Why Companies Don't Want You To Look At GAAP Earnings

Two weeks ago, when we did our latest analysis of GAAP and non-GAAP earnings, we were stunned by several findings:
First, consensus Q1 2016 non-GAAP earnings, the kind that even Warren Buffett openly rails against, have imploded from +5% to -8.3% (this was "only" -7.4% two weeks ago), and more than double the -3.4% plunge in Q4 2015 EPS.
Keep in mind that all of the above is on a non-GAAP basis, and if one looks at GAAP earnings, the picture goes from dire to absolutely disastrous.