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Earnings Preview: Archive

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Strong Retail Earnings in a Tough Environment

Strong results from Walmart's general merchandise business is a key takeaway from its results. The very strong sales performance at Target confirms this favorable reading, suggesting that the persistent softness in discretionary spending categories in the post-COVID period may have run its course.

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Retail Earnings Loom: What Can Investors Expect?

Walmart helps headline the reporting docket for retail companies next week, who has outperformed many of the Magnificent Seven members in 2026. Can the retail titan's momentum continue?

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Beyond Mega-Cap Tech: Q1 Earnings Confirm a Broadening Growth Trend

The earnings focus lately has been on the blockbuster mega-cap Tech players in the Magnificent 7 group of companies, but results have been impressive across the board in all sectors, with most companies showing accelerating growth trends.

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The Enormous Earnings Power of the Mag 7 Companies

Combining the actual results for the 6 Magnificent 7 members that have reported already with estimates for Nvidia, total Q1 earnings for the group are expected to be up +45.7% from the same period last year on +24.6% higher revenues.

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Mag 7 Earnings Take the Spotlight: What to Expect

The earnings focus this week is on the Magnificent 7 group of mega-cap Tech companies, with Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta reporting results on Wednesday, April 29th, and Apple doing the same the day after.

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Earnings Outlook Remains Very Strong: A Closer Look

We get into the heart of the Q1 earnings season this upcoming week, with 90 S&P 500 members on the docket. The line-up represents a cross-section of all sectors, ranging from blue-chip operators, consumer finance companies, and Tech players.

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Q1 Earnings Season to Gain Momentum: What Will it Show?

We expect the 2026 Q1 earnings report card to show continued strength and momentum, though market enthusiasm for the March-quarter numbers will likely be tempered by geopolitics-driven macro uncertainty.

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Analyzing the Energy Sector's Strong Earnings Outlook

Energy earnings expectations have risen sharply over recent weeks, with the current +7.6% earnings growth rate expected in 2026 Q1 up from +0.9% a week back and the -1.9% decline expected at the start of January.

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The Evolving Earnings Picture Amid Elevated Oil Prices

Uncertainty about oil prices due to the ongoing war is weighing on the market at present. But the associated spike in oil prices has done wonders for the Energy sector's earnings outlook.

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Previewing The 2026 Q1 Earnings Season: A Closer Look

The 2026 Q1 earnings season will take the spotlight when the big banks report their results in about four weeks, but we will already have seen fiscal February-quarter results from almost two dozen companies by then, including Oracle and Adobe.

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