Using Factset’s Weekly Earnings Insight, Ex-Energy, SP 500 earnings are +5% – 6% for Q3 ’15, probably slightly slower than the first and 2nd quarter’s of 2015. Ex-Energy, SP 500 revenue has grown +2.2% y/y, with retail or Consumer Discretionary … Continued
Per Thomson Reuters data this week, with 172 companies having reported Q3 ’15 earnings, the EPS beat rate is strong at 70%, while the revenue beat rate remains tepid at 41%. The stat that jumped out this week, despite all … Continued
Thursday night, October 22nd, is a big night for traditional Technology Growth investors with Amazon and Google (or Alphabet, or whatever they are calling themselves these days), set to report Q3 ’15 earnings. Even though Microosft remains pretty reasonably valued, … Continued
Regular readers know that Thomson Reuters “forward 4-quarter estimate” for the SP 500 is something that has been tracked on this site since the blog began in 2012. The forward 4-quarter estimate as of October 17, 2014 was $129.34 and … 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 a word (or words), “Yes, yes it does” and we can thank the weekly Bespoke Report for the background and analysis. Several times on this blog, I’ve written about Bespoke’s excellent “below-the-radar” research, even though as a frequent guest … Continued
The earnings reports of this past week, were not encouraging to say the least. Alcoa (AA), YUM! Brands (YUM) and Monsanto (MON), all had earnings and revenue impacted by China (YUM), or commodity prices (MON), or both (AA). Energy has … Continued
Apple and biotech’s, the SP 500’s leadership for years, is what you should be keeping an eye on. The weakness in Apple, or maybe better said, the under-performance of Apple, and the relative weakness matters. With the strong rally we … Continued
Here is one of my favorite spreadsheets, FCSP500longtermdata, that takes a VERY long-term look at SP 500 earnings, annual returns as well as returns on the 30-year Treasury and the closing yield each year. The reason the spreadsheet was built a … Continued
That is just an opinion by the way. The forward 4-quarter estimate year-over-year growth rate fell to -5% this week, with the quarterly bump in the forward 4-quarter estimate to $126.58. That is the lowest rate of y/y growth, outside … Continued