5 Stocks You Should Be Watching Today

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are:

• Wall Street expects Alcoa Inc AA to post quarterly earnings at $0.12 per share on revenue of $5.32 billion before the opening bell. Alcoa shares rose 0.29 percent to $31.60 in after-hours trading.
• Illumina, Inc. ILMN cut its third quarter sales guidance from $625-$630 million, to around $607 million. For the fourth quarter, the company now sees flat to slightly higher sales, quarter-over-quarter. Illumina shares dropped 24.29 percent to $139.95 in the after-hours trading session.
• Analysts expect Fastenal Company FAST to report quarterly earnings at $0.45 per share on revenue of $1.01 billion. Fastenal shares slipped 0.07 percent to $42.09 in after-hours trading.

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• Heritage Insurance Holdings Inc HRTG announced it expected less than $100 million in losses from Hurricane Mathew. Out of this figure, $40 million will be retained by the company. Heritage Insurance shares rose 0.16 percent to $12.75 in the after-hours trading session.
• Analysts are expecting Bank Of The Ozarks Inc OZRK to have earned $0.60 per share on revenue of $203.50 million in the latest quarter. Bank Of The Ozarks shares gained 1.55 percent to $42.00 in after-hours trading.