Coca-Cola, Tesla and UPS are part of Zacks Earnings Preview
For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL – October 21, 2024 – Zacks.com releases the list of companies likely to issue earnings surprises. This week’s list includes Coca-Cola KO, Tesla TSLA and UPS UPS.
What Do Q3 Earnings Results Show?
The banks and other Finance sector companies gave us a good start to the Q3 earnings season. However, we will see if this favorable trend will continue this week as the Q3 reporting cycle really ramps up, with more than 450 companies reporting results, including 109 S&P 500 members. By the end of this week, we will have seen Q3 results from 36% of S&P 500 members, representing all key sectors of the market.
Through Friday, October 18th, we have seen Q3 results from 71 S&P 500 members that collectively account for 15.6% of the index’s total market capitalization. Total earnings for these companies are up +6.3% from the same period last year on +4.8% higher revenues, with 81.7% of the companies beating EPS estimates and 67.6% beating revenue estimates.
The proportion of these 71 index members beating both EPS and revenue estimates is 60.6%.
This is a better performance than we have seen from this group of 71 index members in other recent periods.
The Earnings Big Picture
As noted earlier, we have more than 450 companies reporting results this week, including 109 S&P 500 members. The notable companies reporting this week include General Motors and 3M on Tuesday, Coca-Cola and Boeing on Wednesday morning, Tesla, IBM and Lam Research after the market’s close that day, UPS and Southwest Airlines in the morning session on Thursday, and Colgate-Palmolive on Friday.
Looking at Q3 as a whole, combining the results that have come out with estimates for the still-to-come companies, total earnings for the S&P 500 index are expected to be up +3% from the same period last year on +4.7% higher revenues.
Notwithstanding the modest growth pace in Q3, the aggregate earnings total for the period is expected to be a new all-time quarterly record.
For the last quarter of the year, total S&P 500 earnings are expected to be up +9.3% from the same period last year on +5.2% higher revenues.
Unlike the unusually high magnitude of estimate cuts that we had seen ahead of the start of the Q3 earnings season, estimates for Q4 are holding up a lot better.
For a detailed look at the overall earnings picture, including expectations for the coming periods, please check out our weekly Earnings Trends report >>>> Earnings Results Provide Reassuring Economic View
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