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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)
CompanySymbolSectorDateEPS Est.Actual%Chg
CaterpillarCATIndustrials4/21/20090.040.39875%
Bank of AmericaBACFinancials4/20/20090.050.44780%
IntelINTCTech4/14/20090.030.11267%
Black & DeckerBDKCons Disc4/23/20090.080.22175%
BroadcomBRCMTech4/21/20090.030.08167%

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)
CompanySymbolSectorRpt DateEPS Est.Actual%Chg
Sallie MaeSLMFinancials4/22/20090.12-0.03-125%
Janus CapitalJNSFinancials4/23/20090.060.02-67%
Peabody EnergyBTUEnergy4/15/20090.940.50-47%
InvescoIVZFinancials4/23/20090.140.08-43%
International Game TechnologyIGTCons Disc4/23/20090.220.13-41%

Source:Thomson Reuters

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