Earnings highlights: Alcoa, KB Home, Capital One, Family Dollar, and others

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

Acuity Brands Inc. (NYSE: AYI) missed estimates due to restructuring after the spin-off of Zep Inc.
Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) easily beat earnings estimates, due to the impeding sale of some businesses.
American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) warned that it would take a charge against fourth quarter earnings.
Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) posted a solid quarter on student enrollment and retention.
AZZ Inc. (NYSE: AZZ) beat earnings expectations and offered revised guidance.
Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) lowered its fourth quarter and full year earnings forecast.
Constellation Brands Inc. (NYSE: STZ) third quarter profit rose on growth in the domestic wine business.
EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (NYSE: DD) lifted its outlook on strength in agriculture and nutrition business.
Family Dollar Stores (NYSE: FDO) earnings were in line with estimates, despite lower same-store sales.
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (NYSE: GAP) posted a strong quarter, helped by the sale of Metro Inc.

Jefferies Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF) warned of a fourth quarter loss due to market conditions.
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) posted a much bigger than expected loss due to market conditions.
Men's Wearhouse Inc. (NYSE: MW) lowered its fourth quarter earnings forecast on weak sales.
Ruby Tuesday Inc. (NYSE: RT) swung to a loss due to remodeling costs and weak sales.
Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SGR) swung to a profit on strong demand for power projects.
Supervalu Inc. (NYSE: SVU) posted solid third quarter results but lowered its full-year outlook.
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) lowered its guidance on a decrease in same-store sales.

Also, Peter Cohan looks at the big banks ahead of their quarterly reports. Aaron Katsman examines the earnings prospects of Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW). The prospects for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), and others has Jim Cramer bullish on tech stocks. Meanwhile, Ted Allrich reminds us of the value of judging stocks by past performance.

Upcoming results to watch for include Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), IBM (NYSE: IBM), and General Electric (NYSE: GE).

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