Street Expectation

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Definition of 'Street Expectation'

The average earnings estimates made by brokers and securities analysts.

Also known as the "market consensus" or "earnings expectations".
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Investopedia explains 'Street Expectation'

Companies that fail to meet the street expectations often see their stock prices drop drastically.
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'Street Expectation'

  • Make Or Break Time For Palm

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/Make-Or-Break-Time-For-Palm-PALM-AAPL-RIMM-S-VZ0922.aspx
    ... The company reported a non-GAAP loss of $0.10 per share compared to Wall Street's
    expectation of a non-GAAP loss of 25 cents per share. ...

  • The Next Tech Stock to Offer a Dividend?

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/moneyshow/TheNextTechStocktoOfferaDividend.aspx
    ... The latest results, of course, were far ahead of the Street’s expectation
    of $10.15 a share in profits on $39 billion of sales. ...

  • 10 Legal Business Practices Of Dubious Ethics

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/12/legal-business-practices-of-dubious-ethics.asp
    ... distribution of recommendations, including "buy," "hold" and "sell." That naive
    expectation is hit hard by reality. According to the Wall Street Journal in an ...

  • Canadian National Needs To Do More

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/Canadian-National-Needs-To-Do-More-CNI-UNP-CSX-GWR-KSU0429.aspx
    ... As I said in the opening, it is not enough on the Street to be the best ... better than
    CNI, but UNP stock could perform better simply on the expectation that the ...

  • Whisper Numbers: Should You Listen?

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/02/012302.asp
    ... difficult (if not impossible) to get whispers from insiders on the street, a new ...
    In other words, the whisper now is the expectation from individual investors. ...

  • A Minor Slip Sends Red Hat Skidding

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2011/A-Minor-Slip-Sends-Red-Hat-Skidding-RHT-ORCL-MSFT-SAP-IBM-HPQ-CRM1220.aspx
    ... Wasn't 'That' Bad What seems to really be bothering the Street (and pushing ... Earnings
    guidance was fine - 26 to 27 cents versus a prior expectation of 26 cents. ...

  • Weyerhaeuser Already Anticipating The Turn

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2012/Weyerhaeuser-Already-Anticipating-The-Turn-WY-PCL-RYN-PCH-PG0208.aspx
    ... All in all, the company more than doubled the bottom-line earnings expectation of
    Wall Street. (For related reading, see Zooming In On Net Operating Income.). ...

  • Can Good News Be A Signal To Sell?

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/07/sell-on-news.asp
    ... and Why There Are Few Sell Ratings On Wall Street?) Will the positive event ... will
    speculate and ratchet up their earnings models in the expectation that this ...

  • Your Five-High Short Stack For August 12

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2008/Your_Five-High_Short_Stack_For_August_12_WFMI.aspx
    ... for undervalued stocks to buy up on the cheap and then hold in expectation of
    substantial ... The one-time Wall Street darling is also suspending its cash dividend ...

  • High Cotton Or Not, Phillips-Van Heusen Worth A Look

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2011/High-Cotton-Or-Not-Phillips-Van-Heusen-Worth-A-Look-PVH-WRNC-GIII-HBI-RL-VFC-PERY0331.aspx
    ... stock had been floating just around its moving averages before delivering an earnings
    report that pleased the Street. With another above-expectation report in ...

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