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Dow 30 Keep Beating the Street

Published: Friday, 23 Oct 2009 | 8:41 AM ET

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By: Ariel Nelson
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.