The above was cut-and-pasted from Friday, June 8th’s “This Week in Earnings” and the table shows how S&P 500 expected earnings growth has tracked by sector since January 1 2018. Q2 ’18 will obviously benefit from tax reform and the reduction in corporate tax rates, but S&P 500 revenue growth for Q2 ’18 is still expected to be at a healthy 8% rate.
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The weekly S&P 500 earnings data:
- Fwd 4-qtr est: $183.82, vs last week’s $162.84
- P.E ratio: 17x
- PEG ratio: 0.79x
- S&P 500 earnings yield: +5.89% vs last week’s +5.99%
- Year-over-year growth of fwd est: +21.5% vs ;last week’s +21.5%
A quick look at the Tech sector’s expected forward earnings growth:
- Q1 ’19: +2.6%, vs +9.7% (est)
- Q4 ’18:+14.9% vs +13.9% (est)
- Q3 ’18: +16.5%, vs +15.4% (est)
- Q2 ’18: +24.2% vs +22% (est)
- Q1 ’18: +36.4% vs 23.4% (actual)
The first column of numbers is actual / expected growth as of June 8, 2018, and the second column is as of April 1 ’18.
With Q1 ’18 earnings practically complete, readers can see how strong actual tech earnings were versus the expectations as of April ’18.
Will Q2 ’18 be as strong? So much depends on Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). The fact that investors are seeing upward revisions to Tech earnings for Q2 ’18 through Q4 ’18 is comforting.
However look at Q1 ’19 and how that estimate’s growth rate has fallen. Should we be worried? Hard to say – if there is a problem with Tech earnings beginning in Q1 ’19, then the stocks should start to discount that issue shortly.
Here is a chart cut-and-pasted from Gary Morrow’s work as June 7, 2018 where Gary indicates a potential double-top for the NASDAQ on the chart. (Note the word, “potential” – the chart has to resolve itself.)
The NASDAQ is worth watching this coming week.
For Q1 ’19 so far, only the Energy and Real Estate sectors have seen upward revisions to the expected Q1 ’19 data as of Friday. Still it’s a little early. We’ll know more by late July ’18.
The FOMC announcement is also coming this week as well as European and Japan Central Bank pronouncements.
Big week ahead for “macro” monetary policy headlines.