Buy These 3 Stocks With Strong Upside Left Ahead of Earnings

We are in the middle of the second-quarter 2024 earnings period. So far, results exceeded expectations. As of Jul 31, 285 companies of the S&P 500 Index — popularly known as Wall Street’s broad-market index — reported their quarterly financial numbers. Total earnings for these index members increased 9.8% from the same period last year on 4.8% higher revenues, with 80.7% beating EPS estimates and 59.6% beating revenue estimates. At present, total earnings of the S&P 500 Index in the second quarter are expec ...