Full-Year Earnings Estimates

Here’s a look at Wall Street’s earnings estimates for the S&P 500 and its sectors from the end of the first quarter, the end of the second quarter and last week.
As you can see, the estimates for the S&P 500 have climbed higher.

Sector 31-Mar-10 30-Jun-10 21-Jul-10
S&P 500 $78.05 $81.82 $82.15
Discretionary $15.21 $16.58 $16.59
Staples $19.43 $19.22 $19.22
Energy $33.26 $34.44 $34.54
Financials $13.17 $15.00 $15.02
Health Care $30.48 $29.68 $29.71
Industrials $15.53 $16.63 $16.84
Technology $23.75 $25.15 $25.40
Materials $11.73 $12.34 $12.30
Telecom $7.50 $7.94 $8.01
Utilities $12.84 $12.77 $12.82

At $82.15, that means the market is going for about 13.5 times this year’s earnings.

Posted by on July 26th, 2010 at 3:04 pm


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