S. and many other countries, the tax year traditionally aligns with the calendar year, meaning income and expenses are recorded ...

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 ...

The first quarter of the year runs from January through March, the second quarter is from April through June, and so on. But companies operate on business-oriented “fiscal quarters” instead.

Fiscal quarters are the four three-month periods of the year. At the end of each, publicly traded companies must report their financial results to the SEC and the public. Fiscal quarters ...