by Jason Bodner
February 25, 2025
Most of the country is currently in a deep freeze – except south Florida, where I live. Sorry about that!
But February in the southern hemisphere is in the last month of their summer, so it is warm down there.
The calendar says we are more than halfway through the first quarter, so this is a good time to do a market check-up. First, let’s check on earnings for the S&P 503. No, that’s not a typo: The S&P 500 has over 500 stocks in it. According to FactSet and several other data providers I use, the S&P index contains as many as 503 stocks. Mainly, this is because some companies have duplicates. For instance, Google has two classes with different tickers: GOOG and GOOGL – the same company but two with stocks in the index.
According to FactSet, as of this writing, 86% of the S&P 500 had reported earnings. Approximately 76% of companies have beaten earnings while 62% have beaten sales – right in line with the 10-year average:
Graphs are for illustrative and discussion purposes only. Please read important disclosures at the end of this commentary.
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