S&P 500 Earnings Dashboard – Nov. 28, 2016

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Aggregate Estimates and Revisions

• Third quarter earnings are expected to increase 4.2% from Q3 2015. Excluding the energy sector, the earnings growth estimate improves to 7.9%.

• Of the 489 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings to date for Q3 2016, 71% have reported earnings above analyst expectations. This is above the long-term average of 64% and above the average over the past four quarters of 70%.

• The Q3 2016 blended revenue growth estimate is 2.6%. Excluding the energy sector, the revenue growth estimate increases to 4.5%.

• 54% of companies have reported Q3 2016 revenue above analyst expectations. This is below the long-term average of 60% and above the average over the past four quarters of 49%.

• For Q4 2016, there have been 68 negative EPS preannouncements issued by S&P 500 corporations compared to 35 positive EPS preannouncements. By dividing 68 by 35, one arrives at an N/P ratio of 1.9 for the S&P 500 Index.

• The forward four-quarter (4Q16 – 3Q17) P/E ratio for the S&P 500 is 17.2.

Please note: if you use our earnings data, please source I/B/E/S

S&P 500 Earnings today report provides the aggregate earnings performance relative to estimates and growth rates.  Access the full S&P 500 Earnings Scorecard report archives here.

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