Earnings Estimates Trends

S&P500 earnings trends and estimates are a notably important topic, for a variety of reasons, at this point in time.

FactSet publishes a report titled “Earnings Insight” that contains a variety of information including the trends and expectations of S&P500 earnings.

For reference purposes, here are two charts as seen in the “Earnings Insight” (pdf) report of April 19, 2013:

from page 17:

(click on charts to enlarge images)

CY Bottom-Up EPS vs. Top-Down Mean EPS (Trailing 26-Weeks) 

EconomicGreenfield 4-24-13 FactSet EPS

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from page 18:

Calendar Year Bottom-Up EPS Actuals & Estimates

EconomicGreenfield 4-24-13 FactSet EPS Trends

 

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Please Note – The above is excerpted from the EconomicGreenfield.com (published by StratX, LLC) post of April 24, 2013, titled “Trends Of S&P500 Earnings Forecasts”

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StratX, LLC offers the above commentary expressed by these outside parties for informational purposes only, and does not necessarily agree with their views.

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