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Earnings Outlook: Archive

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Record Earnings in Q4 Despite Economic Headwinds

The aggregate total is on track to reach a new all-time quarterly record, which would mark the third quarter in a row of record dollar earnings...

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Taking Stock of the Earnings Picture Amid the Market Rebound

On the guidance front, while a few notable operators stand out for providing a weak outlook, most companies have been able to offer reassuring, if not altogether positive, guidance...

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A Strong and Resilient Earnings Picture Amid Market Volatility

The picture emerging from the Q4 earnings season is one of continued strength and momentum. Despite the well-known headwinds...

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The Earnings Picture Remains Strong Despite Market Downturn

The picture emerging from the Q4 earnings season is one of continued strength and momentum. Despite the well-known headwinds of cost pressures and logistical bottlenecks, an above-average proportion of companies have been able to beat EPS and revenue estimates...

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The Major Forces Affecting Corporate Profits

In addition to update on the Q4 earnings season, we discuss the different earnings drivers.

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Big Wall Street Banks Provide Mixed Start to Q4 Earnings Season

Higher-than-expected costs at JPMorgan (JPM) and Goldman Sachs (GS) haven't turned out to be an industry-wide trend...

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The Q4 Earnings Season Gets Underway

Total earnings for these 20 index members are up +29.3% from the same period last year on +12.8% higher revenues...

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Handicapping the Q4 Earnings Season

The Q4 earnings season has actually gotten underway already, with results from 16 S&P 500 members out at this stage...

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Making Sense of Evolving Earnings Estimates

These margin pressures have been a contributing factor to the recent negative shift in the revisions trend, which consistently remained positive since July 2020. You can see this in the revisions trend for 2021 Q4...

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Previewing the Q4 Earnings Season

Net margins for the index as a whole are expected to expand 80 basis points in 2021 Q4, though they are expected to be below the year-earlier level for 6 of the 16 Zacks sectors...

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Looking Ahead to the Q4 Earnings Season

These margin pressures have been a big contributing factor to the recent negative shift in the revisions trend, which consistently remained positive since July 2020. You can see this in the revisions trend for 2021 Q4...

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Breaking Down the Outlook for Margins

Margin expectations embedded in current consensus earnings and revenue estimates for the coming periods suggest some pressures...

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Making Sense of the Evolving Earnings Picture

There was tangible nervousness in the market ahead of the start of the Q3 earnings season that these headwinds will start weighing on corporate profits through compressed margins...

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What Sectors Are Facing Margin Pressures?

We discuss the impact of ongoing headwinds on corporate profitability and identify the sectors most at risk of margin squeeze.

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Looking at Margins in the Face of Inflationary & Logistical Issues

Rising cost pressures amid supply-chain disruptions and labor/material shortages are keeping trends in margins in the spotlight...

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A Very Strong and Improving Earnings Picture

For the 192 S&P 500 members that have reported Q3 results through Wednesday, October 27th, total earnings and revenues are up +37.6% and +15.3%, respectively from the same period last year...

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Sectors Expected to Outperform this Earnings Season

We discuss the earnings outlook for the different sectors in the current environment of rising costs and supply chain issues.

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A Strong Earnings Picture Amid Global Headwinds

Looking at Q3 as a whole, total S&P 500 earnings are expected to be up +30.3% from the same period last year on +14.1% higher revenues....

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Solid Start to Q3 Earnings Season

For the 26 S&P 500 members that have reported Q3 results through Wednesday, October 13th, total earnings and revenues are up +32.6% and +17.6%, respectively...

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Q3 Earnings Season Gets Underway

Estimates for 2021 Q3, whose early reports have started coming out, have not moved up as much as had been the case in the comparable periods in the last few quarters. That said...

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Previewing the Q3 Earnings Season

Estimates for 2021 Q3, whose early reports have started coming out, have not moved up as much as had been the case in the comparable periods in the last few quarters...

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What Will Q3 Earnings Season Show?

We know that the earnings picture remains strong, even though the growth pace is expected to decelerate significantly in Q3 and beyond. What we don't know at this stage is...

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Earnings Estimates Have Stopped Going Up

We know that the earnings picture remains strong, even though the growth pace is expected to decelerate significantly in Q3 and beyond. What we don't know at this stage is...

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Looking Ahead to the Q3 Earnings Season

We know that the earnings picture remains strong, even though the growth pace is expected to decelerate significantly in Q3 and beyond. What we don't know at this stage is...

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Can Earnings Continue to Improve?

We know that the earnings picture remains strong, even though the growth pace is expected to decelerate significantly in Q3 and beyond. What we don't know at this stage is...

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