Earning Season’s Dirty Secret: Missing Is Getting More Expensive
Wall Street has always cared about earnings surprises — but this quarter, the stakes got noticeably higher. According to fresh data from FactSet, S&P 500 Index companies that…
Written byMatthew ClarkSource: Money & Markets
Wall Street has always cared about earnings surprises — but this quarter, the stakes got noticeably higher. According to fresh data from FactSet, S&P 500 Index companies that missed earnings estimates in first-quarter 2026 saw their stock prices fall an average of 4.9% in the days surrounding their reports. That’s a dramatic jump from the […]
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