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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