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A report issued by an individual analyst, investment bank or financial services company indicating how a particular company's stock will perform in the coming quarter. Analysts provide guidance as to how they expect a company to perform. This is typically a range of values that a particular variable is expected to fall between. If a stock peforms better than than what analysts expected, it is considered to have "beat expectations" or delivered stronger-than-expected results.

 
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Publicly-traded companies also issue their own guidance outlining expected future profits or losses. This forecast helps financial analysts set their own expectations, and can be compared to analyst expectations to get a better idea of potential company performance in the upcoming quarter.

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  • Dollar Tree Grows A Bit Slower

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2011/Dollar-Tree-Grows-A-Bit-Slower-DLTR-BRK.A-DG-FDO-NDN0821.aspx
    ... Average analyst expectation was for 82 cents. Full-year EPS was raised to $3.82
    to $3.95, up from the previous outlook of $3.69 to $3.85. ...

  • Energizer Looks To Reenergize

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/Energizer-Looks-To-Reenergize-ENR-KMB-CLX-UN-UL0730.aspx
    ... The consensus analyst expectation is currently calling for $5.29 in full-year earnings,
    which would represent a 7% decline from the $5.71 reported last year. ...

  • Semiconductors Conduct A Comeback

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/Semiconductors-Conduct-A-Comeback-INTC-AMAT-AMD0515.aspx
    ... He also said that the analyst expectation of a 10% drop in personal computer sales
    for 2009 might be too aggressive given what he has seen in Intel's business. ...

  • No Recession In High-End Goods

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/No-Recession-In-High-End-Goods-LVMUY-COH-JWN-DEO-TIF-MOV-JCP1015.aspx
    ... That was a fair bit better than the already-healthy analyst expectation of 11% organic
    growth. Interestingly, there was no area of weakness this time around. ...

  • Retail: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/Retail-The-Good-The-Bad-And-The-Ugly-JWN-BKE-JCP-GPS-ANF0715.aspx
    ... so far in June. The company reported same store-sales up by 14.1% during
    the month, far surpassing analyst's expectation of 9.1%. ...

  • Roche Needs A Shot Of Adrenalin

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/Roche-Needs-A-Shot-Of-Adrenalin-RHHBY-ABT-BEC-ILMN-LIFE1018.aspx
    ... on Thursday. Reported sales fell 3% in local currency terms, which was
    about 2% below the average analyst expectation. A 2% miss ...

  • Shaw Has Value, But Needs A Spark

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2011/Shaw-Has-Value-But-Needs-A-Spark-SHAW-BWC-URS-CBI-FLR-KBR-MDR1222.aspx
    ... its earnings release. Revenue fell 2% from the year-ago level, but was in
    line with analyst expectation. Although the company picked ...

  • Disney Flat, But Still The Star

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/Disney-Flat-But-Still-The-Star-DIS-CBS-CVC-TWC-AAPL0217.aspx
    ... Although the figures beat analyst expectation, the earnings per share reflect poor
    growth in the company regardless of how they are calculated, and the slight ...

  • The Ins and Outs Of In-Process R&D Expenses

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/analyst/100902.asp
    ... Recall that an asset is a resource of economic value that a corporation owns or
    controls with the expectation that it will provide future benefit. ...

  • The Impact Of Sell-Side Research

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/10/impact-of-sell-side-research.asp
    ... This whisper number becomes the newest, although unwritten, consensus expectation. ...
    These ratings are a way to qualify how the analyst views the potential for ...

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