First Call
A company that gathers research notes and earnings estimates from brokerage analysts. The estimate is compared to the actual reported earnings, and then the difference between the two is the earnings surprise.

Investopedia Says:
The First Call estimate is often quoted by the financial media for its consensus estimate of a company's earnings.

The other main player in the estimates game is Zacks.

Related Terms:
Earnings
EPS
Street Expectation
Whisper Number

• Tax Anticipation Notes (TAN)
• Tax Avoidance
• Tax Base
• Tax Bracket
• Tax Court
• Tax Credit
• Tax Deferred
• Tax-Efficient Fund
• Tax Equity And Fiscal Responsibility Act Of 1982 (TEFRA)
• Tax Equity And Fiscal Responsibility Act Of 1982 (TEFRA)
• Tax-Equivalent Yield
• Taxes
• Tax Evasion
• Tax Exempt
• Tax-Exempt Commercial Paper
• Tax-Exempt Interest
• Tax-Exempt Security
• Tax Fairness
• Tax-Free Spinoff
• Tax Gain/Loss Harvesting
• Tax Haven
• Tax Holiday
• Tax Home
• Tax Incidence
• Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 (TIPRA)