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S&P 500 Earnings Leaderboard: Biggest Surprises Season to Date
Published: Thursday, 7 May 2009 | 12:52 PM ET
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By: Ariel Nelson
Director of Market Data & Content Services

As of yesterday, over 80% of the S&P 500 companies have reported earnings.

Here's how things stand:

  • Companies Exceeding Estimates: 65%
  • Companies Matching Estimates: 8%
  • Companies Falling Below Estimates: 27%

Compared to just over a week ago when only 40% had reported, the breakdown has shifted with an increase in companies beating vs. meeting estimates.  Textron [TXT  Loading...      ()   ] has had the biggest percent surprise to the upside followed by Caterpillar [CAT  Loading...      ()   ], and Bank of America[BAC  Loading...      ()   ].  In absolute dollars, financials take 4 of the 5 top spots on the leaderboard.  After BAC's surprise of nearly $2.5 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 5/6)
CompanySymbolSectorDateEPS Est.Actual%Chg
TextronTXTIndustrials4/28/20090.010.181700%
CaterpillarCATIndustrials4/21/20090.040.39875%
Bank of AmericaBACFinancials4/20/20090.050.44780%
Starwood HotelsHOTCons Disc4/30/20090.030.14367%
Coca Cola EnterprisesCCECons Stps4/28/20090.050.20300%

Wynn Resorts [WYNN  Loading...      ()   ] has taken the lead in downside surprises followed by three financials: CB Richard Ellis [CBG  Loading...      ()   ],  Sallie Mae [SLM  Loading...      ()   ], and Janus Capital [JNS  Loading...      ()   ].  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 5/6)
CompanySymbolSectorRpt DateEPS Est.Actual%Chg
Wynn ResortsWYNNCons Disc5/5/20090.02-0.27-1450%
CB Richard EllisCBGFinancials4/29/20090.02-0.03-250%
Sallie MaeSLMFinancials4/22/20090.12-0.03-125%
Janus CapitalJNSFinancials4/23/20090.060.02-67%
TesoroTSOEnergy5/6/20090.370.18-51%

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