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2025 US PROFIT GROWTH SEEN DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM 2024

Ahead of the unofficial start of first-quarter 2025 earnings reporting, analysts are estimating full-year 2025 profit growth for S&P 500 companies at 10.6%, according to LSEG data Friday.

That's down from 12.1% for 2024, with the fourth-quarter earnings 2024 growth of 17.1% the highest quarterly growth for S&P 500 companies since 2021, the data showed.

At the start of 2025, analysts were projecting full-year 2025 profit growth for S&P 500 companies of 14%.

Some firms have been cutting their estimates for 2025, including Barclays, which on Wednesday slashed its earnings-per-share estimate to $262 from $271 for the S&P 500. It cut its year-end target on the index as well, citing uncertainty around U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies.

(Caroline Valetkevitch)

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