Earnings highlights: Alcoa, Monsanto, and others

Here are a few highlights of this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) will kick off the new earnings season next week, but expectations are low.
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) met low earnings estimates but shares dropped to a new low.
Cal-Maine Foods' (NYSE: CALM) revenue and profit soared on strength in the market for fresh eggs.
Merge Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: MRGE) announced another dismal quarter, along with an SEC probe.
Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) beat earnings expectations and revised its guidance.
Retalix Ltd. (NASDAQ: RTLX) warned that it would miss earnings estimates again this quarter.

Also, Jim Cramer thinks that downgrades of tech stocks don't make sense in light of their strong fourth quarter, but analysts seem to be pessimistic in general about earnings forecasts. Ted Allrich thinks this is the wrong time to ignore financial stocks, despite recent losses.

Upcoming results to watch for include Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) and KB Home (NYSE: KBH).

Tags: AA, Alcoa, BBBY, Bed Bath Beyond, Cal-Maine, CALM, financial stocks, Jim Cramer, KB Home, KBH, Merge Healthcare, Merge Technologies, MON, Monsanto, MRGE, Retalix, RTLX, tech stocks, Ted Allrich

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