In these dour economic times, Mr. Market seems to enjoy dogpiling on any stock that dares to fall short of analysts' estimates. To defy that trend, we're here to celebrate stocks that didn't merely meet Wall Street's predictions, but laughed in analysts' facesby leaving their miserly forecasts in the dust. The companies below have all soundly trounced earnings estimates by 20% or more in the last quarter:
Company
CAPS Rating (out of 5)
EPS Surprise
Est. EPS % Growth, Current Quarter
Est. LT Growth
Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN)
**
36%
33%
26%
DryShips (Nasdaq: DRYS)
35%
(16%)
(46%)
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS)
24%
92%
12%
Interoil (NYSE: IOC)
*
140%
(91%)
25%
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Continued...
Rich Duprey is a writer specializing in the stock market.
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