Stocks To Watch For August 12, 2014

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Towers Watson & Co TW to report its Q4 earnings at $1.25 per share on revenue of $850.80 million. Towers Watson shares climbed 1.65% to close at $104.27 yesterday. Rackspace Hosting RAX reported better-than-expected second-quarter revenue and posted flat earnings in line with analysts' estimates. The company also forecast Q3 revenue above expectations. Rackspace shares fell 1.47% to $30.85 in the after-hours trading session. Analysts are expecting Fossil Group FOSL to have earned $0.96 per share on revenue of $770.66 million in the second quarter. Fossil Group shares declined 1.11% to close at $103.21 yesterday. JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM agreed to sell approximately 50% of its investment in buyout arm One Equity Partners to Lexington Partners. J.P. Morgan shares declined 0.04% to close at $56.32 yesterday. Analysts expect Valspar VAL to report its Q3 earnings at $1.16 per share on revenue of $1.19 billion. Valspar shares rose 0.89% to close at $77.89 yesterday. Ligand Pharmaceuticals LGND announced a $225 million offering of convertible senior notes and also announced a $200 million share repurchase program. Ligand Pharma shares gained 4.19% to close at $53.65 yesterday.