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Inflation, Rising Rates, War Create Uncertain Outlook For U.S. Earnings – Reuters

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April 11, 2022
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NEW YORK, April 11 (Reuters) – An aggressive Federal Reserve, soaring inflation and geopolitical uncertainty from the war in Ukraine are muddying the outlook for the upcoming U.S. earnings season, leaving some strategists wary of surprises as corporate results kick off this week.

Expectations for earnings growth have largely held up in recent weeks, despite a first quarter that saw commodities prices surge after Russia invaded Ukraine, threatening to exacerbate already-high consumer prices.

Analysts expect S&P 500 earnings to have increased by about 6% in the first three months of 2022 from a year ago and forecast profit growth of about 9% for the year, forecasts in line with those at the start of the month, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.

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The reporting period for S&P 500 companies begins this week with results from major banks including JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) on Wednesday. read more

Some worry, however, that a cocktail of rising prices, higher wages and tightening financial conditions may have weighed on some companies’ balance sheets or clouded expectations for the rest of the year.

“The environment is very different this quarter. There are so many things going on,” said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Cresset Capital Management in Chicago. “It will be fascinating to see how companies respond.”

Earnings season comes on the heels of a tumultuous quarter for asset prices that saw the S&P 500 (.SPX) swoon nearly 13% before paring losses in a furious rebound late last month. The index is down about 6% for the year-to-date.

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Energy and other commodity prices have surged, with Brent crude futures up 32% for the year so far. The war in Ukraine has also created worries about supply and transportation problems, adding to concerns that have been building since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

That’s led a number of companies to warn about the impact of rising raw material and other costs on margins in recent weeks, including packaged food company Conagra Brands Inc (CAG.N), which this month lowered its full-year profit forecast. read more

“I see capital more expensive, labor more expensive, commodities more expensive,” Ablin said. “Unless these firms can pass these costs along – and arguably they’ll be able to pass along some but not all… That says to me, margins have to decline.”

Tightening labor market conditions are boosting wages, another negative for companies. The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index rebounded in March amid growing labor market optimism. read more

In March, the Fed raised rates for the first time since 2018 and policymakers have signaled they are ready to aggressively fight the fastest consumer price growth in nearly four decades with meaty rate hikes and balance sheet runoff, leading some investors to worry that the central bank’s monetary policies may bring on a recession. read more

With earnings, “it’s easy to identify the multiple negatives,” said Michael James, managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities in Los Angeles. “The question is how much of those negatives have already been priced into individual company shares.”

Given recent market volatility and nervousness heading into earnings season, he said, “The only guarantee is there are going to be outsized moves in both directions from individual companies” following their reports.

Among sectors, analysts expect a massive year-over-year jump in energy earnings in the first quarter because of the higher oil prices, while materials’ growth also is expected to have benefited from surging prices.

Meanwhile, big banks are expected to report a large decline in earnings from a year earlier, when they benefited from exceptionally strong dealmaking and trading. read more

At the same time, major U.S. companies including McDonald’s Corp (MCD.N) have halted sales in Russia after Moscow invaded Ukraine in late February. While overall S&P 500 companies’ revenue exposure to Russia is relatively small, the war, which Russia calls a “special operation,” adds to the uncertain outlook for companies.

Overall, corporate margins have held up, “so the market can take some margin contraction, only because we’re coming from such high rates,” said Scott Wren, senior global market strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute in St. Louis, Missouri.

Still, the rate of earnings growth has slowed from last year, when companies were rebounding sharply from the lows of the pandemic, he said. S&P 500 profit growth for all of 2021 was about 52%, based on Refinitiv data.

“This is going to be a normalization year, so to speak, where growth rates are slower,” Wren said. “You don’t have all of this fiscal and monetary stimulus. That’s what the market has to adjust to.”

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Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; editing by Ira Iosebashvili and Leslie Adler

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