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CITIC Securities: High U.S. equity earnings growth may no longer be concentrated solely among leading technology companies

PANews October 11 According to PANews, CITIC Securities said in a research report that, as the performance of U.S. equities during the domestic long holiday became less sensitive to interest rates, investors’ focus will shift next week to the upcoming third-quarter earnings reports of U.S. companies.LSEG Consensus estimates show that the S&P ’s 500 26Q3 revenue and earnings year-on-year growth rates will reach 1.2%/45.0%, respectively, representing a sequential decline. At the industry level, year-on-year earnings growth in energy, information technology, materials, and health care has exceeded 50%. High U.S. equity earnings growth may no longer be concentrated solely among leading technology companies, and the earnings contribution from non-technology sectors is increasing significantly. For Hong Kong stocks, although the overseas rate-hike cycle is compounded by the resumption of AI momentum trading, liquidity remains under pressure. However, fundamental expectations have bottomed out, and earnings growth expectations for major broad-based indexes have begun to be revised upward. Industry earnings expectations have diverged significantly, with some subsectors revised upward, while earnings expectations for domestic-demand-related industries remain under downward pressure. Subsequently, the three...