Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 1 - Archer-Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM)

Quarterly reports of note scheduled for this week include those from Archer Daniels Midland

ADM

, General Motors

, MasterCard

, Procter & Gamble

and Time Warner

TWX

, all of which are expected to post earnings growth, as well as Pfizer

PFE

and Kraft Foods

KFT

, which are projected to report earnings declines. Here's a day-by-day rundown of some of the most anticipated quarterly reports of the week.

Monday

Insurance giants Allstate

ALL

and Humana

HUM

are scheduled to report their second quarter results on Monday. But analysts predict that the former will post a net loss of $1.56 per share, and the latter will see earnings 19.2% lower year over year to $2.06 per share, but revenues up 7.7% to $9.3 billion. Companies anticipated to post double-digit EPS growth on Monday include FMC

FMC

, Innophos Holdings

IPHS

, Principal Financial Group

PFG

, Rogers

ROG

and Sohu.com

SOHU

Tuesday

Duke Energy

DUK

and Marathon Oil

MRO

are on deck Tuesday, but both are expected to post per-share earnings that are marginally lower than in the same period a year ago. Analysts are looking for Pfizer

PFE

to report earnings of $0.59 per share and revenues of $16.9 billion, which is down from $0.62 and $17.3 billion a year ago. Coach

COH

earnings are expected to be about the same as a year ago, but plenty of companies are forecast to report earnings growth on Tuesday, including:

Archer Daniels Midland ADM: EPS up 18.8% to $0.85
Buckeye Technologies BKI: EPS up 63.9% to $0.72
CBS CBS: EPS up 46.7% to $0.46
Franklin Resources BEN: EPS up 27.2% to $2.17
Genessee & Wyoming GWR: EPS up 28.6% to $0.70
Parker Hannifin PH: EPS up 25.0% to $1.80

Wednesday

Another busy day on the earnings front, including:

Comcast CMCSA: EPS up 19.5% to $0.41
MasterCard MA: EPS up 17.3% to $4.22
Pioneer Natural Resources PXD: EPS up 48.2% to $0.83
Prudential Financial PRU: EPS up 41.3% to $1.55
Southeby's BID: EPS up 19.2% to $1.56
Tesoro TSO: EPS up 77.4% to $1.33
Time Warner TWX: EPS up 10.7% to $0.56
Williams Companies WMB: EPS up 28.9% to $0.38

Also look for earnings growth from Allergan

AGN

, Constellation Energy

CEG

, Devon Energy (

DVN

), IntercontinentalExchange

ICE

and Molex

MOLX

. Analysts expect to see smaller earnings from Clorox

CLX

, Garmin

GRMN

, Nicor

GAS

and TRW Automotive

TRW

Thursday

Thursday's highlights include:

American International Group AIG: EPS down 35.7% to $0.92
Kraft Foods KFT: EPS down 3.4% to $0.58
Southwest Airlines LUV: EPS down 31.4% to $0.20

Kraft and Southwest are also forecast to report higher revenues, though. Others expected to post earnings declines Thursday include CIGNA

, CVS Caremark

CVS

, Dean Foods

, First Solar

FSLR

and Sunoco

SUN

. Earnings expectations are high for coal producer Alpha Natural Resources

ANR

and fertilizer producer CF Industries

. Analysts are looking for the former to report per-share earnings of $1.12 and revenues of $1.5 billion, which is up from $0.62 and $1.0 billion a year ago. The consensus forecast for the latter calls for $5.87 per share earnings (up 57.8%) and revenues of $1.8 billion (up 34.8%). Thursday's other anticipated double-digit earnings gainers include:

Apache APA: EPS up 21.0% to $3.09
Cardinal Health CAH: up 13.8% to $0.58
DirecTV DTV: EPS up 29.4% to $0.85
Discovery Communications DISCA: up 19.7% to $0.61
Priceline.com PCLN: EPS up 36.6% to $4.87

Friday

General Motors

and Procter & Gamble

will highlight Friday reports. Analysts are looking for the automaker to report per-share earnings of $1.20 (the third straight quarterly EPS increase since last year's IPO) and revenues of $36.7 billion. The consensus forecast for the consumer goods giant calls for per-share earnings up 13.4% from a year ago to $0.82 and revenues up 9.0% to $20.6 billion. Also look for earnings growth from Imperial Sugar

IPSU

, Viacom

VIA

, Washington Post

WPO

and Weight Watchers

WTW

as well.

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