S&P 500 Earnings Dashboard | Feb 2nd 2016

Update of the Thomson Reuters S&P 500 Earnings Today report including the Q4 2015 Earnings Dashboard and Q1 2016 overview and guidance.

EARNINGS 

• Q4 2015
  • The Q4 2015 blended earnings growth estimate is -4.4%. Excluding the energy sector, the earnings growth estimate increases to 1.7%.
  • 47% of the S&P 500 companies have reported Q4 2015 EPS. Of the 234 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings to date for Q4 2015, 71% have reported earnings above analyst expectations, 9% reported earnings in line with analyst expectations and 20% reported earnings below analyst expectations. In a typical quarter (since 1994), 63% of companies beat estimates, 16% match and 21% miss estimates. Over the past four quarters, 69% of companies beat estimates, 9% matched and 22% missed estimates.
  • In the S&P 500, there have been 98 negative EPS preannouncements issued by corporations for Q4 2015 compared to 32 positive EPS preannouncements. By dividing 98 by 32 one arrives at an N/P ratio of 3.1 for the S&P 500 Index.
• Q1 2016
  • The Q1 2016 blended earnings growth estimate is -3.3%. Excluding the energy sector, the earnings growth estimate increases to 0.9%.

REVENUE

• Q4 2015
  • The Q4 2015 blended revenue growth estimate is -3.7%. Excluding the energy sector, the revenue growth estimate increases to 0.9%.
• Q1 2016
  • The Q1 2016 blended revenue growth estimate is 0.2%. Excluding the energy sector, the revenue growth estimate increases to 2.5%.

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