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S&P 500 Earnings Leaderboard: Biggest Surprises Season to Date
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Revenues to date for the S&P 500
- Companies Exceeding Revenue Estimates: 57%
- Companies Matching Revenue Estimates: 0%
- Companies Falling Below Revenue Estimates: 43%
Revenues are starting to look better this quarter. At the same point last quarter, 53% of the companies reporting had missed EPS estimates and 47% had beaten estimates.
In percentage terms, three new companies move ahead of Morgan Stanley [MS
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] $5.9 billion surprise is the biggest to date in terms of dollars.
Revenue - Best Performers (as of 11/4) |
| Company | Symbol | Sector | Date | Rev Est. ($M) | Actual | %Chg |
| Anadarko Petroleum | APC | Energy | 11/2/2009 | 1998 | 2740 | 37.2% |
| R.R. Donnelley & Sons | RRD | Industrials | 11/4/2009 | 1925 | 2463 | 28.0% |
| EQT Corp | EQT | Utilities | 10/29/2009 | 171 | 218 | 27.8% |
| Morgan Stanley | MS | Financials | 10/21/2009 | 7001 | 8675 | 24% |
| Williams Companies | WMB | Energy | 10/29/2009 | 1761 | 2098 | 19.2% |
On the downside, Utilities lead the biggest percentage surprises with PPL Corp [PPL
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Revenue - Biggest Losers (as of 11/4) |
| Company | Symbol | Sector | Rpt Date | Rev Est. ($M) | Actual | %Chg |
| PPL Corp | PPL | Utilities | 10/29/2009 | 2990 | 1805 | -39.6% |
| Public Svc Enterprise Group | PEG | Utilities | 10/28/2009 | 4669 | 3039 | -35% |
| NiSource | NI | Utilities | 10/30/2009 | 1307 | 909 | -30.4% |
| SCANA | SCG | Utilities | 10/27/2009 | 1286 | 921 | -28% |
| Entergy | ETR | Utilities | 10/22/2009 | 3903 | 2937 | -25% |
Data Source:Thomson Reuters
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