Per Thomson Reuters, with 455 of the SP 500 having already reported their Q3 ’16 financial results, SP 500 earnings have grown 4.1% year-over-year, while excluding Energy, the SP 500 earnings have grown +7.7%. This is pretty good earnings growth … Continued
With just one week left in the 2nd quarter, 2016, basically all 500 of the SP 500 components have now reported Q1 ’16 earnings. In the next two weeks, we get the quarterly increase in the “forward 4-quarter” SP 500 … Continued
Thomson Reuters Data by the numbers: Forward 4-quarter estimate: $121.90 versus $122.50 last week P.E ratio: 15.3(x) PEG ratio: 11(x) given the low forward growth rate SP 500 earnings yield: 6.54% versus last week’s 6.52% Growth rate of forward estimate: … Continued
Having been fortunate to write for Jim Cramer’s “TheStreet.com” for about 10 years (I’m fairly sure Jim thought I was an idiot), being a small advisor the writing gig brought some small exposure as well as many life-long friends. One … Continued
With roughly 441 of the SP 500 companies having reported their Q3 ’15 earnings, (Factset says 444 SP 500 companies have reported), there isn’t much new about the Q3 ’15 results that you couldn’t have read already on this blog … Continued
Briefing.com has a decent earnings calendar and carries more prospective earnings reports than the SP 500. According to Briefing’s table, 74 companies reported earnings this past week: Beat consensus estimates: 41 Met consensus estimates: 13 Missed consensus est: 20 Here … Continued
In the movie, “Analyze This” with Billy Crystal (Dr. Ben Sobel, a psychiatrist) and Robert DeNiro (mobster Paul Vidi), there is a scene in a Miami hotel room, where Dr. Ben Sobel is talking to Paul Vidi, and the two … Continued
By the numbers: (Source: Thomson Reuters, “This Week in Earnings”) Forward 4-quarter estimate: $122.09, unchanged from last week P.E ratio: 17.3(x) PEG ratio: (21), or excluding Energy roughly 2(x) SP 500 earnings yield: 5.79%, up from 5.74% last week. Y/Y … Continued
By the numbers: The forward 4-quarter SP 500 EPS estimate as of today was $122.09, up slightly from last week’s $122.05, and the first sequential increase in the forward dollar estimate since the first week of April ’15. The P.E … Continued
While contemplating a couple of different blog posts today, Gary Morrow’s post from This Week on Wall Street (TWOWS), pretty much made the decision, as to what to write about tonight. Gary and I know each other from our days … Continued