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Earnings Outlook: Archive
What Will the Q3 Earnings Season Show?
by Sheraz Mian
For 2025 Q3, S&P 500 earnings are currently expected to grow +5.2% on +6.0% revenue gains. Estimates have steadily increased since the quarter began, making the overall setup favorable.
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Q3 Earnings Outlook Remains Positive: A Closer Look
by Sheraz Mian
The positive revisions trend makes the overall setup for the Q3 earnings season favorable, though it raises the odds of actual results coming up short of expectations. What else should investors know?
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Previewing Q3 Earnings Expectations: Good or Bad?
by Sheraz Mian
Unlike other recent periods, the revisions trend has been positive, with estimates for Q3 modestly up since the quarter got underway. But what else should investors know?
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Looking Ahead to the Q3 Earnings Season
by Sheraz Mian
Total Q3 earnings for the S&P 500 index are expected to be up +5% from the same period last year on +6% higher revenues, continuing the recent growth streak nicely. But what else should investors know about the upcoming Q3 cycle?
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Breaking Down Q2 Retail Earnings: Good or Bad?
by Sheraz Mian
The Retail sector's Q2 performance compares favorably to what we have seen from these S&P 500 companies in other recent periods, particularly on the revenues side. What else should investors know?
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Analyzing the Q2 Earnings Season Scorecard
by Sheraz Mian
The overall earnings picture remains strong and steadily improving, with an above-average proportion of companies beating estimates during the Q2 cycle. Importantly, expectations for the current and upcoming periods have moved higher.
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Do Stocks Have the Fuel To Move Higher?
by Sheraz Mian
We discuss whether the Q2 earnings season provides a fundamental rationale for the market's recent gains.
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Earnings Outlook Remains Strong & Improving: A Closer Look
by Sheraz Mian
We have been pleasantly surprised by the favorable revisions trend, which validates the market's rebound from the April lows. Expectations for Q3 have moved higher, but what else should investors know?
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Earnings Outlook Steadily Improves: Mag 7 Earnings Loom
by Sheraz Mian
An above-average proportion of companies are beating consensus estimates this cycle, with estimates for the current and coming periods also increasing. With Mag 7 earnings on deck, what can investors expect?
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Q2 Earnings Results Show an Improving Growth Picture
by Sheraz Mian
A positive picture is emerging from the Q2 earnings season, with an above-average proportion of companies beating consensus estimates. With the reporting docket remaining stacked for weeks to come, can the trend persist?
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Is the Q2 Earnings Bar Set Too Low?
by Sheraz Mian
We discuss the Q2 earnings season and whether expectations may have been too low.
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Q2 Earnings Season Kicks Off Positively: A Closer Look
by Sheraz Mian
The big banks have not only reported better-than-expected Q2 results, but management's commentary on business trends and conditions paints a favorable and reassuring view of the coming quarters
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Finance Earnings Outlook Improves: A Closer Look
by Sheraz Mian
JPMorgan (JPM), Wells Fargo (WFC), and Citigroup (C) will kick-start the June-quarter reporting cycle for the Finance sector on July 15th. These banks comfortably passed the Fed's stress tests, opening the way for increased capital returns to shareholders through share buybacks and dividend hikes.
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Looking Ahead to Bank Earnings
by Sheraz Mian
JPMorgan (JPM), Wells Fargo (WFC), and Citigroup (C) will kick-start the June-quarter reporting cycle for the Finance sector on July 15th. What can investors expect?
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A Closer Look at Q2 Earnings: What Can Investors Expect?
by Sheraz Mian
Total S&P 500 earnings for the June quarter are expected to be up +4.9% from the same period last year on +3.9% higher revenues, with three Zacks sectors currently expected to post double-digit earnings growth.
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Earnings Estimates Stabilize: A Closer Look
by Sheraz Mian
Q2 earnings for the S&P 500 index are expected to increase by +5.2% from the same period last year on +3.8% higher revenues. Following a recent stabilization in expectations, are any surprises lurking?
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Analyzing the Current Earnings Outlook
by Sheraz Mian
The Q1 reporting cycle is now effectively behind us, with results from less than two dozen S&P 500 members still awaited at this stage.
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A Closer Look at Retail Earnings
by Sheraz Mian
Target became the latest big-box retailer to come out with results, which follows results from Walmart, TJX Companies, and others. What should investors know about the broader retail outlook?
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Making Sense of the Evolving Earnings Picture
by Sheraz Mian
While it is not unusual for estimates to be adjusted lower, the magnitude and breadth of the Q2 estimate cuts are greater than we have seen compared to other recent periods.
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Making Sense of Earnings Estimates Revisions Trend
by Sheraz Mian
While estimates have been under pressure in recent weeks due to the tariff uncertainty, they appear to be starting to stabilize.
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Tech Earnings Estimates Increase Again: What's Going On?
by Sheraz Mian
It's hard to tell at this stage how durable the reversal in the Tech sector's estimates will prove to be, but it still remains a favorable development. Will they keep increasing?
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Earnings Expectations Shift Lower: A Closer Look
by Sheraz Mian
Uncertainty about the overall macroeconomic picture continues to be a significant drag on the earnings outlook as a whole, prompting analysts to cut their estimates for the current and coming periods.
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Tech Estimates Come Under Pressure: What to Know
by Sheraz Mian
Macroeconomic uncertainty continues to be a significant drag on the earnings outlook as a whole, prompting analysts to cut their estimates for the current and coming periods.
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A Tentative Start to the Q1 Earnings Season
by Sheraz Mian
There were no major surprises in the big bank results, with all the major players beating estimates while providing a cautious view of the macro backdrop. But how is the recent uncertainty affecting the earnings picture?
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Guidance to be Key Factor This Earnings Season
by Sheraz Mian
The Q1 earnings season will be less about what companies earned in the first quarter of 2025 and more about sizing up the earnings impact of the emerging tariff and macroeconomic backdrop.
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