Go beyond the consensus and become a better stock picker with Earnings Whisper numbers, investor sentiment, and proprietary research and tools to help you capture the Post-Earnings Announcement Drift (PEAD) and outperform the overall stock market. Plus, get the most accurate earnings dates, earnings news, and insights into how stocks react before
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The market's true earnings expectation — and why beating the consensus estimate isn't enough.
Analysts update their models constantly, but they rarely publish every revision.
The Earnings Whisper® number captures what they actually expect — and
across two decades and more than 144,000 published numbers,
it has landed closer to actual reported earnings than the published consensus
69.7% of the time. Consequently, there is
no statistical benefit to beating the consensus estimate.
Average day-of move, since February 1999.
Companies that beat the Whisper closed higher by an average of 1.9%.
Those that cleared the published estimate but fell short of the Whisper closed
lower 55.0% of the time. There is no
statistical benefit to beating the consensus estimate — only the Whisper.
MUMicron Technologyis confirmed to report Wednesday, September 30, after the close.
Micron's Memory Supercycle Faces Its Toughest Test Yet as Stock Retreats From Highs
Micron heads into its fiscal fourth-quarter report riding one of the most dramatic guidance progressions in recent memory, yet the stock has fallen 15% since its last print even as the S&P 500 climbed nearly 5%. That divergence between operating momentum and share performance sets up an unusually pointed question for this release: has the market already priced in the good news, or is it losing confidence in a narrative that management has described in increasingly triumphant terms.
Consensus calls for $31.24 in earnings on $50.76 billion in revenue, essentially in line with management's own guidance of $30 to $32 per share and $49 billion to $51 billion issued last quarter. The Earnings Whisper of $34.14 sits meaningfully above the Street consensus, suggesting whisper-number watchers expect another beat rather than a mere in-line quarter. That said, Micron has trained investors to expect upside after three consecutive quarters of guidance that undershot actual results by wide margins, so a beat here may be viewed as table stakes rather than a fresh catalyst.
Costco Wholesale (COST) reported earnings of $6.60 per share on revenue of $95.72 billion for the fiscal fourth quarter ended August 2026. The consensus earnings estimate was $6.48 per share. The Earnings Whisper number was $6.54 per share. The company beat expectations by 0.92% while revenue grew 11.10% on a year-over-year basis.
Costco Wholesale Corp and its subsidiaries operate membership warehouses. It offers its members low prices on a limited selection of nationally branded and select private-label products in merchandise categories.
Legacy Education Inc. (LGCY) reported earnings of $0.13 per share on revenue of $20.10 million for the fiscal fourth quarter ended June 2026. . Revenue grew 11.99% on a year-over-year basis.
egacy Education is an award-winning, nationally accredited, for-profit post-secondary education company founded in 2009.
Scholastic (SCHL) reported a loss of $3.63 per share on revenue of $216.80 million for the fiscal first quarter ended August 2026. The consensus estimate was a loss of $3.42 per share. The company missed consensus estimates by 6.14% while revenue fell 3.90% compared to the same quarter a year ago.
The company said it continues to expect fiscal 2027 revenue of $1.614 billion to $1.645 billion. The current consensus revenue estimate is $1.63 billion for the year ending May 31, 2027.
Scholastic Corp is a children’s publishing, education and media company. The Company also provides educational technology products and related services and children’s media.
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