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How much do stocks move on earnings?

An earnings report can move a stock more in a day than it moves in a typical month. Knowing how big a company’s report-day moves have been, and how often they go up, helps size a position or decide whether to hold through the announcement.

Updated Oct 6, 2026

68
% report in 4 weeks

344 report soon

Over the past three years the typical S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 stock moved 4.9% either way around its earnings report. 344 of them report in the next four weeks; the biggest typical movers among them are AXON, PLTR, FISV.

Typical move 4.9%Biggest mover: AXON 17%Next: MKC on Oct 6, 2026

Report by report

Select any company below. Bars show its move around each of its last eight reports.

PEP · PepsiCo
Move from the close before each report to the close after it, last eight reports.
−5%0%5%Oct 8Feb 4Apr 24Jul 17Oct 9Feb 3Apr 16Jul 9

Reporting in the next four weeks

Sorted by the typical size of the move. Up counts the reports after which the stock rose. Select a column to sort.

CompanyMove sizeReportsTypical moveLargestUpLast timeLast 8 reports

How to read this page

How it’s measured. The move from the close before each earnings report to the close after it, for the last eight reports of S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 companies. The table lists companies reporting in the next four weeks.

Sources. Daily prices and earnings and economic calendars from Financial Modeling Prep.

The move covers both reports released before the open and after the close. It is the stock’s own move, not adjusted for the market that day.

Past report-day moves give a sense of scale, not direction. Options prices give the market’s current estimate of the expected move.

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