Q1 Earnings Season Is Winding Down. Here Are the 5 Stocks That Defined It.

Earnings season isn't officially over yet. But with 95% of the S&P 500's (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) companies' first-quarter numbers now in hand -- including all the major ones investors were most interested in -- Q1 earnings season is effectively over.Overall, it was a pretty good quarter. Data from FactSet indicates 84% of the S&P 500's constituents were on pace to beat their earnings estimates, contributing to year-over-year Q1 profit growth of 27.7%. The broader investor takeaways from Q1's earnings reports, however, can be illustrated by just five companies' quarterly reports.Image source: Getty Images.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool