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SPX Earnings Expectations Changing For Q2 And Full-Year 2016
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SPX Earnings Expectations Changing For Q2 And Full-Year 2016
By Brian Gilmartin | Apr 28, 2016 12:18AM ET By the end of this week, we will have heard from about 60% of the S&P 500 in terms of Q1 ’16 financial results. How have expectations changed for Q2 ’16 and for full-year ’16 since April 1?
Using Thomson Reuters data, here are the sectors that have seen an increase in their expected earnings growth rate since April 1.
For Q2 ’16:
- Financials: -0.8% vs -2.7% as of April 1. (Improvement but still negative, just slightly so.)
- Health Care: +5.3%, vs. +4.9% on April 1.
- Industrials: +3.4%, vs +0.5% on April 1.
- Basic Materials: -8.1% vs -8.9% on April 1.
- Utilities: +4%, vs 2.9% on April 1.
- S&P 500: -2.2% vs -2.2% on April 1.
For Full-year 2016:
- Consumer Discretionary: +11.9% vs +11.2% as of April 1.
- Consumer Staples: +3.3% vs +2.9% on April 1.
- Health Care: +8.1% vs +7.6% on April 1.
- Basic Materials: -0.4% vs -1.8% on April 1.
- S&P 500: +1.2%, vs +1.8% on April 1.
Analysis / Conclusion: Exxon (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) report their Q1 ’16 financial results on Friday, April 29th, so the Energy sector will be heavily influenced by those two giants in terms of forward estimates following the conference calls. To be frank, it was a little surprising NOT to see Industrials on the full-year ’16 improvement table. I wonder then if the dollar weakness is expected to be short-lived. It is clear Technology sector earnings are weaker, and the S&P 500 is looking at its second consecutive year of low single-digit growth. (Long Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLE), iShares US Energy ETF(NYSE:IYE), XOM)
Pay attention to the sectors that turned up in both periods: Health Care and Basic Materials.
Basic materials is Alcoa (NYSE:AA), Freeport (NYSE:FCX), US Steel (NYSE:X), etc. (Not long any)
After 5 years of highlighting the bottom of the “asset class return” tables, commodities are starting to turn. There hasn’t been a convincing breakout or break of downtrend lines, but there has been a significant rotation for sure.
Being overweight the Financial sector didn't look too great in Q1 ’16, but that sector is starting to recover. Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) was swapped for Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) in client portfolios, as Goldman came down from $210 to $140. (Long GS).
The Technology sector overweight is weighing in April ’16 so far, but only minor changes are planned there. Our Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) preview, both here and on here covered the bases.
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