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The earnings reports of last week were a mixed bag, with some Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), Alphabet, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) and STMicroelectronics N.V. (NYSE:STM), among companies disappointing to the downside. As the focus shifts to the unfolding week, more tech companies are lined up to disclose their quarterly results, potentially offering cues regarding the health of the sector.
The Week That Was: Most on Wall Street viewed Tesla’s earnings as lacking quality because a significant portion of them came from one-time regulatory credits. On the other hand, Google-parent Alphabet alienated investors by flagging higher capex that will likely weigh down on margins and in turn the bottom line.
Franco-Italian chipmaker, which is a key supplier to the automotive market, cut its full-year guidance. But not all tech tidings were received with pessimism. International Business Machines Co. (NYSE:IBM) rose as investors cheered the company’s strong artificial intelligence bookings.
Healthy Trend: Data from financial data analytics company FactSet showed that about 14% of the S&P 500 companies have reported their quarterly results so far. The percentage of S&P 500 names that reported upside earnings surprise is 80%, above the one-year average (78%), five-year average (77%), and 10-year average (74%). But the percentage of upside was sub-part at 5.5%, below the one-year average (+6.5%), five-year average (+8.6%), and 10-year average (+6.8%).
The blended earnings of S&P 500 companies are expected to grow by 9.7%, the fastest pace since the fourth quarter of 2021. Eight of the 11 S&P 500 companies are on track to report year-over-year earnings growth for the June quarter, with communication Services, healthcare, IT, and financials likely reporting double-digit growth.
On the other hand, the materials space is expected to witness the steepest earnings decline.
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The Week Ahead: According to FactSet, this week will feature earnings reports from 138 S&P 500 companies, including seven components of the Dow 30. Some heavily-weighted companies such as Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) are all in the mix.
Meta is expected to be the largest contributor to earnings per share growth, given the consensus models nearly 60% increase.
After last week’s brutal tech sell-off, a bullish analyst is optimistic concerning the the sector, its prospects and the stock trajectory. “We believe the tech sell-off seen last week will be short-lived as the Street better digests results and commentary from the broader tech sector over the coming weeks during 2Q earnings season,” Wedbush’s Daniel Ives said in a note published Sunday.
“This is the start….not the end of this tech bull run we expect the next few years,” he said, adding that companies, utilities,
governments will spend over $1 trillion combined in AI capex over the coming years fueling this AI Revolution.
The analyst said investors will likely look for clues around the pace of AI revolution from the earnings reports of Microsoft, Amazon, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Meta and Apple and others.
Tech stocks extended their weekly declines in the week ended July 26 amid the disappointment from early tech reporters. The Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ), an index that tracks the performance of the Nasdaq 100 Index, ended Friday’s session down 1.03% to $462.97, according to Benzinga Pro data. The ETF is trading off its record close of $502.96 reached on July 10. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) climbed 1.12% on Friday before closing at $5544.44. The QQQ and SPY climbed 0.48% and 0.25%, respectively, in premarket trading Monday.
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