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FeedPosted Mar 27th 2011 12:30PM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, Family Dollar Stores (FDO), Economic Data
The calendar quarter winds down this week and quarterly reports are due from Apollo Group (APOL), CarMax (KMX), Global Payments (GPN), Krispy Kreme (KKD), Lennar (LEN) and McCormick (MKC). But analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters have high hopes for results from fertilizer and animal feed maker Mosaic (MOS), apparel maker Phillips Van Heusen (PVH) and discount retailer Family Dollar (FDO). So here's a look at what they anticipate from these three companies.
Mosaic
During its fiscal second quarter, Cargill agreed to distribute its stake in Mosaic, and Mosaic also said it would redeem senior notes. Analysts anticipate that the Minnesota-based potash producer will report per-share earnings of $1.07, a jump of 53.3% from the same quarter of last year. Mosaic also is expected to post revenue of $2.4 billion for the three months that ended in February. That's a 35.9% rise from a year earlier.
Continue reading Week in Preview: Mosaic, Family Dollar Earnings and March Unemployment Rate
Posted Aug 29th 2010 12:30PM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, Economic Data
Investors nervous about the possibly stalled economic recovery -- or worse, the beginning of the latter phase of a double-dip recession -- were not pleased with last week's housing numbers. Things were perhaps ameliorated somewhat by durable goods order numbers and a revised GDP that weren't as bad as expected, but that didn't stop the Dow from dipping below 10,000 later in the week, before fighting its way back above the benchmark to end the week, thanks largely to Fed chair Bernanke's comments on Friday.
Though the end of August is usually quiet, this week lots more economic data are due out, including more housing numbers: The Case-Shiller Home Price Index for June on Tuesday, construction spending numbers for July on Wednesday, and NAR's pending home sales for July on Thursday. There's not expected to be much to get excited about in these numbers.
Continue reading The Week in Preview: Employment, Housing, Manufacturing, Earnings Expectations
Posted Jan 5th 2009 6:40AM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Forecasts, Ford Motor (F), Economic Data
Here's a look at what's on the economic calendar for the week of January 5, 2009:
- Construction spending (Nov. 2008): Monday, 10:00 AM
- Ford Motor Co. U.S. sales (Dec. 2008): Monday, 1:00 PM
- New motor vehicle sales (Dec. 2008): Monday, 4:00 PM
- Factory orders (Nov. 2008): Tuesday, 10:00 AM
- Pending home sales (Nov. 2008): Tuesday, 10:00 AM
- ISM Non-Manufacturing Survey (Dec. 2008): Tuesday, 10:00 AM
- Monster Employment Index (Dec. 2008): Wednesday, 6:00 AM
- Challenger job-cut announcement (Dec. 2008): Wednesday, 7:30 AM
- Public debt (Dec. 2008): Wednesday, 3:00 PM
- Consumer credit (Nov. 2008): Thursday, 3:00 PM
- Employment situation (Dec. 2008): Friday, 8:30 AM
- Wholesale trade (Nov. 2008): Friday, 10:00 AM
For expectations from some of this week's earnings releases, see The week in preview: Family Dollar, Bed Bath & Beyond, KB Home, and others.