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Who reports this week.

The week ahead, grouped by day. BMO before the open, AMC after the close. Trade the print? Sutekka logs it and ships the result as a share-ready sticker.

How to read this calendar

Companies are grouped by the day they report and tagged with the session — BMO for before the market opens, AMC for after it closes. That tag matters more than it looks. A BMO report is priced into the opening auction and you cannot react to it during the prior session; an AMC report lands when the market is shut, and the move you see the next morning has already happened in thin after-hours trade.

Each row carries the consensus EPS estimate and, where available, the revenue estimate. Once results land, the estimate is replaced by the actual and the difference is shown as the surprise. That surprise figure is the headline number every outlet reports, and it is the one that explains the least about what the stock actually did.

Why a beat is not the same as a rally

Options markets price an expected move into every earnings date, and the stock is already trading at a level that reflects the consensus estimate. A company that beats by a cent has not surprised anyone — it has met a number the market had already assumed. This is why stocks routinely fall on a beat and rise on a miss, which looks irrational until you separate the result from the expectation.

What tends to move the price is guidance rather than the quarter just reported. The historical numbers are backward-looking and largely known; the forward outlook is new information. A strong quarter paired with a cut to next year's guidance is usually the worse outcome, because the market prices the future rather than the past.

The practical use of a calendar like this one is therefore knowing what is coming and when, not predicting which way it goes. Traders use it to avoid holding an unhedged position through a binary event, to size down before a print, or to schedule attention. Those are all planning uses, and they are the ones the data supports.

Terms on this page

BMO
Before Market Open. The company reports ahead of the session, so the reaction is priced into the opening auction.
AMC
After Market Close. Results land once the session ends, and most of the move happens in after-hours trade before the next open.
EPS estimate
The consensus forecast for earnings per share, averaged across covering analysts. The number the result is measured against.
Surprise
Actual EPS minus the consensus estimate, usually shown as a percentage. A positive surprise is a beat; a negative one is a miss.
Revenue estimate
Consensus forecast for top-line sales. Often a better read on demand than EPS, which can be managed through buybacks and cost control.
Guidance
The outlook management gives for coming quarters. Not part of the reported result, and frequently the thing that actually moves the stock.

Common questions

What do BMO and AMC mean on an earnings calendar?

BMO is "before market open" and AMC is "after market close". They tell you which session the report lands in, which determines whether the reaction shows up in the opening auction or in after-hours trade.

Why did a stock fall after beating earnings estimates?

Because the estimate was already priced in. A stock trades ahead of a report at a level reflecting consensus, so beating by a small margin is not new information. Falls on a beat are usually driven by weak forward guidance, a soft revenue line, or a beat smaller than the market privately expected.

How accurate are EPS estimates?

They are a consensus average of analyst forecasts, and companies beat them more often than not — partly because expectations are managed downward ahead of the print. Treat the estimate as the bar the market is measuring against rather than as a prediction.

How far ahead are earnings dates confirmed?

Most companies confirm two to four weeks out, and dates earlier than that are estimates based on historical reporting patterns. Unconfirmed dates can move, so check the company's investor relations page before making a decision that depends on the exact day.