FACTSET EARNINGS INSIGHT, APRIL 17 (Factset)
“-Earnings Scorecard: Of the 82 companies that have
reported earnings to date for Q1 2014, 66% have reported earnings above the mean estimate and 50% have
reported sales above the mean estimate. Both of these percentages are below recent averages.
-Earnings Growth: The blended earnings decline for Q1
2014 is -1.3%. If this is the final percentage for the quarter, it will mark the first year-over-year
decline in earnings since Q3 2012 (-1.0%).” Earnings report excerpted from
Factset at…
