Stocks To Watch For September 9, 2013

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Hovnanian Enterprises HOV to report its Q3 earnings at $0.07 per share on revenue of $504.70 million. Hovnanian shares gained 0.20% to close at $5.04 on Friday. Jacobs Engineering Group JEC announced its plans to acquire Australian consultancy firm Sinclair Knight Merz for around A$1.3 billion ($1.2 billion) in cash. Jacobs Engineering shares fell 1.59% to close at $58.08 on Friday. Analysts are expecting Casey's General Stores CASY to have earned $1.26 per share on revenue of $2.10 billion in the first quarter. Casey's shares rose 0.88% to close at $67.82 on Friday. Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack PBY reported that it had bought 17 discount tire centers in Southern California from AKH Company. Pep Boys shares declined 1.82% to close at $11.33 on Friday. Analysts expect John Wiley & Sons JWA to report its Q1 earnings at $0.45 per share. John Wiley shares dropped 0.09% to close at $43.70 on Friday.