Amid the ongoing earnings season, top market voices point out that Nifty companies have reported better than expected earnings in the quarter ended September-17. In an interview to CNBC TV18, Sanjeev Prasad, Co-Head and Managing Director, Kotak Institutional Equities said, “It’s been a good quarter, companies have reported better than expected earnings. There’s been weakness in OMCs like HPCL and IOCL. But if you keep those names aside, companies have reported decent numbers compared to expectations. In Nifty 50, the companies which have reported earnings, EBITDA margins are ahead of our estimates.