Volatile Equity Markets and the U.S. Government Shutdown Hit the IPO Market
The IPO market was strong in 2018, but market weakness in Q4 dampened activity leading into the new year. On top of that, the 35...
How Many S&P 500 Companies Are Seeing a Negative Impact from the Government Shutdown?
Have companies in the S&P 500 commented on the “shutdown” during their earnings conference calls for the fourth quarter?
Earnings Season Update: January 25, 2019
In aggregate, companies are reporting revenues that are 0.2% above the estimates, which is also below the five-year average.
The Future of Quantitative Analysis: Data Quality
With the increase in popularity of data that allows investment professionals to test novel hypotheses and ideas, comes a dilemma...
Earnings Season Update: January 18, 2019
To date, 11% of the companies in the S&P 500 have reported actual results for Q4 2018
Are S&P 500 Companies Citing a Negative Impact from China on Q4 Earnings Calls?
Foreign exchange has been cited by more than 60% of the companies that have reported to date. What about China?
S&P 500 Likely to Report Earnings Growth Above 15% in Q4 2018
Over the past five years on average, actual earnings reported by S&P 500 companies have exceeded estimated earnings by 4.8%.
Largest Cuts to Quarterly S&P 500 EPS Estimates Since Q3 2017
How significant is a 3.8% decline in the bottom-up EPS estimate during a quarter? How does this decrease compare to recent...
FactSet Experts Offer Their 2019 Predictions
Our experts weigh in on the stories will define 2019.
S&P 500 2019 Earnings Preview: Higher Global Exposure = Lower Earnings & Sales Growth
As of December 21, the estimated earnings growth rate for CY 2019 is 7.9%. All 11 sectors are projected to report year-over-year...
Insight's Best Read Stories of 2018
A selection of our best performing stories from 2018!
S&P 500 2018 Earnings Preview: Highest Earnings Growth in Eight Years
Several recent records for various earnings and revenue metrics were also broken.
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