S&P 500 Earnings Leaderboard: Biggest Surprises Season to Date

As of this morning, about 56% of the S&P 500 companies have reported earnings.

Here's how things stand so far:

• Companies Exceeding EPS Estimates: 36%
• Companies Matching EPS Estimates: 6%
• Companies Falling Below EPS Estimates: 14%

Starwood Hotels had the biggest percent surprise to the upside followed by Masco . In absolute dollars, Citigroup leads the list with a surprise of $4.3 billion, followed by Bank of America with a $1.9 billion gain. Ford Motor beat the street in earnings with $2.1 billion but had the highest miss in terms of absolute dollars for revenue, off by $2.4 billion according to data from Thomson Reuters.

Earnings - Best Performers (as of 4/29 AM)

Company	Symbol	Sector	Date	EPS Est.	Actual	% Chg
Starwood Hotels	HOT	Cons Disc	4/29/10	0.02	0.13	550%
Masco	MAS	Industrials	4/26/10	0.01	0.04	300%
Bank of America	BAC	Financials	4/16/10	0.09	0.28	211%
Yahoo!	YHOO	Tech	4/20/10	0.09	0.22	144%
Capital One	COF	Financials	4/22/10	0.59	1.40	137%

Thomson Reuters

On the downside, Prologis had the largest percent drop, reporting a -94% miss.

Earnings - Biggest Losers (as of 4/29 AM)

Company	Symbol	Sector	Rpt Date	EPS Est.	Actual	% Chg
Prologis	PLD	Financials	4/22/10	0.17	0.01	-94%
Invesco	IVZ	Financials	4/28/10	0.26	0.21	-19%
Time Warner	TWC	Cons Disc	4/29/10	0.74	0.60	-19%
Robert Half	RHI	Industrials	4/27/10	0.06	0.05	-17%
Cinncinati Fin	CINF	Financials	4/28/10	0.45	0.39	-13%

Thomson Reuters

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