StarMine Scores 80% on 16Q4 North American Earnings Surprise Forecast

On Jan. 18, 2017 we published our top ten fourth quarter earnings surprise candidates based on StarMine predictive analytics models.

Using StarMine SmartEstimate®  and Predicted Surprise data, we highlighted 10 companies with a high probability of reporting fourth quarter earnings surprises in the direction we called — five likely to beat the analysts’ consensus estimate and another five  likely to fall short.

Positive Surprises:

Sources: Eikon, StarMine Models Pick North American Companies for 16Q4 Earnings Beats

Negative Surprises:

Sources: Eikon, StarMine Models Pick North American Companies for 16Q4 Earnings Misses

In the case of these ten selections – eight went in the direction of the prediction, one went in the opposite direction, and one met the mean at the time of the Jan. 18, 2017 report.

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