Earnings season 2025: calendar and insights
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What to watch this earnings season
Fourth quarter (Q4) earnings are set to kick off in January with behemoths such as JP Morgan and Wells Fargo reporting early on this earnings season.
For Q4 2024, the estimated (year-on-year) earnings growth rate for the S&P 500 is 11.9%. If this materialises, it will mark the highest (year-on-year) earnings growth reported by the index since Q4 2021.
Use our earnings calendar below to keep an eye out for company earnings’ during this hotly anticipated earnings season.
Earnings season report calendar: key events
Take a look at some of the most anticipated earnings announcements in the table below. You can also keep track of upcoming earnings by using the watchlist on our trading platform.
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Earnings season stocks to watch
- Inflation-beating stocks
- Tech stocks
Although in the UK inflation remains high, it is cooling. That said, its anticipated figure of 5% by the end of the year is significantly above the Bank of England's target of 2%, a percentage they’re not expected to reach until 2025.
Inflation is also coming down in the US and there's an expectation that the Federal Reserve (Fed) will pause interest rate rises later this month with the view of raising them further in the months to come if inflation fails to decrease.
In this high inflationary environment, the spotlight is on inflation-beating stocks for earnings season. Also called ‘defensive stocks’, these are companies known to provide progressive dividends and able to weather inflation.
Here are some defensive stocks to watch, which have inflation-beating reputations.
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Whilst tech stocks generally don’t perform well during periods of high inflation, the recent hype around AI has bucked this trend and they continue to succeed despite the inflationary environment.
Companies such as NVDIA and AMD who create the chips needed to implement AI have seen a significant increase in their share price since the beginning of the hype.
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Earnings season report calendar: key events
Take a look at some of the most anticipated earnings announcements in the table below. You can also keep track of upcoming earnings by using the watchlist on our trading platform.
What is an earnings season?
An earnings season is a quarterly period in which most public companies release their earnings reports. With these financial results releases instrumental in companies’ share prices, many traders and investors look forward to earnings season as a highlight on the calendar.
Quarterly reports are mandatory in the US. However, a large majority of companies from other countries, like UK, choose to participate in earnings seasons due to the increasingly multinational nature of many sectors.
- When is earnings season
- Why is earnings season important
- Ways to trade earnings seasons
- What is an earnings report and call
- How to trade earnings reports
Earnings seasons occur four times a year and fall in the months of January to February, April to May, July and September to November. These are usually a couple of weeks after the final month of each financial quarter (end of December, March, June and August).
Although it’s not uncommon for companies to report outside of earnings seasons, large companies’ releases tend to fall within a few weeks of each other, leading to four discernible ‘seasons’ every year.
For more specific details, you can look at our earnings calendar to find out the exact date of a company’s earnings announcement.
Earnings announcements are released outside of market hours so that the reports reach as many people as possible and don’t interrupt the trading day. While this usually means you can’t take a position immediately, with us you can trade over 70 US stocks out of hours.
Earnings season gives insights into the outlook of a company and can help you to determine whether to take a position on the stock.
This is why earnings releases are usually accompanied by volatility in a company’s share price, because market sentiment is adjusting to the reports. Even more volatility is expected once CEOs have provided more information in earnings calls.
Market analysts will form estimates of whether a company’s earnings will rise or fall, which can change as it gets closer to the official announcement. If the actual numbers are above analysts’ expectations, the market could rise. But if the figures are below expectations, it’s likely that the market will fall.
It’s worth noting that this isn’t always the case. Sometimes, the market can move in the complete opposite direction – rising when the expectations aren’t met and falling when the earnings exceed expectations.
It’s also important to look at a company’s historical figures for predicted and actual earnings and how the market responded to the reports. This could help you form an educated guess as to how volatility might play out. But be aware that past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
When analysts’ expectations of a company’s earnings per share are in line with pre-released earnings guidance for that quarter, there tends to be little volatility. Just remember, the opposite is also true.
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An earnings report is a document given to shareholders and analysts that details items such as net income, earnings per share (EPS) and net sales.
An earnings call is a conference between the management of a company, analysts, investors and the media to discuss the outcome of an earnings report. This is a chance for questions to be asked about the main details of the reports.
Depending on when a company holds its earnings call, you can use the information to inform their decisions. However, not all companies hold earnings calls, and some will not fall within the earnings period.
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You can monitor your trade easily on our platform, or set price alerts to let you know when your targets are met. - Learn from each earnings season
Once you decide to close your trade, it’s important to review your results and perform post-analysis to prepare you for the next earnings season.
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