earnings previews

Avis Budget Group (NASDAQ: CAR) is scheduled to report third-quarter 2011 results Wednesday, November 2, after the closing bell. Investors will be looking for a repeat of the second-quarter results, when the car and truck rental specialist said revenues rose for the fourth consecutive quarter and...

Boston Beer (NYSE: SAM) is scheduled to report its third-quarter 2011 results Tuesday, November 1, after the closing bell. The largest craft brewer in the U.S. has seen its market share increase even as overall beer consumption has fallen off. But earnings were disappointing in the past couple of...

Halloween and the Day of the Dead arrive this week. If analysts' forecasts are correct, there are only a few earnings reports that may scare investors. For instance, Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) earnings are predicted to have fallen 93.1% year over year to $0.58 per share. Allstate (NYSE:...

Cabela's (NYSE: CAB) is scheduled to report third-quarter 2011 results Thursday, October 27, before the markets open. Consumers have been clamping down on discretionary spending due to economic conditions. But this specialty retailer is looking to continue its streak: it has seen net income rise in...

Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) is scheduled to report third-quarter 2011 results Thursday, October 27, after the closing bell. The company's Redbox self-service DVD-rental business seems well positioned to pick up some of those customers who continue to abandon Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) DVD-by-mail service...

The earnings crunch is in full swing this this week. Quarterly results are due from the likes of Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), from which analysts expect to see year-over-year earnings growth, as well as...

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) is expected to continued its recent streak of double-digit year-over-year revenue growth when it reports its third-quarter 2011 results later today, October 20. The fast-casual restaurant operator raised its prices this summer to offset rising costs, so investors...

Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG) is expected to report its third straight quarterly rise in sales when it shares its third-quarter 2011 results tomorrow, October 18, before the opening bell. The Milwaukee-based company saw domestic retail sales rise in the second quarter for the first time in five years...

The earnings season ramps up this week. Tech giants Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) are scheduled to share their third-quarter results, as are big banks including Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS),...

Mattel (NYSE: MAT), the company behind the Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price and American Girl brands, is scheduled to report its third-quarter 2011 results tomorrow, October 14. The El Segundo, Calif.-based toymaker saw increased options activity this morning, and it remains under the cloud of a...

The new earnings season gets underway this week when Alcoa (NYSE: AA) posts its third-quarter results on Tuesday. The rest of the week will bring results from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Mattel (NYSE: MAT) and PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP). Analysts anticipate year-over-year earnings...

Though the calendar page has turned, things will be fairly quiet again this week on the earnings front. The new earnings season does not kick off until Alcoa (NYSE: AA) posts its third-quarter results on October 10, followed shortly thereafter by PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) and JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM). This...

Tech company Xyratex (NASDAQ: XRTX) is scheduled to report its fiscal third-quarter 2011 results later today, September 29. The British data storage company posted an unexpected loss in the second quarter due to shrinking revenues as companies put off capital investments due to uncertainty in the...

As the month and the calendar quarter wind down this week, only a handful of companies are scheduled to report their earnings results. These include Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO), Jabil Circuit (NYSE: JBL), McCormick (NYSE: MKC) and Walgreen (NYSE...

After last week's lull, things pick up again on the earnings front. Here is a peek at what analysts are expecting from some of this week's most anticipated quarterly reports: AutoZone (NYSE: AZO), Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY), Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS), FedEx (NYSE: FDX),...