Zacks Investment Research | Oct 31, 2016 09:34PM ET
The Q3 earnings season is in full swing and the investors are keeping a tab on the companies’ performances. Several companies have come up with better-than-expected third-quarter 2016 results, despite a challenging operating environment.
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Further, Ares Capital has posted positive earnings surprises in three of the trailing four quarters.
American Capital, Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACAS) has a Zacks Consensus Estimate of 25 cents for the upcoming release. It reflects a year-over-year decline of about 10.7%. Also, it is difficult to conclusively predict an earnings beat this quarter as the company carries a Zacks Rank #3, with an Earnings ESP of 0.00%.
Notably, the company delivered average positive earnings surprise of 9.23% over the trailing four quarters as depicted in the chart below.
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. (NYSE:NSM) has the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 42 cents. This reflects year-over-year growth of 38.9% for the third quarter. However, we cannot conclusively predict earnings beat for Nationstar Mortgage Holdings as it carries a Zacks Rank #2, with an Earnings ESP of 0.00%.
In addition, the company has posted a positive earnings surprise of nearly 10.2% in the trailing four quarters.
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