By The Numbers
- Remorseful Regulator Leads Reform Fight
- Lightning Round: AT&T, Verizon, Novartis and More
- Lightning Round OT: Alcoa, Weight Watchers and More
- Why Amazon Rules Retail
- Nordic American: Sinking Ship or Titan Tanker?
- Your First Move For Tuesday November 24th
- Cramer: What Monday’s Housing Number Really Means
- Pops & Drops: Cigna, Verizon...
- Giving Thanks: Energy
- Web Extra: Winning The Chocolate Wars
MOST SHARED
- The 'Real' Jobless Rate: 17.5% Of Workers Are Unemployed
- Why Amazon Rules Retail
- Paul: Audit the Fed
- HP Comes in As Expected; Is It Time to Buy?
- JAL Slides to Record Low on Bankruptcy Jitters
- Prepare For Large Decline In Stocks, Next Year?
- The Social Media Gaming Threat
- Wave of Debt Payments Facing US Government
- Holiday Travel Outlook
- Gold Will Collapse Like Oil Did in 2008: Charts
RSS FEED
Director of Market Data & Content Services
With American Express' [AXP
Loading...
()
] report after the close yesterday and Microsoft's [.DJIA
Loading...
()
] earnings report this morning, two thirds of the Dow 30 [.DJIA
Loading...
()
] have now reported. Here is a summary of how things stand in terms of EPS and revenues to date.
So far, an astounding 90% of the 20 companies have beaten EPS estimates while 55% have beaten estimates on the topline. This compares to 78% of the S&P 500 [.SPX
Loading...
()
] beating on earnings and 62% beating on revenues. Caterpillar [CAT
Loading...
()
] has had the biggest EPS surprise, coming in at 967% above expectations. 3M [MMM
Loading...
()
] leads the Dow on revenue surprises with a 7.3% surprise.
>> See Biggest Surprises on the S&P 500
Despite the surprises, more than half of the Dow components that have reported so far are trading down from their closing prices just before their announcements. Travelers [TRV
Loading...
()
] has seen the biggest gains since its announcement. See the table below for the details.
![]() |
Comments? Send them to
- The show attracts a big TV audience every year, but this year it may take on even more importance.
- …you'll want to be prepared. Tips for getting the most out of the post-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy.
- Congressman Ron Paul explains to Squawk Box why he’s pushing legislation to audit the Federal Reserve.
- CNBC’s Phil LeBeau took a test drive of GM’s flagship electric car. Here’s what he thought of the Volt.
- The energy company Power Efficiency is building tools that regulate the power electric motors use.
- CNBC’s technology reporter Jim Goldman guides you through the best gadgets to buy this holiday season.












