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The sector's expected earnings haul in 2022, as well as current estimates for the next two years, represent all-time records for the space, easily surpassing the previous record set in 2008 when oil prices had gone above $140 per barrel.
The overall trend emerging from the Retail sector's Q2 results has been on the weak side, with most operators suffering from softening sales, rising expenses, bigger than expected inventory builds and lowered guidance for the current period.
The Q2 earnings season has turned out to be a lot better relative to what the market feared. While some companies did guide lower, most either reiterated guidance or actually raised their outlook.
No company is completely immune from cyclical forces. But even after conceding that point, it is hard not to be impressed with the strength of the Apple, Amazon and Microsoft numbers...
Beyond the big 5 Tech players, total Q2 earnings for the Technology sector as a whole are expected to be down -8.9% from the same period last year on +2.8% higher revenues...
Bank stocks have been big-time laggards in the ongoing market pullback. This is despite the fact that core features of the economy have been stable and rising interest rates are generally expected to benefit banks since they help expand their margins...
With respect to the evolution of earnings estimates, we should point out that while estimates have come down a bit, they are nowhere near what would be consistent with a significant economic slowdown...
If we look at the revisions trend in the aggregate, at the S&P 500 level, we don't see a lot of movement, as you can see in the chart below that plots the evolution of aggregate Q2 earnings growth estimates for the index since the start of 2022.
There are some in the market that can't see the Fed getting on top of the inflation problem without pushing the economy into a recession. Yet, a recessionary outcome for the economy is neither the consensus view, nor what the Zacks economic team is projecting at present...
The stock market has been merciless in response to disappointing Q1 results, with Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT) the most recent victims. Here's how the earnings outlook is shaping up near the end of the Q1 earnings season...
With respect to the Retail sector's 2022 Q1 earnings season scorecard, we now have results from 21 of the 34 retailers in the S&P 500 index. Here's how the companies are performing so far and what to expect...
Total Q1 earnings for the 'Big 5 Tech' players are down -8.4% from the same period last year on +11.4% higher revenues, with a 421 basis-points (bps) compression in net margins
For the Zacks Major Banks industry, which includes Citi and JPMorgan and accounts for roughly 40% of total Finance sector earnings, total Q1 earnings are on track to be down -32.9% from the same period last year on +0.6% higher revenues.
For the Zacks Major Banks industry, which includes these major banks and accounts for roughly 45% of the Finance sector's earnings, 2022 Q1 earnings are expected to decline -36.2% on -1.4% lower revenues.
With respect to estimate revisions, Q1 estimates would have come down since the start of the period had it not been for the offsetting upward revisions to Energy sector estimates.
Revisions to the 2022 Q1 estimates are mixed, with estimates for 9 of the 16 Zacks sectors going down since the start of January, with the Consumer Discretionary, Transportation and Aerospace sectors suffering significant estimate cuts...
The outlook for earnings had started easing even before the recent geopolitical developments. We saw this in the revisions trend, which had been mixed at best.
The outlook for earnings had started easing even before the recent geopolitical developments. The expectation currently is for 2022 Q1 earnings to be...
Total Q4 earnings for these retailers are up +53.6% from the same period last year on +7.5% higher revenues, with 80% beating EPS estimates and an equal proportion beating revenue estimates...
For the quarter, these Big 5 Tech companies combined earned $98.6 billion in earnings on $408.6 billion in revenues, representing year-over-year growth rates of +26.7% and +15.3%, respectively...
Under this new monetary policy regime of shrinking liquidity and rising interest rates, high growth stocks in the Technology sector become less attractive. You can see this play out in the chart below...
Earnings Preview: Archive
Exploring the Energy Sector's Ongoing Earnings Boom
by Sheraz Mian
The sector's expected earnings haul in 2022, as well as current estimates for the next two years, represent all-time records for the space, easily surpassing the previous record set in 2008 when oil prices had gone above $140 per barrel.
BPNegative Net Change CVXNegative Net Change XOMPositive Net Change
earnings oil-energy
Exploring Weak Retail Sector Earnings and Guidance
by Sheraz Mian
The overall trend emerging from the Retail sector's Q2 results has been on the weak side, with most operators suffering from softening sales, rising expenses, bigger than expected inventory builds and lowered guidance for the current period.
