This Week in Earnings 17Q1 | Jun. 30, 2017

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Last Update: Jun. 30, 2017

Aggregate Estimates and Revisions

• First quarter earnings are expected to increase 15.3% from Q1 2016. Excluding the Energy sector, the earnings growth estimate declines to 11.0%

• Of the 500 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings to date for Q1 2017, 75.6% 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 71%.

• 63.1% of companies have reported Q1 2017 revenue above analyst expectations. This is above the long-term average of 59% and above the average over the past four quarters of 53%.

• For Q2 2017, there have been 80 negative EPS preannouncements issued by S&P 500 corporations compared to 43 positive EPS preannouncements. By dividing 80 by 43, one arrives at an N/P ratio of 1.9 for the S&P 500 Index.

• The forward four-quarter (2Q17 – 1Q18) P/E ratio for the S&P 500 is 18.0.

• During the week of Jul. 3, no S&P 500 companies are expected to report quarterly earnings

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