The Walt Disney Company (DIS) released results for its fiscal first quarter after the bell today. As a shareholder, I was very eager to see the data since the stock recently broke through the tough resistance level of $40. Would the recent rise in the stock be justified by the profit growth?

You know, that just may be the case. According to the corporate press release, on an adjusted basis, net income jumped 45% to 68 cents per share. Even better, the call was for 56 cents per share. That's a significant beat. As for the top line, it expanded by a healthy 10%.

Things look to be pretty quiet on the economic calendar this week. Here are the highlights:

• Tuesday: Weekly chain-store sales
• Wednesday: Federal budget balance for January
• Thursday: Wholesale trade data in December
• Friday: Trade balance in December and the weekly inflation survey

However, three iconic companies -- Walt Disney (DIS), Coca-Cola (KO) and Hasbro (HAS) -- highlight this week's quarterly results. Here's a look at what analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters are anticipating from these and others.

Thursday, the company I fondly call the House of Mouse -- Walt Disney (DIS) -- released fourth-quarter earnings that eventually pushed the stock lower.

I am not as interested in the earnings results as I am in the news that my colleague Steven Mallas touched on in the first paragraph, the earnings were released earlier than expected. The company was supposed to report the earnings after the closing bell sounded, but the results were leaked nearly 30 minutes ahead of the final bell.

Disney (DIS) was higher by 1.8% to $36.56 at one point during Thursday's extended-hours session. At first glance, you might have believed, as I did, that the buying represented the immediate response to the fiscal fourth-quarter report, which was scheduled to come out after the market shut down for the day.

However, as this Forbes article highlights, the release came out earlier than expected, causing the stock to close down 2.8% by the conclusion of the regular session, presenting a very interesting scenario for the traders who were quick to react to the situation.