AMZNNegative Net Change HPQNegative Net Change BBYPositive Net Change LULUPositive Net Change
consumer-discretionary consumer-staples e-commerce retail
3 Key Takeaways from Q2 Earnings Season
by Sheraz Mian
The Q2 earnings season has turned out to be a lot better relative to what the market feared. While some companies did guide lower, most either reiterated guidance or actually raised their outlook.
RLPositive Net Change DISNegative Net Change NWSNegative Net Change FOXNegative Net Change
earnings oil-energy
Apple, Amazon & Big Tech Showcase Their Earnings Power Once Again
by Sheraz Mian
No company is completely immune from cyclical forces. But even after conceding that point, it is hard not to be impressed with the strength of the Apple, Amazon and Microsoft numbers...
AMZNNegative Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change XOMPositive Net Change WMTPositive Net Change EXPEPositive Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change BKNGPositive Net Change UBERPositive Net Change ABNBPositive Net Change METANegative Net Change
tech-stocks
Previewing Big Tech Earnings Ahead of a Huge Week for Wall Street
by Sheraz Mian
Beyond the big 5 Tech players, total Q2 earnings for the Technology sector as a whole are expected to be down -8.9% from the same period last year on +2.8% higher revenues...
AMZNNegative Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change METANegative Net Change
earnings tech-stocks
Breaking Down JPMorgan, Citi & Big Bank Earnings
by Sheraz Mian
Both JPMorgan and Citi showed strength in Main Street banking, helping partly offset weakness in Wall Street activities
WFCPositive Net Change JPMPositive Net Change CPositive Net Change
earnings finance
Previewing JPMorgan and the Big Banks to Kick Off Q2 Earnings Season
by Sheraz Mian
Bank stocks have been big-time laggards in the ongoing market pullback. This is despite the fact that core features of the economy have been stable and rising interest rates are generally expected to benefit banks since they help expand their margins...
JPMPositive Net Change CPositive Net Change DALNegative Net Change PEPNegative Net Change
earnings finance
Looking for Guidance to Reset Earnings Expectations
by Sheraz Mian
With respect to the evolution of earnings estimates, we should point out that while estimates have come down a bit, they are nowhere near what would be consistent with a significant economic slowdown...
MSFTPositive Net Change ACNNegative Net Change ADBEPositive Net Change FDXNegative Net Change KBHNegative Net Change LENNegative Net Change
earnings energy oil-energy
Previewing the Q2 Earnings Season as Inflation Soars
by Sheraz Mian
If we look at the revisions trend in the aggregate, at the S&P 500 level, we don't see a lot of movement, as you can see in the chart below that plots the evolution of aggregate Q2 earnings growth estimates for the index since the start of 2022.
KRNegative Net Change ORCLNegative Net Change COSTNegative Net Change ADBEPositive Net Change AZONegative Net Change
basic-materials oil-energy transportation
Breaking Down Earnings Amid Fed Tightening, Economic Slowdown Fears
by Sheraz Mian
There are some in the market that can't see the Fed getting on top of the inflation problem without pushing the economy into a recession. Yet, a recessionary outcome for the economy is neither the consensus view, nor what the Zacks economic team is projecting at present...
KRNegative Net Change
consumer-staples earnings oil-energy transportation
Breaking Down the Earnings Outlook After Retailers Disappoint
by Sheraz Mian
The stock market has been merciless in response to disappointing Q1 results, with Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT) the most recent victims. Here's how the earnings outlook is shaping up near the end of the Q1 earnings season...
AMZNNegative Net Change TGTPositive Net Change EBAYNegative Net Change EXPEPositive Net Change
earnings oil-energy retail
Previewing Retail Sector Earnings as Inflation Climbs
by Sheraz Mian
With respect to the Retail sector's 2022 Q1 earnings season scorecard, we now have results from 21 of the 34 retailers in the S&P 500 index. Here's how the companies are performing so far and what to expect...
TGTPositive Net Change WMTPositive Net Change CVSPositive Net Change COSTNegative Net Change
e-commerce earnings retail
The Energy Sector is Surging: How Sustainable Are Earnings?
by Sheraz Mian
There is no surprise why these companies are enjoying the sunshine, given what's been happening to oil and natural gas prices lately. But what's next?
