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...
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...
S&P 500 2018 Earnings Preview: Highest Earnings Growth in Eight Years
Several recent records for various earnings and revenue metrics were also broken.
S&P 500 Companies with Lowest Percent of Buy Ratings Are Top Performers in 2018
To analyze the performance, FactSet divided the stocks that were in the S&P 500 on December 31, 2017 into five equal-sized groups...
Where Are Analysts Most Optimistic on Ratings for S&P 500 Companies For 2019?
Overall, there are 11,136 ratings on stocks in the S&P 500. Of these 11,136 ratings, 53.9% are Buy ratings, 40.8% are Hold...
Do Industry Analysts Believe the S&P 500 Will Close Above 3000 at the End of 2019?
How accurate have industry analysts been in predicting the final value of the S&P 500?
Do Industry Analysts Predict the S&P 500 Will Report Record-High EPS in 2019?
Analysts overestimated the final value in 14 of the 20 years and underestimated the final value in the other six years.
Which Factors May Negatively Impact Revenue and Earnings Growth in Q4?
Given the many concerns in the market, did companies in the Dow 30 discuss specific factors that had a negative impact on their...
Largest Cuts to S&P 500 EPS Estimates Since Q1 2017
During the past five years (20 quarters), the average decline in the bottom-up EPS estimate during the first two months of a...
Earnings Insight: Q3'18 by the Numbers [Infographic]
Read on to discover which sectors saw the most growth and which economic events dominated earnings calls in the third quarter of...
Amazon.com Accounts for Over 50% of Expected Earnings Growth for S&P 500 Retailers in Q4
Overall, the Retailing Industry Group and Food & Staples Retailing Industry Group combined are projected to report earnings...
As Price of Oil Falls, Are Analysts Too Optimistic on Energy Earnings for 2019?
Over the past 20 years, the correlation coefficient between the daily forward 12-month EPS estimate for the Energy sector and the...
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