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Posted on March 2, 2026
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Add as preferred source on GoogleEuropean blue‑chip Q4 earnings are proving notably resilient: analysts now expect just a 0.1% year‑on‑year decline—far less severe than the 4% drop forecast a month ago—easing market concerns over corporate weakness.
March 2 (Reuters) - European blue-chip companies' results have proven more resilient than analysts were expecting in the fourth quarter, the latest LSEG I/B/E/S data showed on Friday.
Year-on-year earnings of major European companies are now expected to have shrunk only 0.1% in the final quarter of 2025, based on results from 201 STOXX 600 companies and market estimates for those that are yet to report, the data showed.
The estimates were much more glum just a month ago, when analysts forecast a 4% drop in European blue-chips' earnings.
(Reporting by Javi West Larrañaga in Gdansk; Editing by Milla Nissi-Prussak.)
European blue-chip companies’ earnings shrank by only 0.1% in Q4 2025, better than analyst expectations.
About 57% of the 201 STOXX 600 companies that have reported earnings exceeded market estimates.
Revenues are estimated to shrink 2% and have lagged earnings in six out of the past seven quarters.
Yes, Q4 estimates have improved from a forecast 4% drop last month to a 0.1% decline now.
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