Earnings (General News) 02 (Oct 16 - Dec 25)

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Zombified: 42% Of US Small Caps Still Have 'Negative Earnings'
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/zombi ... e-earnings

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4Q Earnings

The fourth-quarter earnings announcement season officially kicks off next week, with several big financial institutions scheduled to release results.

And based on early projections, the fourth quarter will kick off several quarters of double-digit earnings growth for the S&P 500.

FactSet currently anticipates that the S&P 500 will achieve average earnings growth of 11.9% in the fourth quarter. That represents the fastest earnings growth in three years.

But what’s even more exciting is that earnings momentum will hit the gas in each of the four quarters of 2025.

FactSet expects average earnings growth of 11.9%, 11.6%, 15.2% and 16.6% in the next four quarters, respectively.

Calendar year 2025 earnings are forecast to soar 14.8% year-over-year, up from current estimates for 9.5% in 2024.

Simply put, earnings are set to accelerate in 2025 – and positive results from our fundamentally superior stocks should dropkick and drive their shares higher this year.

Source: Investor Place

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S&P 500 earnings growth is expected to accelerate for the second year in a row in 2025
https://x.com/Mayhem4Markets/status/1881672526545445281

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4Q Earnings Update:-

About 81% of S&P 500 companies have beaten analyst earnings estimates, according to data from MacroMicro.

The biggest beats relative to consensus are coming from the materials, real estate, financials, and tech sectors.

So far, the energy and healthcare sectors have left much to be desired.

"Magnificent Seven" components have shown good results, headlined by Meta and, to a lesser extent, Microsoft.

Stocks are continuing to chug along this earnings season, notwithstanding the recent one-day DeepSeek-fueled clobbering .

But I have to say, I'm not really digging the commentary on earnings calls regarding future policies from the Trump administration. And I'm really not liking what top leaders are telling me on and off the record.

‌While there is optimism around regulations and taxes, it's as if Trump has frozen the action-oriented public company C-suite. Execs are tepid about taking bold risks until they gain more clarity on taxes and tariffs.

In turn, execs aren't sharing worst-case scenario guidance ranges out of the gate in 2025, which would be helpful to investors (although I get why they aren't releasing this stuff — it could be an ugly headline and draw ire from the president).

This has all the makings of investors being let down on corporate profits this year, among other disappointments.

Source: Yahoo Finance

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4Q Earnings

According to FactSet, around a quarter of S&P 500 companies have released results so far.

And of these companies, 80% have exceeded analysts’ earnings estimates.

The S&P 500 has posted 12.7% average earnings growth so far, up from forecasts for 11.8% at the end of the quarter.

Source: Market 360

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4Q Earnings

Over the past few weeks, companies across America have been reporting fourth-quarter earnings results. So far, those numbers have been very strong.

About 80% of companies in the S&P 500 have reported earnings so far this season. More than 75% have beaten Wall Street’s profit estimates, meaning they made more money last quarter than analysts expected.

Meanwhile, the blended earnings growth rate is nearly 17%, which marks the index’s highest profit growth rate since 2021.

This has been an absolutely fantastic earnings season.

More importantly, trends are expected to stay strong for the foreseeable future.

That is, next quarter, earnings are projected to rise about 8%, then another 9% in Q2. They are expected to rise almost 15% in the third quarter and about 13% in the fourth.

In other words, earnings should keep rising for the rest of the year.

Source: Hypergrowth Investing

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Profitable quarter

The fourth-quarter earnings season is winding to a close, with Walmart slated to report on Thursday and Nvidia on deck for next week, and investors have been quietly surprised by the overall results.

With around 383 companies in the S&P 500 reporting for the December quarter so far, collective earnings are forecast to rise 15.3% from a year earlier to $546.3 billion, a $30 billion improvement from early forecasts.

LSEG data, meanwhile, peg first-quarter profit growth at 8.5%, with a collective tally of $511.3 billion.

Source: The Street

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4Q Earnings

About 80% of companies in the S&P 500 have reported earnings so far this season.

More than 75% have beaten Wall Street’s profit estimates, meaning they made more money last quarter than analysts expected.

Meanwhile, the blended earnings growth rate is nearly 17%, which marks the index’s highest profit growth rate since 2021.

More importantly, trends are expected to stay strong for the foreseeable future.

That is, next quarter, earnings are projected to rise about 8%, then another 9% in Q2. They are expected to rise almost 15% in the third quarter and about 13% in the fourth.

Source: Investor Place