Here is a list of how much analysts polled by FactSet think the Sweet 16’s earnings per share and sales will grow from calendar year 2024 to calendar year 2025. We are using projections from the calendar year that have been changed by FactSet for companies whose fiscal years don’t match the calendar, like Apple and Nvidia. EPS growth for the Sweet 16 is ranked by how much they are projected to grow in 2025. The full S&P 500 is at the bottom of the table:
Company Ticker Expected 2025 EPS change Expected 2025 revenue change
Intel Corp. INTC N/A 6.0%
Nvidia Corp. NVDA 52.6% 55.2%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD 52.3% 26.4%
Tesla Inc. TSLA 36.1% 17.5%
Broadcom Inc. AVGO 28.2% 18.2%
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 21.5% 10.9%
Netflix Inc. NFLX 20.3% 12.5%
Apple Inc. AAPL 18.5% 6.2%
Fiserv Inc. FI 16.3% 8.6%
Texas Instruments Inc. TXN 14.0% 11.3%
Microsoft Corp. MSFT 13.2% 13.9%
Meta Platforms Inc. Class A META 12.0% 14.5%
Alphabet Inc. Class A GOOGL 12.0% 11.9%
Adobe Inc. ADBE 11.1% 9.4%
Qualcomm Inc. QCOM 9.6% 8.2%
PayPal Holdings Inc. PYPL 7.2% 5.6%
S&P 500 SPX 14.6% 5.6%
Source: FactSet
It is predicted that nine of the 16 companies in the Sweet 16 will have faster EPS growth than the S&P 500 as a whole in 2025. Also, all but PayPal (PYPL) are expected to have faster revenue growth than the index as a whole. Analysts think that Intel will make 97 cents a share in 2025, up from a net loss of 14 cents a share in 2024. This puts it at the top of the list.
Finally, let’s go over what experts have said about the Sweet 16. This time, the list is arranged by the percentage of “buy” or similar rates from analysts that FactSet surveyed. You might have to scroll the table to see the columns on the right.
Microsoft and Amazon are tied for the highest percentage of “buy” ratings, while analysts expect AMD to show the largest price increase over the next 12 months.
Click on the tickers for more about each company.
