Reported EPS Surprises Report
This report shows quarterly earnings surprises for the stocks in your portfolio or universe over a specified time period. EPS Surprise is calculated as [(Actual EPS - Consensus EPS)/Absolute value of Consensus EPS] x 100 (expressed in percent).
Additional information provided by this report includes quarter end month, Actual EPS, Consensus EPS, and EPS report date.
Expected Report Date Report
This report shows the date when a company is expected to announce its earnings. You can check the expected report dates for the companies in your portfolio or universe. In addition to the expected report date, this report also includes quarter end month, and the variability of the report date (the average historical variance in days).
Predicting Next Surprise - Most Accurate Analysts Report
This report forecasts potential EPS surprises in the next several days (you can specify the number of days: 5, 30, 60, etc.). This report predicts earnings surprises by exploiting the differences between the most accurate analysts' EPS consensus and the general consensus estimate (on a quarterly basis).
Predicting Next Surprise - Most Recent Analysts Report
This report forecasts potential EPS surprises in the next several days (you can specify the number of days: 5, 30, 60, etc.). This report predicts surprises by exploiting the difference between the most recent analysts' EPS consensus and the general consensus estimate (on a quarterly basis).
Standardized Unexpected Earnings Report
The important surprises are those associated with forecast errors that are large by historical standards. To account for this, a forecast error can be related to previous errors by meanings of Standardized Unexpected Earnings (SUE).
SUE effectively minimizes the earnings surprise in a particular quarter by a measure of the typical surprise in an average quarter. This discounts forecast errors for firms with historically very unpredictable earnings. A large error for such a firm might not be as significant as for a firm with typically very predictable earnings.
This report rates companies by Standardized Unexpected Earnings - (SUE) - a measurement of the deviation of 12-month actual EPS from the 5-year EPS growth trend line.
Today's Reported EPS Surprises Report
If you subscribe to the daily Surprise files, you will see this report option under the EPS Surprises category. Zacks updates the surprise file up to eight times a day.
Most Accurate Consensus Report
This report identifies possible quarterly and annual EPS surprises based on the most accurate estimates. This report highlights the difference between the general consensus estimate and the most accurate analysts' EPS consensus for the fiscal period.
Most Recent Consensus Report
This report identifies possible quarterly and annual EPS surprises based on the most recent estimates. This report highlights the difference between the general consensus estimate and the most recent analysts' EPS consensus.
Zacks Rank Report (Zacks Indicator Report)
If you subscribe to the Indicator database you will see this report option under the Zacks Recommendations category.
Zacks Indicator is an estimate revision and earnings surprise model that predicts the direction and magnitude of future estimate revisions and consequently predicts future relative stock price movements.
