Opening Statement from the June 2017 Intelligent Investor (Part 1)

Opening Statement from the June 2017 Intelligent Investor

Originally published on June 8, 2017 

Earnings Continue to Impress

With nearly all of the companies in the S&P 500 having reported Q1 2017 results, three-fourths of the total have exceeded the mean EPS estimate, while two-thirds have beat the mean sales estimate. As a result, the Q1 earnings growth rate for the S&P 500 came in at