Richard Drury
Every three months, we take a snapshot of the expectations for future earnings in the S&P 500 (SPX) at approximately the midpoint of the current quarter, shortly after most U.S. firms have announced their previous quarter's earnings.
Winter 2025 Snapshot Of Expected Future S&P 500 Earnings
Summary
- The latest snapshot is a little early, but still 90 days since the Fall 2024 snapshot. During this time, remarkably little changed in the outlook for the collective earnings of the companies that make up the S&P 500 index.
- The current projection for the S&P 500's earnings per share through the end of 2025 is $249.13, which would represent 18.2% year-over-year earnings growth over December 2024's level of $210.81.
- The Winter 2025 snapshot also includes the first projection of the index's expected earnings per share through the end of 2026. The first estimate of what those earnings will be is $289.64 per share.
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