Rumored earnings numbers about to be reported, especially when they differ from the consensus forecast.
An unofficial earnings estimate circulated by insiders, extrapolated from multiple sources or based on rumor.
an estimate of a company's quarterly earnings - usually expressed in price per share - believed to be more accurate than the target published by analysts in their official research reports
An unofficial earnings estimate made by security analysts.
An estimate, mostly based upon rumors, of a company's upcoming earnings.
Unofficial and unpublished earnings per share forecasts that circulate among the professionals and wealthy investors on Wall Street. Whisper numbers are especially useful when they differ from the consensus forecast.
According to Dunnan, a whisper number is an unofficial estimate of the earnings per share that "bounces around Wall Street trading desks, on specific websites and in online chat rooms". Unlike a formal analysis by a financial analyst, it is a forecast, made by traders and investors, of a company's earnings based upon their own informal opinions.
