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FeedPosted Apr 3rd 2011 12:30PM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, Bed Bath and Beyond (BBBY), Economic Data
The new earnings season doesn't kick off until Alcoa (AA) reports its first-quarter results on April 11, but a few stragglers are still reporting their earnings for the previous quarter this week. The most prominent earnings reports on tap are Wednesday's results from Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) and from Monsanto (MON). Here's what analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect to see.
Bed Bath & Beyond
During its fiscal fourth quarter, the nation's largest domestics retailer opened new stores and its CEO sold shares. Analysts anticipate that the New Jersey-based company will report per-share earnings of 97 cents, an increase of 11.3% from the same quarter of last year. The company also is expected to post revenue of $2.4 billion for the three months that ended in February, a 6.3% rise from a year earlier.
Continue reading Week in Preview: Bed Bath & Beyond, Monsanto and Pier 1 Earnings
Posted Dec 5th 2010 12:30PM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, AutoZone Inc (AZO), Smithfield Foods (SFD), Economic Data
After a week full of mixed economic data taking its toll on the markets, things will settle down somewhat this coming week.
- Monday: Fed releases October data on consumer credit outstanding.
- Tuesday: TIPP Economic Optimism Index is due.
- Wednesday: Labor Dept. offers initial jobless claims numbers for last week, EIA's crude oil inventory last week, October wholesale trade numbers from the Census Bureau.
- Friday: Trade balance data for October, Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its Import Price Index for November, preliminary Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index is due, and the Treasury Dept. releases the federal budget balance in November.
Continue reading Week in Preview: A Bit of a Breather (AZO, DG, SFD)
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.