Traders trying to find inventory winners in earnings season ought to flip towards firms with a monitor document of beating estimates and subsequently buying and selling greater. The third-quarter earnings season has simply kicked off, and buyers can be watching carefully for feedback from firms in regards to the influence of inflation and provide chain points. Up to now, a majority of firms have topped Wall Road’s expectations . S & P 500 earnings are anticipated to develop by 3.6% for the third quarter, in line with Refinitiv. Nevertheless, take vitality firms out of the equation, and S & P earnings would fall by 3.1%. When in search of firms with a profitable earnings historical past, CNBC Professional reviewed knowledge from Bespoke Funding Group to seek out names that beat per-share earnings estimates 75% of the time or extra and had a mean acquire on earnings day of not less than 1%. Intuitive Surgical has the very best one-day common change on earnings day, in line with Bespoke. The medical machine firm beats estimates 88% of the time and has a 2.5% common one-day inventory change. Nevertheless, regardless of its stellar historical past, Intuitive Surgical missed second-quarter earnings and income expectations when it reported in July. The corporate is ready to announce third-quarter earnings on Tuesday. Shares are down virtually 50% yr so far, however have about 31% upside to the common analyst goal value, in line with FactSet. “We see lengthy tailwinds that ought to proceed to assist adoption regardless of the difficult capital gear atmosphere,” BTIG analyst Ryan Zimmerman wrote in a notice Monday. Lam Analysis , a provider of apparatus and providers to the semiconductor business, has the very best common beat fee of 91%, in line with Bespoke. It sometimes rallies 1.1% on earnings day. Lam shares, down greater than 50% to date this yr, took successful final week after the Commerce Division introduced new restrictions on exporting of superior laptop chips to China. The corporate reviews its newest quarterly outcomes on Wednesday. Shares have about 48% upside to the common analyst value goal, FactSet knowledge present. Residents Monetary additionally reviews on Wednesday. The financial institution has overwhelmed Wall Road expectations 84% of the time and has a mean 1.7% rally on earnings days. Up to now, financial institution earnings have been constructive this season, with huge names like JPMorgan Chase , Financial institution of America and Wells Fargo all topping estimates. Residents Monetary’s shares are down about 23% to date this yr and has 20% upside from the common analyst value goal, in line with FactSet. Tractor Provide, which broadcasts its third-quarter earnings Friday, has the bottom beat fee on the listing, topping estimates 75% of the time. It has rallied a mean 1.4% on earnings days. The retailer focuses on farm provides, pet and household feed and provides and different house enchancment merchandise. Piper Sandler is bullish on the inventory, giving it an chubby ranking. Its analyst is anticipating inline earnings for the third quarter and a powerful fourth quarter. “TSCO continues to outpace our [third quarter farm and ranch retailer] survey common given TSCO has no publicity to firearms/ammo, which have been seeing notable gross sales declines [year over year]; and (2) TSCO over-indexes for pet meals and animal feed, which stay very robust throughout the business,” analyst Peter Keith wrote in a notice final week. The inventory is down about 15% yr so far and has about 16% upside to the common value goal, in line with FactSet. — CNBC’s Michael Bloom contributed reporting.