{
  "article": "earnings-guidance-in-earnings-releases",
  "chart": "metrics",
  "asOf": "2026-11-11",
  "title": "What the outlook sections guide",
  "unit": "releases",
  "n": 49,
  "series": [
    {
      "name": "Outlook sections naming the metric",
      "source": "Exhibit 99.1 text of the Item 2.02 Form 8-K releases behind the quotes on the record, read from sec.gov; the latest release per company, 1500 characters from the outlook heading",
      "data": [
        {
          "x": "Revenue or sales",
          "y": 44
        },
        {
          "x": "Earnings per share",
          "y": 35
        },
        {
          "x": "Gross or operating margin",
          "y": 27
        },
        {
          "x": "EBITDA or operating income",
          "y": 22
        },
        {
          "x": "Free cash flow or operating cash flow",
          "y": 12
        },
        {
          "x": "Capital expenditures",
          "y": 7
        },
        {
          "x": "Tax rate",
          "y": 8
        },
        {
          "x": "Expenses or costs",
          "y": 13
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}