The Week Ahead: Pepsi And Costco Earnings, Upwork IPO

Below is a list of notable corporate events for the week beginning October 1. Note, this list is not comprehensive and all dates are subject to change. All times are ET.

Monday
Economic

• U.S. PMI due at 10 a.m.

Conferences

• Splunk Inc SPLK Conference Oct. 1-4
• Cantor Global Healthcare Conference Oct. 1-3

Investor Events

• Offering lockup expiration for Spotify Technology SPOT
• Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc SWX holding analyst day 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday
Economic

• September U.S. auto sales
• API U.S. crude oil inventories at 4:30 p.m.

Conferences

• Ladenburg Thalmann 2018 Healthcare Conference

Notable Earnings Releases

• Paychex, Inc PAYX Q1 premarket
• PepsiCo, Inc PEP Q3 premarket

Investor Events

• Ball Corporation BLL analyst/investor day

Wednesday
Economics

• EIA crude oil inventories 10:30 a.m.
• Pennsylvania State Gaming Control Board meets to discuss approval for legalized sports betting; BZ NOTE: Watch shares of Penn National Gaming, Inc PENN

IPOs

• Upwork (UPWK)

Investor Events

• Analyst/Investor days for: Steelcase Inc SCS and California Resources Corporation CRC
• Barnes & Noble, Inc BKS annual shareholder meeting

Thursday
Economic

• U.S. initial jobless claims 8:30 a.m.
• EIA natural gas inventories 10:30 a.m.

Conferences

• New York Comic-Con Oct. 4-7
• Blackberry Limited BB’s BlackBerry Security Summit in New York City

Notable Earnings Releases

• Constellation Brands, Inc STZ Q2 premarket
• Costco Wholesale Corporation COST Q4 after hours

IPOs

• Guardant Health (GH)
• Kodiak Sciences Inc (KOD)

FDA/Biotech

• Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc PRTK PDUFA date for Omadacycline: BZ NOTE: AdCom meeting August 8th voted 14-4 in support of approval
• Roche Holding RHHBY PDUFA date for Hemlibra

Investor Events

• Investor meeting for Jefferies Financial Group Inc JEF
• National Beverage Corp FIZZ annual shareholder meeting

Friday
Economic

• U.S. Unemployment rate and average hourly earnings due at 8:30 a.m.
• Baker Hughes oil rig counts 1 p.m.

Conferences

• San Francisco Blockchain Week Oct. 5-12

IPOs

• Elastic (ESTC)

Saturday

FDA/Biotech

• Akcea Therapeutics, Inc AKCA PDUFA date for TEGSEDI
• Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc IONS PDUFA date for Inotersen