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When quarterly earnings "miss Wall Street expectations," whose expectations do we mean?

Aug 17, 2022
Stock analysts set these expectations, and stock prices react to whether they are met.
Target's financial results fell short of Wall Street expectations, and the stock lost ground.
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The market's great expectations

Apr 17, 2014
Fine tuning market expectations is important for public companies.