With earnings having just begun this is a good screen to use both before and after a company reports. Like any earnings season we're going to see both positive surprises and negative surprises. This screen however focuses on more than just earnings surprises but instead goes over the importance of both earnings surprises and sales surprises and why as an investor you should care so much about them. As you know if a company reports earnings above expectations that's a positive surprise and the price in general should go up. If the company reports earnings below expectations that's a ...