
Earnings season kicks off this week and we preview the S&P 500 2025 Q1 earnings season in granular detail, providing both aggregate and company-level insights using data from I/B/E/S, StarMine, and Datastream, which are all found in the desktop solution LSEG Workspace. Using the April 4th publication of the S&P 500 Earnings Scorecard, Q1 earnings growth is forecasted at 7.8%– the slowest pace in five quarters. Health Care and Information Technology are driving the bulk of earnings growth–excluding these sectors, growth would fall to just 0.1%. Q1 is expected to be the weakest quarter in 2025, with growth expected to