Earnings Fuel for Stocks - Analyst Blog
20 Aprile 2011 - 10:10AM
Zacks
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
With the earnings season getting into full gear, I am increasingly
getting more optimistic about the staying power of the earnings
growth momentum. My favorable takeaway does not reflect the
stand-out results from tech bellwethers like
Intel
(INTC) and
IBM (IBM) only.
There is broad-based strength, from railroads to diversified
industrials, which should reassure the market of the sustainability
of the economic recovery. i will be looking for stocks to start
reflecting this favorable trend.
Intel and IBM may no longer be in the vanguard of the technology
revolution, but they do provide an excellent early look into global
technology spending patterns. Intel's comments about low
double-digit growth in global PC market is particularly important,
as it runs counter to the consensus view of 'flattish' growth due
to cannibalization from tablets. Given the chipmaker's central
place in the PC value chain, we should see a reassessment of those
growth expectations in the coming days.
But the earnings strength is hardly confined to techdom.
United Technology (UTX), the maker of jet engines,
elevators and air conditioners, came out with better-than-expected
earnings and revenue numbers this morning.
Eaton
Corp (ETN), a diversified manufacturer, did the same,
beating earnings and revenue expectations. Railroad operator
CSX Corp (CSX) came out with better-than-expected
results last night as well.
Admittedly, it's not all milk and honey.
AT&T
(T) came inline on EPS, but fell short of revenue expectations. It
appears that the end of the iPhone exclusivity has had a negative
impact on subscriber growth. On the positive side for AT&T, the
long-feared exodus of iPhone subscribers to
Verizon (VZ) did not take place.
In other major earnings reports today,
Wells Fargo
(WFC) beat on EPS, but came short on revenue.
Abbott
Labs (ABT), the medical device maker, missed
expectations.
We have just entered the heart of the first quarter reporting
season, but I am very happy with what I am seeing thus far. Let's
see if this trend is sustained in the coming days. We will be
hearing from
Apple Inc. (AAPL) later today when it
reports after the close.
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