Source: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/earnings-call

# Earnings call
URL: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/earnings-call
Last modified: 2026-10-17

The earnings call is the conference call where management discusses results and takes analyst questions, usually within an hour or two of the release, in the small hours IST. The after-hours move often reverses on the call because [the guide and its tone come out here](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/us-earnings-explained), in [the thinnest book of the day](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/how-us-stock-prices-form).

## Related terms

- Earnings season / earnings report: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/earnings-season-earnings-report
- Guidance (earnings guidance): https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/guidance
- Earnings beat and miss: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/earnings-beat-and-miss
- EPS: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/eps
- Pre-market and after-hours trading: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/pre-market-and-after-hours-trading
- Gap up and gap down: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/gap-up-and-gap-down