The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Lear, SEI Investments, Alexion Pharmaceuticals And Apartment Investment And Management
Zacks Investment Research | Jan 26, 2020 10:39PM ET
For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL – January 27, 2020 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Lear Corp. (NYSE:LEA) , SEI Investments Co. (NASDAQ:SEIC) , Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ALXN) and Apartment Investment and Management Co. (NYSE:AIV) .
Here are highlights from Friday’s Analyst Blog:
4 Top-Ranked Stocks Poised to Beat on Q4 Earnings Next Week
Wall Street is firing on all cylinders since the beginning of this year, breaking one record after another. This year’s momentum started from where it ended in 2019. Although corporate earnings growth was negative year over year in the first three quarters of last year, results were far better than initially anticipated. For the fourth quarter also, earnings trends are improving as companies are coming up with their reports.
Fourth-Quarter Earnings Results Improving
Expectations for fourth-quarter 2019 earnings are far from encouraging at present. As of Jan 23, just 75 S&P 500 members reported fourth-quarter earnings results. Total earnings of these companies are down 1.3% from the same period last year on 3.2% higher revenues. Of the total, 69.3% surpassed EPS estimates while 72% outpaced revenue estimates.
As of Jan 23, total earnings of the S&P 500 Index are anticipated to be down 3% from the same period last year on 3.7% higher revenues. This is an improvement from earnings decline of 3.2% from the same period last year on 3.5% higher revenues, projected at the beginning of the reporting cycle. (Read More: Zacks Investment Research
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