The Best Earnings Beaters

LogMeIn, a cloud-based software company that reports earnings this week, has incredibly beaten earnings estimates for 32 consecutive quarters. The stock has averaged a gain of more than 5 percent on the first day that it trades after quarterly earnings. 

There are other stocks that have come close to LogMeIn's record. Among the stocks beating estimates most often in recent years:

• Columbia Sportswear, 96.9 percent
• Lockheed-Martin, 96.9 percent
• Mettler-Toledo, 95.9 percent
• Silicon Labs, 95.3 percent
• Visa, 94.7 percent