Status for Q2 regnskaber fra amerikanske selskaber
The estimated earnings growth rate for the S&P 500 for Q2 2015 1.2%. The S&P 500 expects to see shareweighted earnings of $274.6B in Q2 2015, compared to share-weighted earnings of $271.3B (based on the year-ago earnings of the current 500 constituents) in Q2 2014. Seven of the ten sectors in the index expect to see an improvement in earnings relative to Q2 2014.
The Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors have the highest earnings growth rates for the quarter, while the Energy sector has the weakest anticipated growth compared to Q2 2014. The Financials sector has the highest earnings growth rate (18.5%) of any sector. It is expected to earn $58.7B in Q2 2015, compared to earnings of $49.6B in Q2 2014.
15 of the 21 sub-industries in the sector are anticipated to have positive earnings growth, led by Specialized REITs (99%) and Diversified Banks (54%). If these sub-industries are removed, the growth rate declines to 1.7%. The Consumer Discretionary sector has the second highest earnings growth rate (12.4%) of all ten sectors. Analysts expect it to earn $30.1B in Q2 2015, relative to earnings of $26.8B in Q2 2014. 21 of the 33 subindustries in the sector are anticipated to see higher earnings than a year ago. The Publishing (600%) and Homebuilding (71%) sub-industries have the highest growth rates in the sector.
If these sub-industries are removed, the growth rate declines to 11.7%. The Energy sector has the lowest growth rate (-56.2%) of any sector. It is expected to earn $13.7B in Q2 2015, relative to earnings of $31.4B in Q2 2014. Six of the seven sub-industries in the sector are anticipated to see earnings decreases compared to Q2 2014, led by Coal & Consumable Fuels (-629%). If this sub-industry is removed, the growth rate increases to -56.0%.
