# 84% of Early S&P 500 Reporters Beat Q3 Earnings Estimates By John Kim Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/37203 Published: 2026-10-22T00:06:57.000Z Updated: 2026-10-22T00:06:57.000Z Section: Business > Roughly 9% of companies in the index had reported third-quarter results by the morning of Oct. 21. Eighty-four percent of S&P 500 companies that had reported third-quarter results beat estimates by the morning of Oct. 21, offering an early but limited read on the U.S. earnings season. At 9 a.m. ET (13:00 UTC), roughly 9% of companies in the index had released results. The figure measures the share of reporting companies that topped estimates, not the share of the index by market weight. An earlier update on [early S&P 500 earnings results]() put the share of early reporters beating estimates at 83% while covering 24 major companies reporting that week. ## Links in this article - [early S&P 500 earnings results](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/34127)