Overall Recap Of the companies that reported last week, 54% beat EPS expectations and 44% missed EPS expectations. In addition, 50% beat Revenue expectations and 50% missed Revenue expectations. The company who beat EPS expectations by thelargest amount was Galapagos NV (GLPG.AS) with a positive 145.3%surprise. The company who missed EPS expectations by the largest
Month to date the market had seen the USD adding pressure to some countries, many commodities and some equity markets. This is on risk that many companies in Asia and LatAm are not ready to hedge. North American companies and European are more used to than others to understand the FX risk. They usually have
Non-farm Private Payrolls came at 287K vs. 195K consensus. Tariffs: Market is assuming that China will not materially respond to the tariffs. Trump has gone ahead with tariffs on steel and aluminum. Mexico and Canada are temporarily exempt. Market is assuming that many other countries will also be able to get an exemption. Based on this assumption,
STOXX 600 Earnings Outlook as of the close of today Fourth quarter earnings are expected to increase 11.9% from Q4 2016. Excluding the Energy sector, earnings are expected to increase 9.8%. Fourth quarter revenue is expected to increase 0.3% from Q4 2016. Excluding the Energy sector, earnings are expected to increase 0.5%. 27 companies in