2016 Estimates For S&P500 Earnings & Price Levels

In the December 14, 2015 edition of Barron’s, the cover story is titled “Stocks Have Room to Rise 10% in 2016, Market Strategists Say.” Included in the story, 10 investment strategists give various forecasts for 2016 including S&P500 profits, S&P500 year-end price targets, GDP growth, and 10-Year Treasury Note Yields. A couple of excerpts: Based …

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Trends Of S&P500 Earnings Forecasts

S&P500 earnings trends and estimates are a notably important topic, for a variety of reasons, at this point in time. FactSet publishes a report titled “Earnings Insight” that contains a variety of information including the trends and expectations of S&P500 earnings. For reference purposes, here are two charts as seen in the “Earnings Insight” (pdf) report of …

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S&P500 2015, 2016 & 2017 Annual EPS Estimates

As many are aware, Thomson Reuters publishes earnings estimates for the S&P500.  (My other posts concerning S&P earnings estimates can be found under the S&P500 Earnings tag) The following estimates are from Exhibit 12 of “The Director’s Report” (pdf) of November 19, 2015, and represent an aggregation of individual S&P500 component “bottom up” analyst forecasts.  For reference, the Year …

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Standard & Poor’s S&P500 Earnings Estimates For 2015 & 2016 – As Of November 12, 2015

As many are aware, Standard & Poor’s publishes earnings estimates for the S&P500.  (My posts concerning their estimates can be found under the S&P500 Earnings tag) For reference purposes, the most current estimates are reflected below, and are as of November 12, 2015: Year 2015 estimates add to the following: -From a “bottom up” perspective, operating earnings of $106.80/share …

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Trends Of S&P500 Earnings Forecasts

S&P500 earnings trends and estimates are a notably important topic, for a variety of reasons, at this point in time. FactSet publishes a report titled “Earnings Insight” that contains a variety of information including the trends and expectations of S&P500 earnings. For reference purposes, here are two charts as seen in the “Earnings Insight” (pdf) report of …

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S&P500 2015, 2016 & 2017 Annual EPS Estimates

As many are aware, Thomson Reuters publishes earnings estimates for the S&P500.  (My other posts concerning S&P earnings estimates can be found under the S&P500 Earnings tag) The following estimates are from Exhibit 12 of “The Director’s Report” (pdf) of October 19, 2015, and represent an aggregation of individual S&P500 component “bottom up” analyst forecasts.  For reference, the Year …

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Standard & Poor’s S&P500 Earnings Estimates For 2015 & 2016 – As Of October 14, 2015

As many are aware, Standard & Poor’s publishes earnings estimates for the S&P500.  (My posts concerning their estimates can be found under the S&P500 Earnings tag) For reference purposes, the most current estimates are reflected below, and are as of October 14, 2015: Year 2015 estimates add to the following: -From a “bottom up” perspective, operating earnings of $110.81/share …

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Trends Of S&P500 Earnings Forecasts

S&P500 earnings trends and estimates are a notably important topic, for a variety of reasons, at this point in time. FactSet publishes a report titled “Earnings Insight” that contains a variety of information including the trends and expectations of S&P500 earnings. For reference purposes, here are two charts as seen in the “Earnings Insight” (pdf) report of …

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S&P500 Annual EPS Estimates For 2015, 2016 & 2017

As many are aware, Thomson Reuters publishes earnings estimates for the S&P500.  (My other posts concerning S&P earnings estimates can be found under the S&P500 Earnings tag) The following estimates are from Exhibit 12 of “The Director’s Report” (pdf) of September 22, 2015, and represent an aggregation of individual S&P500 component “bottom up” analyst forecasts.  For reference, the Year …

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Standard & Poor’s S&P500 Earnings Estimates For 2015 & 2016 – As Of September 18, 2015

As many are aware, Standard & Poor’s publishes earnings estimates for the S&P500.  (My posts concerning their estimates can be found under the S&P500 Earnings tag) For reference purposes, the most current estimates are reflected below, and are as of September 18, 2015: Year 2015 estimates add to the following: -From a “bottom up” perspective, operating earnings of $111.27/share …

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