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Earnings Estimate

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Professional stock analysts use mathematical models that weigh companies' financial data to predict their future earnings per share on a quarterly, annual, and long-term basis. Investment research companies, such as thomson financial and Zacks, publish averages of analysts' estimates for stock market professionals follow closely. These averages are called consensus estimates.

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