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Earnings playbook: Palantir and Advanced Micro Devices usher in the next week of reports

Cnbc · · 914 words · By Lisa Kailai Han
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What to know about Earnings playbook: Palantir and Advanced Micro Devices usher in the next week of reports

The first quarter earnings season continues in earnest next week, with 121 companies in the S & P 500 , or approximately a quarter of the index, on the docket to share their latest results.

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What happened

The first quarter earnings season continues in earnest next week, with 121 companies in the S & P 500 , or approximately a quarter of the index, on the docket to share their latest results.

Why it matters

The two stocks that are also in the Dow Jones Industrial Average — Walt Disney and McDonald's — will be the week's headliners, highlighting a big showing from media companies, restaurant chains and gig economy platforms.

Common ground

The corporate reporting period has been strong so far.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Veppanu, a breast cancer drug from Pfizer and Arvinas .”
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Claim 2: “Walt Disney tops earnings expectations 79% of the time, according to Bespoke.”
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Claim 3: “Analysts polled by LSEG expect the AI tech company to see earnings more than double from the year-earlier period.”
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One web search result mentions 'Q1 2026 revenue surged 85% year-over-year', which supports the idea of explosive growth, but there is no specific mention of LSEG analysts predicting earnings to 'more than double'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Palantir Technologies just delivered the most explosive Palantir earnings reports in company history. Q1 2026 revenue surged 85% year-over-year, the fastest pace since the 2020 direct listing.
https://tradethepool.com/fundamental/palantir-earnings-repor…
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web search NEUTRAL — Access detailed earnings reports for companies listed on the Nasdaq. Explore quarterly results, earnings surprises, and financial performance data.*Last Year's EPS is a EBIT value from the same quarte…
https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/earnings
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web search NEUTRAL — Viatris beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $3.70 billion, up 5% year on year.This quarter, the market is expecting Viatris’s revenue to grow 2.7% year on year, a r…
https://markets.financialcontent.com/stocks/article/stocksto…
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Claim 4: “UBER revenue surpassed Street estimates , but it issued soft profit guidance [last quarter].”
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Claim 5: “PLTR posted a beat on earnings thanks to strong AI and defense demand [last quarter].”
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Multiple sources indicate Palantir beat expectations. One source explicitly mentions 'Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) Beats Expectations' and another discusses strong growth in the U.S. commercial segment (137% year-over-year).
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web search NEUTRAL — Palantir Technologies Inc. is an American publicly traded company that develops data integration and analytics platforms enabling government agencies, militaries, and corporations to combine and analy…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir
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web search NEUTRAL — Palantir had previously projected U.S. commercial revenue growth of at least 115% throughout fiscal 2026. The Q4 2025 period saw this segment expand 137% year-over-year to $507 million, establishing e…
https://blockonomi.com/why-palantir-pltr-stock-plunged-7-des…
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web search NEUTRAL — Palantir Technologies is extremely efficient at acquiring new customers, and its CAC payback period checked in at 9.8 months this quarter. The company’s rapid recovery of its customer acquisition cost…
https://www.tradingview.com/news/stockstory:08d478c47094b:0-…
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Claim 6: “Bespoke data shows AMD tops earnings estimates 62% of the time.”
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Claim 7: “Analysts polled by LSEG expect single-digit earnings and revenue growth [for McDonald's].”
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Claim 8: “despite earnings and revenue topping estimates last quarter, shares fell 17% [for AMD].”
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Claim 9: “Of the 63% of S & P 500 members that have so far issued results, 84% have topped analysts' earnings expectations, according to data from FactSet.”
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The search results for this claim returned dictionary definitions for the word 'according' rather than financial data from FactSet.
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of ACCORD is to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned. How to use accord in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Accord.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/according
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web search NEUTRAL — Phrasal verb accord with something (Definition of according from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/accordin…
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web search NEUTRAL — The term according to can be used to attribute something reported — according to the news, the airports are closed (even though according to your friend, they're still open). It also refers to agreeme…
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/according
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Claim 10: “Shares fell after the company posted its last three quarterly reports [for Disney].”
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Claim 11: “MCD reported quarterly earnings and revenue that both beat analyst estimates [last quarter].”
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Claim 12: “PFE reported earnings and revenue that topped analysts' estimates despite dwindling demand for its Covid products [last quarter].”
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Claim 13: “Disney's first earnings report under new CEO Josh D'Amaro”
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Claim 14: “DIS topped analyst estimates for both earnings and revenue [last quarter].”
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Claim 15: “Pfizer is set to report earnings before the market opens [Tuesday].”
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Both a cross-reference from CNBC and a web search result from 24/7 Wall St. confirm that Pfizer reports earnings before the market opens on Tuesday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Find earnings, economic, stock splits and IPO calendars to track upcoming financial events from Yahoo Finance.
https://finance.yahoo.com/calendar/earnings/
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web search NEUTRAL — When Pfizer reported its fourth-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Tuesday, earnings fell short of consensus estimates. How Much Pfizer Earnings Depend on a Few Brands.
https://247wallst.com/health-and-healthcare/2018/10/30/why-p…
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web search NEUTRAL — Access detailed earnings reports for companies listed on the Nasdaq. Explore quarterly results, earnings surprises, and financial performance data.
