Stocks To Watch For July 1, 2014

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Acuity Brands AYI to report its Q3 earnings at $1.12 per share on revenue of $609.09 million. Acuity shares gained 1.42% to close at $138.25 yesterday. Pinnacle Foods PF announced Monday it has exercised its right to terminate the merger agreement with Hillshire Brands HSH. Pursuant to the merger agreement, Pinnacle is entitled to receive a cash payment of $163 million from Hillshire as a result of this termination. Pinnacle shares dropped 0.58% to $32.71 in the after-hours trading session. Analysts are expecting Paychex PAYX to have earned $0.40 per share on revenue of $617.35 million in the first quarter. Paychex shares rose 0.85% to close at $41.56 yesterday. Autodesk ADSK reported that its CFO Mark Hawkins is leaving the company to become CFO at salesforce.com CRM. The company projected Q2 earnings per share at or above the high end of its earlier issued range. Autodesk shares rose 0.05% to $56.41 in the after-hours trading session. Analysts expect A. Schulman SHLM to post its Q3 earnings at $0.66 per share on revenue of $627.50 million. A. Schulman shares climbed 1.71% to close at $38.70 yesterday.