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This Week In Earnings
Aggregate Estimates and Revisions
12-Mar-2010
This Week in Earnings provides analysis and commentary on aggregate estimate revisions, growth rates and valuations.
Regions: United States
Authors: John Butters
Products: Thomson ONE Investment Management
Keywords: earnings, guidance, revenues, S&P 500
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This Week In Earnings
Aggregate Estimates and Revisions
05-Mar-2010
This Week in Earnings provides analysis and commentary on aggregate estimate revisions, growth rates and valuations.
Regions: United States
Authors: John Butters
Products: Thomson ONE Investment Management
Keywords: earnings, guidance, revenues, S&P 500
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This Week In Earnings
Aggregate Estimates and Revisions
26-Feb-2010
This Week in Earnings provides analysis and commentary on aggregate estimate revisions, growth rates and valuations.
Regions: United States
Authors: John Butters
Products: Thomson ONE Investment Management
Keywords: earnings, guidance, revenues, S&P 500
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This Week In Earnings
Aggregate Estimates and Revisions
19-Feb-2010
This Week in Earnings provides analysis and commentary on aggregate estimate revisions, growth rates and valuations.
Regions: United States
Authors: John Butters
Products: Thomson ONE Investment Management
Keywords: earnings, guidance, revenues, S&P 500
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Earnings Surprise Forecast
Predicted Surprises for FY 2009 - Asia
11-Feb-2010
Earnings Surprise Forecast features stocks that we predict will experience an earnings surprise in the upcoming reporting period due to a divergence of our SmartEstimate from the Consensus Estimate.
Regions: Asia
Authors: Sridharan Raman
Products: StarMine Professional
Keywords: earnings, guidance
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Ahead of the Curve -- Predicting Surprises
How Consensus Mean Estimates and SmartEstimates Complement Each Other
11-Feb-2010
There are distinct trends in the way the Consensus Mean estimate moves in the portion of S&P companies that have upward revisions in the Consensus Mean and in the portion that have downward revisions. SmartEstimates can be used to provide greater confidence in predicting the direction of future Consensus Mean estimate moves. When trailing 4-week consensus revisions momentum data is combined with the SmartEstimate, the predictive capability of the SmartEstimate is strengthened. Money managers equipped with this edge can make more timely and accurate decisions based on the incremental information that the SmartEstimate provides.
Regions: United States
Authors: Sridharan Raman
Products: StarMine Professional
Keywords: earnings, guidance, S&P 500
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Analysts Optimistic for 2010
Revenue and Earnings Growth Projected for the Year
23-Dec-2009
Based on their estimates for earnings, revenues and target prices for the S&P 500, analysts are optimistic in all three areas for 2010 relative to 2009. Analysts are predicting year-over-year growth in both earnings and revenues for 2010. And, based on their bottoms-up target price, analysts expect the price of the index to increase in 2010.
Regions: United States
Authors: John Butters
Products: Thomson ONE Investment Management
Keywords: earnings, guidance, revenues, S&P 500
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High-Tech Companies Set Higher Earnings Bar
Jump in Positive Guidance Indicative of Broader Upward Revisions
08-Dec-2009
The ratio (1.6) of negative-to-positive EPS preannouncements after nine weeks of Q4 2009 for S&P 500 companies is well below the average N/P ratio (2.6) of the past four quarters, due to a sharp increase in positive EPS preannouncements from Information Technology companies. This upsurge reflects three broader IT sector trends regarding 1) revenues, 2) estimate revisions, and 3) earnings performance for Q4 2009. Read on...
Regions: United States
Authors: John Butters
Products: Thomson ONE Investment Management
Keywords: earnings, guidance, revenues, S&P 500
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Failure To Communicate
Fewer S&P 500 Firms Are Issuing Q1 EPS Guidance. Why An Eventual Uptick In Guidance Volume May Be Bullish
16-Apr-2009
Aggregate levels of company-issued quarterly EPS guidance have fallen substantially for first-quarter 2009, indicating that executives are still unsure about the future of their businesses. Until this phenomenon changes, equity markets will have to work with less transparency, data, and confidence.
Regions: United States
Authors: David Dropsey
Products: MarketQA
Keywords: guidance, S&P 500
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