Stocks and Earnings Estimates

Briefing.com has an interesting chart showing the rise of the S&P 500 along with the rise in earnings estimates over the coming four quarters. It’s not a perfect match, but clearly both have been going higher.

For 2010, analysts sees earnings for the S&P 500 at $78.92. The index is currently going for about 13.7 times this year’s estimate.

Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on February 16th, 2010 at 8:58 am

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