Live Markets: S&P 500 wraps up biggest profit growth season since Q4 2024
15/12/2025 18:29
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S&P 500 WRAPS UP BIGGEST PROFIT GROWTH SEASON SINCE Q4 2024
U.S. companies are wrapping up a quarterly earnings season that saw the biggest year-over-year growth of the year.
With the season now done, third-quarter earnings growth for S&P 500 .SPX companies is at 15%, which is the biggest year-over-year growth since 17.1% for the fourth quarter of 2024, according to LSEG data.
Fourth-quarter earnings growth for the S&P 500 is seen at 8.5%, and the number of negative outlooks compared to positives ones so far is below long-term and recent averages.
There have been 52 negative EPS preannouncements issued by S&P 500 companies on the fourth quarter of 2025 versus 47 positive ones, giving it only a 1.1 to 1 negative-to-positive ratio, which is well below the 2.5 to 1 ratio average since 1997 and a 1.9 to 1 average for the prior four quarters, per LSEG.
(Caroline Valetkevitch)
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