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earnings surprise noun[ C ] FINANCEukus an earnings report that shows profit or loss that is much higher or lower than was expected: quarterly/annual earnings surpriseShares rose nearly 5% last week as traders bet on a positive quarterly earnings surprise.
Examples of earnings surprise earnings surprise Last quarter, the homebuilder posted an 8 percent positive earningssurprise while reported revenue increased 14 percent on a year-over-year basis. From CNBC And then the surprise is based on the pattern of earnings surprises over the last few quarters. From Business Insider These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |