The SP 500 earnings yield was 6.05% as of Friday’s close, and the 2nd week in a row where the key benchmark’s earnings yield was above 6%. There was a string of 22 consecutive weeks from October 5th, 2018 to … Continued
Despite the market volatility this week, with the SP 500 falling 2.4% on Monday, May 13th after President Trump’s China tariff tweet, the 2019 and 2020 “bottom-up” EPS estimate “rate of change” again improved, for the 2nd consecutive week. Here … Continued
May seem like a small data point but this week showed the first sequential improvement in the “4-week” rate of change in the SP 500 2019 and 2020 EPS estimate since – guess when – September 21 ’18. At … Continued
The SP 500 Earnings Yield is at 6.88% as of Thursday, December 20th, 2018. The 6.88% level is now above the highs from the 2015 – 2016 correction but still well below the 8% – 9% hit during the 2011 … Continued
Saturday’s blog post declaring that the SP 500’s “earning yield” as of Friday, December 14th’s close, was the highest since early January ’16. Here is a brief history of the earnings yield over the last 3 years: The EY spiked … Continued
The SP 500 is down roughly 10% – 11% from its late September ’18 high and yet market bearishness is the highest in 6 years ? Here is the SP 500 earnings data: (Source IBES by Refinitiv) Fwd 4-qtr est: … Continued
On downward earnings revisions to the SP 500: From John Butters at Factset, November 30. 2018: ” During the first two months of the fourth quarter, analysts lowered earnings estimates for companies in the S&P 500 for the quarter. The Q4 … Continued
With the 2.5% rally this week in the SP 500, the SP 500 “earnings yield” ended Friday, November 2nd, 2018 at 6.36% vs last week’s 6.52%. The last time we saw a lengthy string of SP 500 earnings yield prints … Continued
Apple may throw a life vest to the beleaguered Technology sector this week, with their fiscal Q4 ’18 financial results release after the bell on November 1, ’18. To keep tonight’s post short and sweet, here is how Apple’s EPS … Continued
FCSP500EarningsYield The above link is a new spreadsheet comparing the “4-quarter trailing” SP 500 earnings yield and the “forward 4-quarter” SP 500 earnings yield. Readers have asked about the 4-quarter trailing SP 500 EPS earnings yield, but the time was … Continued