Earnings highlights: Starbucks, Best Buy, JCPenney, Agilent, Wells Fargo and others

Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) topped estimates but offered an outlook below expectations.
Best Buy Co. (NYSE: BBY) warned that it many not be able to maintain its earnings momentum.
Charlotte Russe Holding Inc. (NASDAQ: CHIC) was upgraded because of its growth potential.
Focus Media Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: FMCN) shares tumbled after it reported Q3 numbers.
HLS Systems International (NASDAQ: HOLI) earnings prospects and management impressed an analyst.
JCPenney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) reported a lower Q3 profit and lowered its guidance due to the recession.
KKR Financial Holdings (NYSE: KFN) disappointing Q3 results led to analyst downgrades.
MercadoLibre Inc. (NASDAQ: MELI) doubled its Q3 profit and beat earnings expectations.
Nortel Networks Corp. (NYSE: NT) swung to a Q3 net loss and unveiled further restructuring measures.
Perry Ellis International Inc. (NASDAQ: PERY) posted preliminary Q3 results and lowered its outlook.
Siemens (NYSE: SI) Q4 net loss widened and it warned about meeting its profit target for the year.
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) Q4 earnings were hurt by restructuring costs, revenue rose slightly.
Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL) posted dismal Q4 results and declined to offer guidance for next year.
Tyson Foods Inc. (NYSE: TSN) solid Q4 results fell short of estimates and it offered a shaky outlook.
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) earnings prospects following its equity offering led to an analyst's upgrade.

Also, Susan Moore shares some oddities from earnings conference calls. Joseph Lazzaro suggests that lowered 2009 earnings estimates may be one sign that its time to review your portfolio, and also discusses what to look for when monitoring earnings.

Upcoming quarterly reports include Target (NYSE: TGT), Lowe's (NYSE: LOW), Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Saks (NYSE: SKS), Trina Solar (NYSE: TSL), Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), Gap (NYSE: GPS), Heinz (NYSE: HNZ).

Tags: Agilent, BBY, Best Buy, Charlotte Russe, CHIC, earnings, FMCN, Focus Media, HLS, HOLI, JCP, JCPenney, Joseph Lazzaro, KFN, KKR, MELI, MercadoLibre, Nortel, NT, Perry Ellis, PERY, SBUX, SI, Siemens, Starbucks, Susan Moore, TOL, Toll Brothers, TSN, Tyson, Wells Fargo, WFC

11-15-2008 @ 6:00PM

Better bail out Starbucks next.

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