consensus

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Google-parent Alphabet and Facebook-parent Meta Platforms are expected to generate a combined $334 billion in cash from operations this year, according to consensus estimates from FactSet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

A stock’s forward P/E is its price divided by the consensus earnings estimate among analysts working for brokerage or research firms polled by LSEG.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

The consensus call is for a 3.4% jump from a year earlier, one percentage point more than in February.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

But still, I’m not sure we should reject the impulse to explore extreme ideas to stop global heating, since the current consensus seems to be doing next to nothing.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

The consensus seems to be heading for a figure of about 13.7 billion years, but these things are notoriously difficult to measure, as we shall see further on.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson