Cluenex11 Sectors Ranked by Earnings Beat Rate (2026)
Which sector beats earnings estimates most often?
As of Nov 9, 2026, Cluenex ranks 11 sectors by share of companies beating the EPS estimate. The median of this list is 72%. The top three are Technology (86%), Energy (85%) and Healthcare (83%).
| Rank | Sector | Companies | Beat rate | Median surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technology | 137 | 86% | 6.6% |
| 2 | Energy | 33 | 85% | 8.0% |
| 3 | Healthcare | 94 | 83% | 6.9% |
| 4 | Industrials | 160 | 75% | 3.8% |
| 5 | Utilities | 36 | 75% | 5.9% |
| 6 | Consumer Defensive | 54 | 72% | 3.2% |
| 7 | Consumer Cyclical | 109 | 67% | 3.5% |
| 8 | Communication Services | 35 | 63% | 5.7% |
| 9 | Financial Services | 139 | 63% | 1.5% |
| 10 | Real Estate | 60 | 63% | 9.9% |
| 11 | Basic Materials | 51 | 61% | 1.6% |
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How we count
- Universe: the roughly 1,000 largest US-listed companies that Cluenex covers. Actual and estimated EPS per company and fiscal quarter, from licensed market data.
- Beat = actual EPS above the consensus estimate; miss = below; equal counts as neither. Quarters are fiscal period end dates grouped by calendar quarter.
- A quarter is headlined once at least 200 companies have reported.
Full data, history and downloads: Earnings beat rate: how often US companies beat estimates.
Statistics describe the past and are not a forecast or a recommendation.