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22 May 2024

All eyes are on Nvidia this week: Nvidia, $NVDA, earnings alone drove 42% and 37% of the S&P 500 year-over-year EPS growth in Q3 and Q4 2023.

The company also accounted for 11% of the entire S&P 500's return over the last 12 months. In Q1 2024, Nvidia’s contribution to the S&P 500's EPS growth is estimated to reach ~40%. Nvidia's Q1 2024 EPS and revenue are projected to grow by 474% and 241%, respectively. Source: The Kobeissi Letter, BofA

21 May 2024

Not all new highs are the same.

Awesome chart from @sonusvarghese thru Ryan Detrick here. End of March, SPX up 10.2% YTD. Only 3.1% from EPS growth and the rest (7.1%) was from multiple expansion. On 5/15, SPX up 11.1% YTD. Now 5.3% from EPS growth and 6.0% from multiple expansion.

13 May 2024

S&P 500 companies continue to outpace earnings expectations, but not quite as much on the sales side.

But now we are seeing these expectations rise, so the quarters ahead may become a bit more challenging as we may see earnings growth slowing at the same time. Source: Bloomberg, Markets & Mayhem

13 May 2024

"Power Up America" theme is Goldman's top performing basket year-to-date w/+37.5% driven by global data centers' eye-popping demand for power.

17 of the 22 companies from the basket that have reported earnings have beat estimates by an average of +29%. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

13 May 2024

There is absolutely no fear in debt markets

Source: BofA

13 May 2024

Earnings for the week of May 13, 2024

https://lnkd.in/eEaHXwcK $BABA $WMT $NU $HD $AMAT $BIDU $NXT $CSCO $JD $STNE $TTWO $SE $DE $OTRK $MNDY $LEGN $OCGN $WULF $DT $LUNR $GRAB $PBR $PSFE $SONY $NICE $HUT $TME $MNSO $OGI $DFLI $CPA $DHT $BITF $BKKT $HUYA $NOTV $QUIK $MAXN $KOPN $LSPD $HBM $ARQT $DDL $CGAU $CRLBF $DOCS $DOLE $ACXP $AGYS $GROY

6 May 2024

US earnings season UPDATE: 1Q earnings reported so far are +7.0% above expectations. (Clone)

Source: Mike Zaccardi, BofA

6 May 2024

US earnings season UPDATE: 1Q earnings reported so far are +7.0% above expectations.

Source: Mike Zaccardi, BofA

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