CVXNegative Net Change XOMPositive Net Change
earnings oil-energy
Making Sense of Tech Sector Earnings After a Big Week of Results
by Sheraz Mian
Total Q1 earnings for the 'Big 5 Tech' players are down -8.4% from the same period last year on +11.4% higher revenues, with a 421 basis-points (bps) compression in net margins
AMZNNegative Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change FBPositive Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change TDOCPositive Net Change
earnings tech-stocks
Previewing Tech Earnings After Netflix's Fiasco
by Sheraz Mian
The rude shock from the streaming giant has put the spotlight on other Tech leaders that are on deck to report March-quarter results next week.
AMZNNegative Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change KONegative Net Change LUVNegative Net Change NFLXNegative Net Change MMMNegative Net Change PEPNegative Net Change FBPositive Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change
earnings energy tech-stocks
Making Sense of Bank Earnings Amid Market and Economic Uncertainty
by Sheraz Mian
For the Zacks Major Banks industry, which includes Citi and JPMorgan and accounts for roughly 40% of total Finance sector earnings, total Q1 earnings are on track to be down -32.9% from the same period last year on +0.6% higher revenues.
GSPositive Net Change JPMPositive Net Change CPositive Net Change
earnings finance
Can Bank Stocks Get Their Mojo Back with Q1 Results?
by Sheraz Mian
For the Zacks Major Banks industry, which includes these major banks and accounts for roughly 45% of the Finance sector's earnings, 2022 Q1 earnings are expected to decline -36.2% on -1.4% lower revenues.
GSPositive Net Change BACPositive Net Change JPMPositive Net Change
earnings finance
Making Sense of the Earnings Uncertainty
by Sheraz Mian
With respect to estimate revisions, Q1 estimates would have come down since the start of the period had it not been for the offsetting upward revisions to Energy sector estimates.
CAGNegative Net Change STZNegative Net Change LWNegative Net Change
earnings energy
Breaking Down the Outlook for S&P 500 Margins
by Sheraz Mian
Revisions to the 2022 Q1 estimates are mixed, with estimates for 9 of the 16 Zacks sectors going down since the start of January, with the Consumer Discretionary, Transportation and Aerospace sectors suffering significant estimate cuts...
JPMPositive Net Change PAYXPositive Net Change MUNegative Net Change WBANegative Net Change
earnings oil-energy
A Cloudier Earnings Outlook
by Sheraz Mian
The outlook for earnings had started easing even before the recent geopolitical developments. We saw this in the revisions trend, which had been mixed at best.
JPMPositive Net Change NKENegative Net Change DRIPositive Net Change ORCLNegative Net Change FDXNegative Net Change
consumer-discretionary earnings finance
What to Expect from the Q1 2022 Earnings Season
by Sheraz Mian
The expectation currently is for 2022 Q1 estimates to be up +3.7% from the same period last year on +9.8% higher revenues...
JPMPositive Net Change ORCLNegative Net Change COSTNegative Net Change AZONegative Net Change FDXNegative Net Change LENNegative Net Change
earnings energy transportation
Previewing the 2022 Q1 Earnings Season
by Sheraz Mian
The outlook for earnings had started easing even before the recent geopolitical developments. The expectation currently is for 2022 Q1 earnings to be...
JPMPositive Net Change COSTNegative Net Change AZONegative Net Change SPYPositive Net Change
earnings oil-energy
Focusing on the Retail Sector as Q4 Earnings Season Winds Down
by Sheraz Mian
Total Q4 earnings for these retailers are up +53.6% from the same period last year on +7.5% higher revenues, with 80% beating EPS estimates and an equal proportion beating revenue estimates...
WMTPositive Net Change
consumer-staples earnings retail
Tech Earnings Impress in the Face of Economic Headwinds
by Sheraz Mian
For the quarter, these Big 5 Tech companies combined earned $98.6 billion in earnings on $408.6 billion in revenues, representing year-over-year growth rates of +26.7% and +15.3%, respectively...
AMZNNegative Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change FBPositive Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change
earnings tech-stocks
The Outlook for Tech Stocks in a Rising Rate Environment
by Sheraz Mian
Under this new monetary policy regime of shrinking liquidity and rising interest rates, high growth stocks in the Technology sector become less attractive. You can see this play out in the chart below...
AMZNNegative Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change MSFTPositive Net Change FBPositive Net Change GOOGLNegative Net Change
earnings tech-stocks