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Thursday
Feb092012

Best Performing Stocks on Earnings This Season

The average one-day change of the 1,041 companies that have reported earnings this season has been +0.56%.  Below we highlight the stocks that have had the biggest one-day gains on their report days this season.  (For companies that report after the close, we use the next day's change.)

As shown, Zoltek (ZOLT) leads the way with a gain of 38.44%, followed by Corinthian Colleges (COCO) at 36.30% and Guidance Software (GUID) at 34.15%.  Of the stocks that have gained more than 15% on their report days this season, just two are in the S&P 500 -- Netflix (NFLX) and Computer Sciences (CSC).

Other notables on the list of big earnings season winners include Green Mountain Coffee (GMCR), Seagate (STX), Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD), and Standard Pacific (SPF).

Below are the top performing S&P 500 stocks on their report days this season.  Along with Netflix (NFLX) and its gain of 22.06%, other notable winners include Whirlpool (WHR), Ralph Lauren (RL), Goldman Sachs (GS), MasterCard (MA) and Apple (AAPL).

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