consensus

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On Friday, consensus looks for South Korea’s central bank to stand pat as the economy grapples with the uncertainty from the Middle East conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Naver’s 1Q operating profit likely came in at 543.6 billion won, about 6% below a market consensus estimate, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

While shaving her year-end forecast from $5,200 to $5,000, Teves stays just above the analyst consensus of $4,844.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Investors took the fiscal 2026 guidance as good sign for the overall business, especially with the analyst consensus calling for $2.04 earnings a share and 6.6% in sales growth, according to FactSet.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

In all these cases the children were too young to give any properly intelligible account of themselves, but the consensus of their excuses is that they had been with a “bloofer lady.”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker