Monday, July 20, 2020

Earnings Monitor: Waiting for Congress

We are starting our coverage of the Q2 earnings season. Let's begin with the big picture. FactSet reported that, with 9% of the companies reported, the EPS beat rate was 73%, which was slightly above the 5-year average. The sales beat rate was 78%, which was well above the 5-year average of 60%.

The bottom-up consensus forward 12-month estimate rose 0.51% last week The market is trading at a forward P/E of 22.3, which is well ahead of historical norms.


The full post can be found here.

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