Don't settle for ordinary quarterly reports.
I take a look at three companies that beat market expectations every week, since I believe that it's the biggest factor in a stock beating the market. Leaving Wall Street's pros with stunned expressions can be a good thing. It usually means that the companies have more in the tank than analysts figured. Capital appreciation typically follows.
Let's take a look at a few companies that humbled the pros over the past few trading days.
We can start with Focus Media
The Chinese advertising giant posted better-than-expected quarterly results last Monday. Yes, it was Memorial Day here, but it was business as usual in the world's most populous nation. The company behind a massive fleet of ad-spewing LCD monitors, poster frames, and digital billboards came through with a quarterly profit of $0.46 a share, comfortably ahead of the $0.43 a share that the market was forecasting.
Investors shouldn't be surprised. Focus Media has now landed ahead of Wall Street profit targets for 10 consecutive quarters.
Closer to home, Booz Allen Hamilton
The cherry on top is that Booz Allen Hamilton also declared a special $1.50 dividend that it will distribute later this month.
Finally, we have RBC Bearings
Moving in the right direction
It's important to keep watching the companies that surpass expectations. Over time, it will be a lucrative experience for investors as the market rewards the overachievers. That's the kind of surprise that we look for in the Rule Breakers newsletter service. Want in? Check out a 30-day trial subscription. If that's not up your alley just yet, you can still check out a free special report detailing the next trillion-dollar revolution.
Either way, come back next week to learn about more stocks that blew the market away in the coming days.