Earnings expectations: Take-Two, Lululemon, Williams-Sonoma, Toll Bros. and others

Posted Jun 2nd 2008 4:37PM by Trey Thoelcke
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, Ciena Corp (CIEN), Toll Brothers (TOL), Smithfield Foods (SFD)

Here's a peek at what analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial are expecting from companies scheduled to report quarterly results in the first week of June, 2008.

The following companies are expected to post earnings growth, compared to the same period in the previous year:

Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) up 136.6% (from a loss) to $1.12 per share, on $499.1 million in revenue
Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) up 58.3% to 12 cents per share, on $71.8 million in revenue
Vimpelcom Communications (NYSE: VIP) up 54.2% to 59 cents per share, on $2.1 billion in revenue
Focus Media Ltd. (NASDAQ: FMCN) up 36.4% to 33 cents per share, on $161.3 million in revenue
Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) up 29.7% to 37 cents per share, on $238.4 million in revenue
Greif Inc. (NYSE: GEF) up 24.1% to 87 cents per share, on $839.9 million in revenue
Vail Resorts Inc. (NYSE: MTN) up 18.4% to $2.44 per share, on $474.8 million in revenue
Guess? Inc. (NYSE: GES) up 17.4% to 46 cents per share, on $451.6 million in revenue
Del Monte Foods Co. (NYSE: DLM) up 15.4% to 26 cents per share, on $1.0 billion in revenue
Cooper Companies Inc. (NYSE: COO) up 14.6% to 48 cents per share, on $256.7 million in revenue
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. (NYSE: JTX) up 1.9% to $2.08 per share, on $161.6 million in revenue

These companies are expected to report declines in earnings:

Collective Brands Inc. (NYSE: PSS) down 1.7% to 58 cents per share, on $935.9 million in revenue
National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM) down 3.6% to 27 cents per share, on $449.5 million in revenue
Midas Group Inc. (NYSE: MDS) down 4.0% to 24 cents per share, on $48.9 million in revenue
Bob Evans Farms Inc. (NASDAQ: BOBE) down 4.7% to 40 cents per share, on $441.5 million in revenue
Comtech Telecommunications (NASDAQ: CMTL) down 21.1% to 56 cents per share, on $129.5 million in revenue
Rex Stores Corp. (NYSE: RSC) down 50.9% to .25 cents per share, on $57.0 million in revenue
Smithfield Foods Inc. (NYSE: SFD) down 82.4% to 6 cents per share, on $3.5 billion in revenue
Williams-Sonoma Inc. (NYSE: WSM) down 93.8% to 1 cent per share, on $778.8 million in revenue

And these companies are expected to report losses:

Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: HOV) $2.68 per share, on $778.8 million in revenue
Amerco (NASDAQ: UHAL) $1.15 per share, on $485.5 million in revenue
Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL) 86 cents per share, on $808.9 million in revenue
IDT Corp. (NYSE: IDT) 28 cents per share, on $470.5 million in revenue
Plato Learning Inc. (NASDAQ: TUTR) 18 cents per share, on $16.3 million in revenue

For a more thorough look at what to expect from the results of some of these companies, check out Andrew Horowitz's The week in preview: No place like home.

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