Earnings season kicks off next week. Morgan Stanley sees these stocks surprising to the upside

An investment bank's Earnings Surprise Composite model identifies a memory chip maker, a bank, and a defense company as likely to beat analyst estimates. The call is modestly positive for those individual stocks and could drive near-term 1–3% moves on their upcoming earnings, but the note provides no quantified beat magnitudes or company names.

Analysis

An investment bank's Earnings Surprise Composite model identifies a memory chip maker, a bank, and a defense company as likely to beat analyst estimates. The call is modestly positive for those individual stocks and could drive near-term 1–3% moves on their upcoming earnings, but the note provides no quantified beat magnitudes or company names.