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Earnings Trends: Archive

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A Detailed Analysis of Q3 Earnings Expectations

The Q3 earnings season will really get going with the big banks coming out with their results. But what can investors expect beyond?

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Earnings Growth Set to Accelerate

The year-over-year growth pace in aggregate earnings is expected to accelerate over the next four periods, with the absolute dollar level of quarterly earnings expected to reach new all-time records in each quarter as well.

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Q3 Earnings Season: A Look Ahead

Though expectations have been trending lower, total S&P 500 earnings are currently expected to be up +3.2% from the same period last year, which would pencil in the fifth consecutive period of growth. What else can investors expect?

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The Q3 Earnings Season Gets Underway

We still have a few weeks to go before the big banks unveil their quarterly results, but several early prints have already rolled in. What can investors expect as we get deeper into the period?

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What Will the Q3 Earnings Season Show?

Total S&P 500 earnings for Q3 are currently expected to be up +3.9% from the same period last year on +4.6% higher revenues, with the Tech sector again expected to deliver a strong performance. But what else should investors know?

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Previewing Q3 Earnings Season

Net margins in Q3 are expected to be modestly below the year-earlier level, with the Energy sector as the major reason for the decline.

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Q2 Earnings Reflect Positivity, But Q3 Estimates Decrease

The Q3 negative revisions trend is far more extensive than what we had seen in the comparable periods of the preceding two quarters, with estimates for only Tech and Finance increasing. But what else should investors know?

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Breaking Down Retail Earnings: Good or Bad?

For the Retail sector, we now have Q2 results from 96.2% of the sector's market capitalization in the S&P 500 index. Are there any underlying trends investors should be aware of?

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Earnings Estimates Face Pressure: What to Know

The Q3 negative revisions trend is more pronounced relative to recent periods, with estimates for 14 of the 16 Zacks sectors moving lower since the period got underway.

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A Closer Look at the Current Earnings Picture

The overall picture that has emerged out of the Q2 earnings season is one of stability, with management teams generally providing a reassuring view of the economic ground reality.

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Breaking Down the Q2 Earnings Season Scorecard

For the 285 S&P 500 companies that have reported Q2 results, total earnings are up +9.8% from the same period last year on +4.8% higher revenues. Will the positivity continue?

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Breaking Down the Q2 Earnings Season Scorecard

For the 285 S&P 500 companies that have reported Q2 results, total earnings are up +9.8% from the same period last year on +4.8% higher revenues. Will the positivity continue?

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Will Mag 7 Earnings Meet Expectations?

For the Mag 7 group as a whole, Q2 earnings are expected to be up +26.6% on +13.6% higher revenues, reflecting yet again another strong showing.

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Q2 Earnings Season Starts Positively

We are off to a good start in the Q2 earnings season, with the growth pace steadily improving, an above-average proportion of companies beating EPS estimates, and companies generally providing a reassuring outlook for the coming periods.

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Earnings Season Gets Underway: Bank Earnings in Focus

The earnings outlook for the major banks has been improving lately as underlying business trends have stabilized. But what can investors expect?

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The Q2 Earnings Season Gets Underway

The setup for the Q2 earnings season, whose early reports have started trickling in, is one of continued resilience coupled with a steadily improving outlook.

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Q2 Earnings Loom: A Look Ahead

The setup for the Q2 earnings season, whose early reports have started trickling in, is one of continued resilience coupled with a steadily improving outlook.

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What Will the Q2 Earnings Season Show?

The setup for the Q2 earnings season, whose early reports have started trickling in, is one of continued resilience coupled with a steadily improving outlook.

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Taking Stock of the Current Earnings Picture

In the Q1 earnings season, we saw a resilient and steadily improving profitability picture, both in terms of the growth rate and the revisions trend. Will the positivity follow through to Q2?

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Where is Earnings Growth Coming From?

What we saw in the Q1 earnings season was a resilient and steadily improving profitability picture, both in terms of the growth rate and the evolving revisions trend. But which sectors had an outsized impact?

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Current Earnings Outlook Reflects Positivity

What we saw in the Q1 earnings season is a resilient and steadily improving profitability picture, both in terms of the growth rate as well as the evolving revisions trend. Can the positivity continue?

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Earnings Growth Poised to Accelerate

A big part of this year's earnings growth is expected to come from margins reversing last year's declines and starting to expand again. The revisions trend continues to show positivity, with expectations for 2024 Q2 and full-year 2024 modestly moving higher.

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A Positive Earnings Picture Remains

We have consistently flagged signs of improvement in the overall revisions trend in recent weeks, with estimates for 2024 Q2 and full-year 2024 moving modestly higher. Can the positivity continue?

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Breaking Down Q1 Earnings Results

The picture emerging from the Q1 earnings season is one of steady improvement and resilience, with the earnings growth pace modestly accelerating and estimates for the coming periods starting to increase. But will the positivity continue?

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Earnings Expectations Are Moving Higher

A favorable development concerning the earnings picture is signs of improvement in the overall revisions trend, with estimates in the aggregate starting to modestly increase. Are positive surprises looming?

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