https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/earnings
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Claim 16: “The stock has gained after its last three earnings reports [for McDonald's].”
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Claim 17: “Palantir Technologies is set to report earnings after the closing bell [Monday].”
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The evidence provided for Palantir describes the company's products and general nature but does not provide a specific earnings date or time for 'Monday'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The company has four main operating systems: Palantir Gotham, Palantir Foundry, Palantir Apollo, and Palantir AIP. Palantir Gotham is an intelligence tool used by militaries and counter-terrorism anal…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir
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web search NEUTRAL — Our software powers real-time, decisions in critical government and commercial enterprises in the West, from the factory floors to the front lines. Palantirians deliver mission-critical outcomes for t…
https://www.palantir.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 11, 2025 · Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—but even former employees struggle to explain it. Palan…
https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-what-the-company-does/
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Claim 18: “The chipmaker's earnings and revenue are expected to grow by double digits compared to a year ago, LSEG data shows.”
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Claim 19: “Walt Disney is set to report earnings before the market open [Wednesday].”
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Claim 20: “LSEG data shows analysts see slight rises in year-over-year earnings and revenue for the movie studio and theme park operator.”
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Claim 21: “Uber earnings beat estimates 61% of the time, Bespoke says.”
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Claim 22: “Advanced Micro Devices is set to report earnings after the market closes [Tuesday].”
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Claim 23: “The pharmaceutical giant is expected to post a double-digit earnings decline compared with the same period a year ago, according to LSEG.”
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Claim 24: “Rothschild & Co. Redburn upgraded the fast food chain to neutral from sell last week.”
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Claim 25: “121 companies in the S & P 500, or approximately a quarter of the index, on the docket to share their latest results [next week]”
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The provided web search results mention earnings calendars and general trends but do not provide the specific number (121 companies) or the specific 'next week' timeframe to verify this claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — In fact, the percentage of S&P 500 companies beating EPS estimates so far (May 6) is above the five-year average.Its shares have a 52-week range of $214.10 and $590, and are presently trading at over …
https://www.investing.com/analysis/the-10-biggest-companies-…
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web search NEUTRAL — NEXT WEEK. W20.The Markets Insider Earnings Calendar offers you the ability to track companies who are releasing earnings reports. Use the customizable earnings calendar to learn when a public company…
https://markets.businessinsider.com/earnings-calendar
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web search NEUTRAL — Access detailed earnings reports for companies listed on the Nasdaq. Explore quarterly results, earnings surprises, and financial performance data.
https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/earnings
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Claim 26: “Uber Technologies is set to report earnings before the market's opening bell [Wednesday].”
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Claim 27: “The two stocks that are also in the Dow Jones Industrial Average — Walt Disney and McDonald's”
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Wikipedia explicitly lists McDonald's as part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. While Disney is not explicitly listed in the snippet, the source confirms the index's nature and McDonald's membership; general knowledge of the DJIA confirms Disney's membership, but the provided evidence specifically verifies McDonald's via Wikipedia.
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web search NEUTRAL — McDonald's.Dow calculated his first average purely of industrial stocks on May 26, 1896, creating what is now known as the Dow Jones Industrial Average. None of the original 12 industrials still remai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average
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web search NEUTRAL — The thirty companies included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average are listed below. The list is sorted by each component's weight in the index.If a stock splits its corresponding weighting in the Dow …
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web search NEUTRAL — Investors can invest in the Dow by buying shares of ETFs that track the index or of companies listed in the index. A particular denominator, known as the Dow Divisor, is used to calculate the value of…
https://www.fool.com/investing/stock-market/indexes/dow-jone…
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Claim 28: “Pfizer tops earnings estimates 88% of the time, according to data from Bespoke Investment Group.”
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Claim 29: “AMD 's fourth-quarter earnings topped expectations, and the company provided a stronger-than-expected forecast.”
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Claim 30: “Data from Bespoke Investment Group shows Palantir tops earnings estimates 90% of the time, and its stock averages a 1.1% gain on earnings days.”
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The search results for 'Bespoke' returned dictionary definitions and a clothing company (Bespoke Post), not financial data from the Bespoke Investment Group.
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web search NEUTRAL — Bespoke is derived from the verb "bespeak", meaning to "speak for something". [2] The particular meaning of the verb form is first cited from 1583 [3] and given in the Oxford English Dictionary: "to s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bespoke
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web search NEUTRAL — Rugged-meets-refined menswear and gear, crafted for quality and built to last - all at an exceptional value.
https://www.bespokepost.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — It is from that sense that we get the adjective bespoke, referring to clothes and other things that are ordered before they are made. Bespoke has enjoyed a spike in usage in recent years, perhaps due …
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bespoke
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Claim 31: “Bespoke data shows McDonald's beats earnings expectations 57% of the time.”
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Claim 32: “Analysts expect double-digit declines in the ride hailing platform's earnings but double-digit revenue growth against the year-earlier period, according to LSEG.”
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Claim 33: “McDonald's is set to report earnings before the opening bell [Thursday].”
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