Takeaway: A breakdown of S&P 500 earnings by sector reveals 6 of 10 have reported negative earnings growth.

An Unsettling Update On Earnings Season - earnings cartoon 04.25.2016

For Q1 Earnings Season to-date, 315 of the 500 companies in the S&P 500 have reported results:

  1. Aggregate SALES growth is down -2.6% year-over-year = worst level of the season so far;
  2. Aggregate EPS growth is down -8.9% year-over-year = worst level of the season so far;
  3. Industrials and Financials have EPS down -7.6% and -13.4% year-over-year, respectively;
  4. Energy earnings are down -96.5% year-over-year

An Unsettling Update On Earnings Season - s p earnings update