Earnings Expectations

The holiday shopping season was disappointing for many retailers, and it showed in the mixed earnings report released by Macy's Inc (NYSE: M) early Tuesday. Three more leading department store operators are expected to share their latest quarterly results this week as well, and overall the...

Three leading retailers are due to report earnings this week. The most recent quarter included the all-important holiday shopping period. Wall Street expectations for the three are varied. On the earnings front this week, the focus turns to the big retailers. Perhaps the most anticipated...

The earnings season may be winding down, but it's not over yet. Perhaps two of the most anticipated quarterly reports this week will be those from Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) and PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP). The Wall Street consensus forecasts call for earnings that are smaller than a...

Two more Dow components are scheduled to report earnings this week. Both of them are expected to show a decline in earnings from a year ago. Only one of them has regularly exceed consensus earnings estimates in the past few quarters. Most of the Dow Jones Industrial Average components...

The two pharmaceutical Dow components are expected to report earnings this week. Both of them are expected to show a decline in earnings from a year ago. Also, they both tend to exceed consensus earnings estimates. Most of the Dow Jones Industrial Average components have already...

Two merging chemical giants are expected to report their earnings this week. Consensus Wall Street forecasts see very different results from each of them. Both have handily topped earnings estimates in recent quarters. We are in the heart of the fourth-quarter earnings reporting season. Among the...

More than a third of the Dow components are expected to report earnings this week. Only a health care giant and an oil supermajor are expected to show solid growth on both the top and bottom lines. Both have beat earnings expectations in recent quarters. We are in the heart of the fourth-quarter...

Three leading transportation companies are due to report earnings this week. Expectations for the two rail giants and a big airline are very different. The ongoing Trump rally and anticipation of infrastructure spending marked the quarter. The fourth-quarter earnings reporting season is underway...

The first of the big banks help kick off the fourth-quarter earnings reporting season this week. Mixed but generally positive results are expected from the first three quarterly reports. Expectations are also positive for the flood of bank earnings reports that follow. The fourth-quarter earnings...

Quarterly reports are few this week ahead of fourth-quarter reporting's kickoff. Results due from a leading food retailer and a national airline will be highlights. Do low analysts' expectations for these reports presage the earnings season to come? In what may be the calm before the storm on the...

Just a few quarterly reports are scheduled for this week. An alcoholic beverage giant, an agricultural products giant and a leading drug store operator are on deck to share their latest results. The new earnings season really kicks into high gear in mid-January. The new earnings...

This week, not surprisingly, will be very quiet on the earnings front. A beverage giant, a fast-food giant and a leading drug store operator are likely to report after the first of the year. The new earnings season really kicks into high gear in mid-January. It is little surprise that there are...

Quarterly reports from a pair of leading retailers are due this week. Wall Street analysts have forecast shrinking earnings from both of them. One of them has fallen short of earnings expectations in recent quarters. The focus now is on the holiday shopping season, a time when many retailers grow...

As the quarter and the calendar year wind down, things have turned quiet on the earnings front. Yet, the latest quarterly numbers from leading software companies Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) and Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) will be among the highlights this week. The consensus...

Quarterly reports from a pair of specialty retailers are due this week. Wall Street analysts have forecast earnings growth from each of them. Only a handful of other prominent companies are on deck to report this week. As the quarter and the calendar year wind down, things turn quiet on the...