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As of yesterday afternoon, just over 30% of the S&P 500 companies had reported earnings.
Here's how things stand so far:
- Companies Exceeding Estimates: 76%
- Companies Matching Estimates: 8%
- Companies Falling Below Estimates: 16%
Compared to the same point in time last earnings season, the breakdown has shifted with a significantly larger increase in companies beating vs. missing estimates. At the same point last quarter, 28% of the companies reporting had missed EPS estimates and just over 60% had beaten estimates.
Sallie Mae [SLM
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] and Caterpillar [CAT
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]. In absolute dollars, financials take all top 5 slots in the leaderboard. Citigroup [C
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] leads with $4.7 billion surprise followed by Wells Fargo's [WFC
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] $1.1 billion and JP Morgan's surprise of nearly $936 million.
Earnings Leaderboard - Best Performers (as of 7/23) |
| Company | Symbol | Sector | Date | EPS Est. | Actual | %Chg |
| Sallie Mae | SLM | Financials | 7/21/2009 | 0.04 | 0.31 | 675% |
| JP Morgan Chase | JPM | Financials | 7/16/2009 | 0.04 | 0.28 | 600% |
| Caterpillar | CAT | Industrials | 7/21/2009 | 0.22 | 0.72 | 227% |
| Whirlpool | WHR | Cons Disc | 7/22/2009 | 0.51 | 1.04 | 104% |
| Freeport McMoran | FCX | Materials | 7/21/2009 | 0.69 | 1.38 | 100% |
On the downside, Allegheny Technologies [ATI
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] $266 million downside surprises.
Earnings Leaderboard - Biggest Losers (as of 7/23) |
| Company | Symbol | Sector | Rpt Date | EPS Est. | Actual | %Chg |
| Allegheny Technologies | ATI | Materials | 7/22/2009 | 0.03 | -0.14 | -567% |
| Nabors Industries | NBR | Energy | 7/21/2009 | 0.26 | -0.68 | -362% |
| Intel | INTC | Tech | 7/14/2009 | 0.08 | -0.07 | -188% |
| Harley Davidson | HOG | Cons Disc | 7/16/2009 | 0.24 | 0.08 | -67% |
| Host Hotels | HST | Financials | 7/22/2009 | 0.24 | 0.12 | -50% |
Source:Thomson Reuters
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