Our proprietary measure of earnings distortion (as featured on CNBC Squawk Box) leverages proprietary data featured in Core Earnings: New Data & Evidence. Weekly Earnings Distortion InsightsFigure 1 contains the 15 largest (by market cap) companies that earn a “Strong Beat”, “Beat”, or “Miss” Earnings Distortion Score and are expected to report the week of October 12, 2020. Figure 1: Earnings Distortion Scorecard Highlights: Week of 10/12/20-10/16/20Earnings Distortion Score Highlights Week Of 2020 10-12 New Constructs, LLCThe appendix shows the Earnings Distortion Scores for all the S&P 500 companies, plus those with market caps greater than $10 billion, that are expected to report the week of October 12, 2020. Details: Sensient Technologies SXT (SXT): Earnings Distortion Score: BeatOver the trailing-twelve months (TTM), Sensient Technologies has -$22 million in net earnings distortion that cause earnings to be understated by $0.52/share or 33% of EPS. With understated earnings, Sensient Technologies gets our “Beat” Earnings Distortion Score and is likely to beat consensus expectations.

Source: Forbes October 12, 2020 13:18 UTC