on average 这个词组修饰后面的动词expected，不是修饰主语analysts。

我查了有关资料，凡是analysts（分析师）作主语时，几乎千篇一律都是这样表达的。

1. Analysts on average forecast 48 cents a share, according to Thomson Reuters.

根据汤森路透调查,分析师平均预估每股盈馀(EPS)为0.48美元。

2. Analysts on average put Microsoft's profit at 49 cents a share for the quarter ended December 31, which includes a U.S. holiday shopping season that has been called the worst in at least four decades.

分析师对微软至12月31日为止的季度利润的估计平均为每股49美分，这个季度包括被称为至少是40年来最糟糕的美国假日购物季节。

3. Analysts on average expect the cellphone market to grow 9.3 percent in 2010, a Reuters poll of analysts showed.

路透调查显示,分析师平均预期手机市场2010年将成长9.3%。

4. On that basis, analysts on average expected profit of $3.76 per share on revenue of $9 billion.

分析师平均预期为营收90亿美元,EPS为3.76美元。

5. Deutsche Bank said in a research note that analysts on average had expected signings of $12 billion to $13 billion.

德意志银行的研究报告称,分析师此前平均预期签约金额为120-130亿美元。

6. BlackRock said revenue edged higher to $2.09 billion from the second quarter's $2.03 billion. Analysts on average had expected $2.01 billion.

贝莱德表示,营收从第二季的20.3亿美元增至20.9亿美元.分析师平均预计第三季营收为20.1亿美元。

7. Analysts on average had expected Caterpillar to earn $1.54 per share in the third quarter.

分析师平均预计,卡特彼勒第三季EPS为1.54美元。

8. Analysts on average had projected a 1.6 percent climb in Dell's fiscal 2012 revenue to almost $62.5 billion.

分析师原平均预计,戴尔2012年度营收攀升1.6%,接近625亿美元。

【提示】无论从修饰关系，还是汉语翻译，on average 都是修饰后面动词的。