FY25 EPS revisions in Europe are trending somewhat worse than that of a typical year.
Source: Barclays, The Market Ear
US earnings growth outperforming.
Source: @fundstrat thru Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT, MBA
The most important week of us earnings season is here.
Over 37% of $QQQ reports earnings this week. Enjoy the show 🍿 $MSFT | $AAPL | $AMZN | $META Source. BofA, Trend Spider
The Mag 7 has consistently blown the doors off EPS estimates
Mag 7 EPS growth is expected to hit 14% this quarter Source: Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT, MBA, JP Morgan, Bloomberg
Tesla just posted a double miss for Q2:
~EPS: $0.40 vs $0.42 est ~REV: $22.50B vs $22.79B est Still, the stock $TSLA was up +1% in after-hours trading Here are the details: • Revenue -12% Y/Y to $22.5B ($0.4B beat). • Gross margin 17% (-1pp Y/Y). • Operating margin 4% (-2pp Y/Y). • Capex +5% Y/Y to $2.4B. • Free cash flow -89% Y/Y to $0.1B. • Non-GAAP EPS $0.40 (in-line). Source: App Economy Insights
Alphabet reported second-quarter results on Wednesday that beat on revenue and earnings.
The company increased its capital expenditures forecast for 2025 to $85 billion, up $10 billion from February, due to “strong and growing demand for our Cloud products and services.” The company’s overall revenue grew 14% year over year, higher than the 10.9% Wall Street expected. Here are the details ($GOOG Alphabet Q2 FY25): • Revenue +14% Y/Y to $96.B ($2.5B beat). • Operating margin 32% (flat Y/Y). • EPS $2.31 ($0.12 beat). ☁️ Google Cloud: • Revenue +32% Y/Y to $13.6B. • Operating margin 21% (+9pp Y/Y). ▶️ YouTube ads +13% to $9.8B. Source: CNBC, App Economy Insights
Top 10 Profitable Companies in 2024
1. Saudi Aramco: $120.7B 2. Apple: $97.0B 3. Berkshire Hathaway: $96.2B 4. Alphabet (Google): $73.8B 5. Microsoft: $72.4B 6. ICBC: $51.4B 7. JP Morgan Chase: $49.6B 8. China Construction Bank: $47.0B 9. Meta (Facebook): $39.1B 10. Agricultural Bank of China: $38.0B Source: Statista
S&P 500 earnings have recently seen multiple sharp upward revisions.
This comes after 15 consecutive weeks of downside earnings revisions fueled by tariff fears. Overall, it seems that US corporations are actually coming out on the other side of these fears stronger. This is a tailwind for the stock market. Source: Bravos research
