Top 5 Stocks For February 3, 2010 (CSCO, V, AMP, CMCSA, IP)

Posted on 02/03/10 at 8:08am by Monica Gerson

Five stocks that warrant attention today are:

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) is expected to post earnings of $0.30 when it ports after the close today. CSCO’s shares gained 0.87% in pre-market trading, after moving up 1.28% to close at $23.02 yesterday.

Visa Inc (NYSE: V), the credit card kingpin, reports after the bell. Wall Street analysts expect V to earn $0.91 per share today. V’s share price moved up 0.26% to $84.23 in after hours trading.

American Express Financial Services, now known as Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP), would be reporting its results for the latest quarter after the market closes today. Analysts expect AMP to post earnings of $0.75. AMP gained 0.55% to close at $39.98 yesterday.

Comcast Corp (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is declaring results before the opening bell. Analysts forecast the earnings for the cable TV top dog at $0.27. CMCSA slipped 2.15% to $15.94 in after hours trading.

When International Paper Company (NYSE: IP) reports prior to the opening bell, it is likely to announce earnings of $0.23 per share. IP’s shares moved up 0.96% to $24.25 in after hours trading.