Note: The following is an excerpt from this week’s Earnings Trends report. You can access the full report that contains detailed historical actual and estimates for the current and following periods, please click here>>>Here are the key points:Total earnings for the 245 S&P 500 companies that have reported results are up +11.6% from the same period last year on +5.1% higher revenues, with 80.0% beating EPS estimates and 66.9% beating revenue estimates. The picture emerging from the 2024 Q4 earnings season c ...