📂 MONDAY – Earnings Season Screener: “Guidance > Headlines”

By late January, the market stops rewarding simple EPS beats and starts reacting to forward guidance quality. Stocks with mediocre headline results but strong outlooks often outperform those that “beat and guide flat.”

Today’s Intel Drop screens for stocks that reported earnings in the last 5 trading days where guidance, not the headline, is the real story — and the market hasn’t fully adjusted yet.

Use this to catch second-wave earnings winners others miss.

💡PROMPT TEXT:

(copy & paste the below into your preferred AI model: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, Meta, etc.)

You are screening for “Guidance > Headlines” earnings opportunities as of January 26, 2026.

Goal:
Identify 10–18 U.S. stocks that recently reported earnings where forward guidance is stronger than the headline reaction suggests.

Filters:

1) Recent Earnings (Last 5 Trading Days)
- EPS/revenue met or modestly beat expectations
- No severe one-time distortions
- Guidance updated or reiterated with clarity

2) Guidance Quality
- Forward revenue or EPS outlook improved or reaffirmed
- Positive commentary on demand, backlog, or pipeline
- No language signaling near-term deterioration

3) Market Reaction
- Initial post-earnings move muted (between -2% and +3%)
- No heavy-volume selloff
- Price holding above post-earnings lows

4) Valuation & Sentiment
- Forward multiple not expanded materially post-report
- Limited analyst upgrade activity so far

5) Liquidity & Size
- Market cap > $5B
- Average daily dollar volume > $30M

Output:

1) WATCHLIST TABLE:
- Ticker
- Company
- Sector
- Earnings Headline Summary
- Guidance Takeaway
- Market Reaction
- Why guidance is being underappreciated

2) Summary (3–5 sentences):
- Why guidance drives second-phase earnings moves
- What signals confirm delayed repricing
- How to manage downside risk

Output in a clean table + 3–5 sentence explanation why this matters right now.

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