By Derek Lewis
Publication Date: 2026-01-30 16:15:00
The 2025 Q4 earnings season continues to roll along, with a decent chunk of the S&P 500 delivering their results so far. While both earnings and sales growth has remained rock-solid so far, beats percentages are lower relative to other periods, with not all seeing favorable post-earnings reactions either.
And concerning post-earnings reactions, Meta Platforms META shares popped following its release, whereas Microsoft MSFT faced one of its worst days in years. Interestingly enough, MSFT shares now lag the S&P 500 on a five-year basis, whereas META shares have crushed.
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Concerning headline expectations, Microsoft posted a double-beat relative to our consensus expectations, continuing its stellar earnings streak. Adjusted EPS of $4.14 grew by 24% year-over-year, whereas sales of $81.3 billion grew 17% from the year-ago period.
While the headline growth rates were undoubtedly impressive, investors…