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Douglas Emmett, Inc. (NYSE:DEI ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 5, 2025 2:00 PM ET Company Participants Stuart McElhinney – Vice President of Investor Relations Jordan Kaplan – President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Crummy – Chief Investment Officer Peter Seymour – Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Alexander Goldfarb – Piper Sandler Nick Yulico – Scotiabank Steve Sakwa – Evercore Blaine Heck – Wells Fargo Jeff Spector – Bank of America Michael Griffin – Citi Rich Anderson – Wedbush Anthony Paolone – JPMorgan John Kim – BMO Capital Markets Dylan Burzinski – Green Street Upal Rana – KeyBanc Capital Markets Jamie Feldman – Wells Fargo Operator Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to Douglas Emmett's Quarterly Earnings Call.
The decision marks the latest major corporate retreat from diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
Firm rolls back plan to hire more from underrepresented groups and said it was reviewing some of its DEI initiatives
The Silicon Valley giant also said it was reviewing other diversity programs and initiatives and would update them if they seemed risky or ineffective.
Google has ended hiring targets tied to representation, BI confirmed. The company also said it is evaluating its DEI programs.
Google follows tech rivals like Meta and Amazon, who have recently pulled their diversity policies.
Google will no longer have diversity hiring targets and will review its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, according to an email sent to employees seen by the Wall Street Journal.
Although the revenue and EPS for Douglas Emmett (DEI) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended December 2024, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
Douglas Emmett (DEI) came out with quarterly funds from operations (FFO) of $0.38 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.37 per share. This compares to FFO of $0.46 per share a year ago.
Amazon recently changed some of its DEI websites and halted some programs. An AWS VP clarified Amazon's continued commitment to DEI in a meeting in late January.
The looming threat of 18,000 Costco store employees heading to the picket lines appears less likely, with the Teamsters labor union announcing Saturday that it has reached a tentative agreement for a new contract with the grocery chain.