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Earnings season reports: all you need to know
Earnings season reports: all you need to know

Earnings season 2024: calendar and insights

Take advantage of price movements caused by results announcements. Go long or short on the hottest stocks of earnings season with us, including 70 key companies that you can trade out of hours.

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Tips for trading earnings season
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Tips for trading earnings season

Tips for trading earnings season

Research the markets and review analyst estimates on given stocks

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What to watch this earnings season

Third quarter (Q3) earnings are set to kick off in October with behemoths such as JP Morgan and Wells Fargo reporting early on this earnings season.
For Q3 2024, the estimated YoY (year-on-year) earnings growth rate for the S&P 500 a large cap index of the top 500 US companies is 4.6%. If this materialises, it will mark the 5th straight quarter of YoY earnings growth.
Use our earnings calendar below to keep an eye out for company earnings’ during this hotly anticipated earnings season.

Most anticipated earnings

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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.

  • October
  • November
  • December

Most anticipated earnings releases – October 2024

Make the most of earnings announcements with our extended hours ‘All Sessions’ offering,
which enables you to access 90 of the most popular equities before and after the main market session.

October 2024

8 October

PepsiCo Inc

11 October

Bank of New York Mellon Corp/T
Wells Fargo & Co
JPMorgan Chase & Co

14 October

BlackRock Inc

15 October

Johnson & Johnson
Bank of America Corp
UnitedHealth Group Inc
Charles Schwab Corp/The
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The
Citigroup Inc

16 October

US Bancorp
Abbott Laboratories
Whitbread PLC
Morgan Stanley

17 October

Lockheed Martin Corp
Netflix Inc

18 October

Tesla Inc
Procter & Gamble Co/The
American Express Co

22 October

Danaher Corp
General Motors Co
General Electric Co
Verizon Communications Inc
Philip Morris International Inc

23 October

AT&T Inc
Coca-Cola Co/The
Lloyds Banking Group PLC
International Business Machine

24 October

Dow Inc
Microsoft Corp
Visa Inc
Texas Instruments Inc
Alphabet Inc
3M Co
RTX Corp
NextEra Energy Inc
United Parcel Service Inc
Barclays PLC
Union Pacific Corp

25 October

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
T-Mobile US Inc
General Dynamics Corp
Boeing Co/The
Meta Platforms Inc
Honeywell International Inc
Linde PLC
American Tower Corp
Altria Group Inc
Mastercard Inc
Amazon.com Inc
Capital One Financial Corp
Intel Corp
NatWest Group PLC
Colgate-Palmolive Co

28 October

Chevron Corp
Exxon Mobil Corp
Charter Communications Inc
AbbVie Inc
Ford Motor Co

29 October

Pfizer Inc
PayPal Holdings Inc
HSBC Holdings PLC
BP PLC

30 October

Eli Lilly & Co
McDonald's Corp
Simon Property Group Inc
Airtel Africa PLC
GSK PLC
Standard Chartered PLC
Amgen Inc

31 October

Merck & Co Inc
Advanced Micro Devices Inc
Caterpillar Inc
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co
Apple Inc
Comcast Corp
ConocoPhillips
Haleon PLC
easyJet PLC
Shell PLC

Please note: the list of above companies shouldn’t be construed as financial advice. In some cases, where announcements haven’t been published by the respective companies, these earnings season dates are estimates only. These dates are also based on the local timezone of each stock, so they may vary depending on where you're located.

See our earnings calendar for more.

You can also keep track of upcoming earnings by using the watchlist on our platform.

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Most anticipated earnings releases – November 2024

Make the most of earnings announcements with our extended hours ‘All Sessions’ offering,
which enables you to access 90 of the most popular equities before and after the main market session.

Please note: the list of above companies shouldn’t be construed as financial advice. In some cases, where announcements haven’t been published by the respective companies, these earnings season dates are estimates only. These dates are also based on the local timezone of each stock, so they may vary depending on where you're located.

See our earnings calendar for more.

You can also keep track of upcoming earnings by using the watchlist on our platform.

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Most anticipated earnings releases – December 2024

Make the most of earnings announcements with our extended hours ‘All Sessions’ offering,
which enables you to access 90 of the most popular equities before and after the main market session.

December 2024
5 December

DS Smith PLC

6 December

Broadcom Inc
Frasers Group PLC
Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

10 December

Ashtead Group PLC

11 December

Oracle Corp

13 December

Adobe Inc
Costco Wholesale Corp

19 December

Accenture PLC
FedEx Corp

20 December

NIKE Inc

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Get updates before and after company earnings from our in-house market experts.

Earnings season stocks to watch

  • Inflation-beating stocks
  • Tech stocks
  • Bank stocks
  • Healthcare stocks
  • Consumer staple 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 reports: key events

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.

  1. Choose which companies to focus on
    It’s impossible to cover every company, so just stick to a few of your favourites.
  2. Do your research and look at analysis
    Find out when each company is due to report its earnings, see what analysts expectations are and how the share price normally responds.
  3. Create a trading strategy and stick to it
    Choose your goals, methodology for entering and exiting trades, and how you will manage your risk.
  4. Open a trading account and take your first position
    You can monitor your trade easily on our platform, or set price alerts to let you know when your targets are met.
  5. 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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