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S&P 500 Earnings Leaderboard: Biggest Surprises Season to Date

Published: Wednesday, 29 Apr 2009 | 8:24 AM ET

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By: Ariel Nelson
Director of Market Data & Content Services

As of yesterday, over 40% of the S&P 500 companies have reported earnings.

Here's how things stand:

Companies Exceeding Estimates: 62%
Companies Matching Estimates: 11%
Companies Falling Below Estimates: 27%

Compared to just over a week ago when only 10% had reported, the breakdown has shifted with an increase in companies meeting estimates. Caterpillar [CAT Loading... () ] has had the biggest percent surprise to the upside followed by Bank of America[BAC Loading... () ] and Intel [INTC Loading... () ]. In absolute dollars, financials take 4 of the 5 top spots on the leaderboard. After BAC's surprise of nearly $2.6 billion, Ford [F Loading... () ] follows with its $1.4 billion surprise. Citigroup's [C Loading... () ] $876 million surprise is next.

Earnings Leaderboard - Best Performers (as of 4/28)

Company	Symbol	Sector	Date	EPS Est.	Actual	%Chg
Caterpillar	CAT	Industrials	4/21/2009	0.04	0.39	875%
Bank of America	BAC	Financials	4/20/2009	0.05	0.44	780%
Intel	INTC	Tech	4/14/2009	0.03	0.11	267%
Black & Decker	BDK	Cons Disc	4/23/2009	0.08	0.22	175%
Broadcom	BRCM	Tech	4/21/2009	0.03	0.08	167%

There are also three financials that lead the downside surprises. Sallie Mae [SLM Loading... () ] leads the losers, with a 125% miss. In absolute dollars, financials get a 5 for five sweep led by Huntington Bancshares' [HBAN Loading... () ] miss over $2.4 billion followed by Suntrust Banks' [STI Loading... () ] $656 million negative surprise.

Earnings Leaderboard - Biggest Losers (as of 4/28)

Company	Symbol	Sector	Rpt Date	EPS Est.	Actual	%Chg
Sallie Mae	SLM	Financials	4/22/2009	0.12	-0.03	-125%
Janus Capital	JNS	Financials	4/23/2009	0.06	0.02	-67%
Peabody Energy	BTU	Energy	4/15/2009	0.94	0.50	-47%
Invesco	IVZ	Financials	4/23/2009	0.14	0.08	-43%
International Game Technology	IGT	Cons Disc	4/23/2009	0.22	0.13	-41%

Source:Thomson Reuters

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