Earnings

When a public company reports its quarterly results, it files the press release with the SEC on a Form 8-K. Market Rodeo reads the press release and sends an alert with the headline figures. Earnings alerts and the Earnings page are part of Pro.

When you get an alert

An earnings alert usually arrives within several minutes of the filing appearing on the SEC website. Reading the figures from the press release takes a little longer than other alerts.

Some press releases with unusual layouts are held for a manual check before the alert goes out, so they arrive later.

What the alert shows

• Title: "Earnings report", for example "Example Corp reported Q2 · quarter ended Jun 2026".
• Symbol and Revenue.
• EPS (diluted earnings per share). When the company also reports an adjusted figure, the label is Adj EPS and the official (GAAP) figure follows in brackets, for example "$1.58 (GAAP $1.46)".
• Net income, the official (GAAP) figure.
• Guidance: the company's EPS forecast, for example "FY27 EPS $5.10–$5.30". Shown only when the company gives one.
• A link to the filing.

Figures are shown as the company printed them. They're read automatically from the press release, so check the linked release before you act on them.

The alert names the quarter and the month it ended, not the fiscal year. Companies name their fiscal years differently, so the quarter end is the clearer reference.

There is no "beat" or "miss". See Why there's no beat or miss.

What isn't covered

• Releases without results, such as dividend announcements or a notice of an upcoming call. These don't send an alert.
• Results without a press release. A company that reports results only in the body of its 8-K, without an attached press release, isn't covered.
• Full-year-only releases. A release that reports only annual results, with no quarterly figures, doesn't send an alert.