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Earnings Surprise - An earnings surprise is an earnings report that is not what analysts expected... An earnings surprise usually causes substantial changes in stock prices and trading. An analyst primary job is to forecast the earrings of a company. Most often they forecast for the coming year but sometime it’s longer, up to 3 years is not uncommon. An earnings surprise is when reported earnings, differ from the consensus forecast. If the difference is positive it’s called a positive earning surprise, but if was a lower then expected, it’s called a Negative earning surprise if it is positive surprise, the stock prices usually rise. |