Business Valuation -- Forecasting
Financial Forecasting
Earnings Estimates
Analyst Concensus
- Companies>Estimates>Overview>Estiamtes Tearsheet/Estimates Overview
- Includes: EPS Summary, Estimate Revisions, EPS Estimate Forecasts, EPS Growth Rates, PE Ratios
Bloomberg Earnings Estimates
- Ticker Symbol<EQUITY>EE<GO>
- Data available from three sources:
- I/B/E/S
- Nelson
- Zacks
- Earnings Summary/History
- Ticker Symbol<EQUITY>ERN<GO>
S&P
Stock Report Analysts' Earnings Estimates
Wall Street Consensus is located on the last page of the Stock Report
Yahoo! Finance Analyst Estimates
Reuters Investor Earnings Estimates
- Companies>Estimates>Consensus Estimates>Forecast Reports/Surprise Reports
Bloomberg Analyst Recommendations
- Ticker Symbol<EQUITY>ANR <GO>
S&P
Analysts' Recommendations
Located on the last page of the Stock Report
Yahoo! Finance Analyst Opinion
Reuters Investors Recommendations
Economic Forecasting
The Budget and Economic Outlook, Congressional Budget Office
- Published annually with a mid-year update
- Contains forecasts going out 10 years of key economic indicators including
- Click on the Economics tab at the top of the Conference Board home page for domestic and international forecasts
Standard & Poor's Trends & Projections
- Click on Industries tab>Trends & Projections
- Monthly report analyzes recent developments in the stock market and the U.S. economy
- Last page contains forecasts out 2 years on key economic indicators
- Five year forecasted and historical data; can be downloaded to Excel
- Choose a Country; click on 5-Year Forecast in the Economy section
on the left frame
