LIVE MARKETS-About a third of the way into Q4 earnings season, US profit growth up 10.9%

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ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY INTO Q4 EARNINGS SEASON, US PROFIT GROWTH UP 10.9%

With reports in now from about a third of the S&P 500 .SPX companies on the fourth-quarter 2025 U.S. earnings season, investors will see releases next week from a wider range of companies, including Walt Disney DIS.N and Advanced Micro Devices AMD.O.

Year-over-year earnings growth for the quarter is now estimated at 10.9% for S&P 500 companies overall, compared with 10.2% on Thursday and 9.2% a week ago, according to LSEG. The latest forecast is based on results from 166 of the S&P 500 companies and estimates for the rest.

That is still well below the 14.9% growth seen in the third quarter of 2025.

To be sure, companies typically beat analysts' low earnings expectations in any given quarter. Some 77% of reports so far have beaten analysts' expectations compared with an average 78% beat rate for the past four quarters, the data showed.

(Caroline Valetkevitch)

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