earnings previews

This week will offer a good look at the state of the financial sector as many of the big banks share their fourth-quarter results. JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) broke the ice on Friday, reporting a decline in earnings that was more than analysts had estimated. Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Goldman Sachs (...

Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2011 results Wednesday morning, January 18. Investors could use some good news. Though revenue has risen for four straight quarters, the share price has faced resistance at $13 a since August. And Deutsche Bank last week downgraded...

The new earnings season kicks off this week when aluminum producer Alcoa (NYSE: AA) reports fourth-quarter results on Monday. JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) also is scheduled to post fourth-quarter results this week, and so is homebuilder Lennar (NYSE: LEN). Supermarket chain operator Supervalu (NYSE:...

Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) is scheduled to report fiscal first-quarter 2012 results tomorrow, January 5, after the closing bell. Investors could use a little good news, considering the shares have traded mostly between $56 and $60 since the end of October and analysts seem unenthused about the stock...

The week (and the new year) will start off quietly, as far as quarterly reports are concerned. Things will pick up a little steam later in the week as Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL), Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ), Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO), Monsanto (NYSE: MON) and Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) each step into...

Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter 2011 results Wednesday, December 21, after the markets close. Though the stock is trading near a multiyear high, analysts' sentiment has been waning over the past three months. Investors will be looking for another in...

CarMax (NYSE: KMX) is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter 2011 results tomorrow morning, December 21. Investors will be looking for the company to demonstrate that the earnings miss in the previous quarter was a fluke. Note that short interest is up from earlier this year and now is about 8.3...

Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) is scheduled to report fiscal first-quarter 2012 results tomorrow, December 21, before the opening bell. Investors will be looking for anything that might boost the stock's sagging share price, like perhaps an easing of tensions between Walgreen and Express Scripts (NASDAQ:...

As Christmas and the end of the year rush toward us, here is a quick look at expectations for some of the most prominent quarterly reports scheduled for this week. These include Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY), General Mills (NYSE: GIS), Nike (NYSE: NKE), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Walgreen (...

Again this week, things will be fairly quiet on the earnings front. Among the week's most high profile quarterly reports are those from Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), which are forecast to post lower per-share earnings, as well as Discover Financial (NYSE: DFS) and FedEx (...

Cooper Companies (NYSE: COO) is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter 2011 results tomorrow afternoon, December 8. Its profit fell in the third quarter, breaking a streak of three consecutive quarters of year-over-year profit increases. Investors will be looking for Cooper to return to earnings...

Analogic (NASDAQ: ALOG) is scheduled to report fiscal first-quarter 2012 results tomorrow, December 8, after the closing bell. The Massachusetts-based tech company is in transition, having last week announced the most comprehensive transformation of its corporate brand in its more than 40 year...

Vail Resorts (NYSE: MTN) is scheduled to report fiscal first-quarter 2012 results tomorrow, December 7, before the opening bell. Ahead of the earnings release, the resort operator announced that it would narrow the focus of its Lodging division, which will include some layoffs, due to tough...

Greif (NASDAQ: GEF) is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter 2011 results tomorrow, December 7, after the closing bell. The Delaware-based industrial packaging company recently lowered its full-year earnings outlook, despite a near record year, due to lower-than-expected sales in Western Europe...

With investors and analysts keeping one eye on how the holiday shopping season is progressing and another eye on what's happening in the eurozone, there may be little on the earnings front this week that attracts much attention. Among the week's most high profile quarterly reports are those from...