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Earnings Preview: Archive

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Q2 Earnings Season Arrives: Can Results Match Upbeat Expectations?

The big banks dominate this week's reporting docket, though several notable companies from other sectors will also report, including Netflix, Johnson & Johnson, and others. With the outlook trending consistently higher, will companies be able to live up to expectations?

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What Will Q2 Earnings Season Show?

The revisions trend for full-year 2026 is even more positive than for Q2, with estimates for 11 of the 16 Zacks sectors going up since the start of March.

JPMNegative Net Change NKEPositive Net Change MUNegative Net Change FDXPositive Net Change STZPositive Net Change

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Earnings Outlook Brightens as Estimates Keep Rising

The earnings revisions trend for full-year 2026 has been positive for quite some time now, with estimates for 11 of the 16 Zacks sectors increasing since the start of March. Energy, Basic Materials, and Technology have been the biggest beneficiaries.

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Previewing the 2026 Q2 Earnings Season

The 2026 Q2 earnings season will take the spotlight when the big banks report their results in mid-July. But we will already have seen fiscal May-quarter results from almost two dozen companies by then. What can investors expect?

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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.

MSFTPositive Net Change NVDANegative Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change METANegative Net Change

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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.

AMZNNegative Net Change AAPLPositive Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change METANegative Net Change

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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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