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Six sectors – Transportation, Medical, Utilities, Construction, Technology, and Aerospace –are expected to have double-digit earnings growth in Q4, while five sectors are expected to have lower total earnings this quarter relative to the year-earlier period. The Energy sector has the weakest growth profile for understandable reasons, with total earnings for the sector expected to be down -21.7% on -14.2% lower revenues.

The table below presents the summary picture for Q4 contrasted with what companies actually reported in the Q3 earnings season.

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