8 Stocks To Watch For March 1, 2019

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

• Wall Street expects Foot Locker, Inc. FL to report quarterly earnings at $1.39 per share on revenue of $2.18 billion before the opening bell. Foot Locker shares gained 4 percent to $61.90 in after-hours trading.
• Gap Inc GPS announced plans to split into two independent publicly traded companies. Gap also reported a fourth-quarter earnings beat. Gap shares climbed 25.6 percent to $31.90 in the after-hours trading session.
• Nordstrom, Inc. JWN reported better-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter on Thursday. Nordstrom shares gained 1.2 percent to $47.86 in the after-hours trading session.
• Analysts are expecting DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc XRAY to have earned $0.54 per share on revenue of $1.03 billion in the latest quarter. DENTSPLY SIRONA will release earnings before the markets open. DENTSPLY SIRONA shares gained 1.26 percent to close at $41.76 on Thursday.

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• VMware, Inc. VMW reported stronger-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter on Thursday. VMware shares climbed 3.6 percent to $178.00 in the after-hours trading session.
• Nutanix Inc NTNX reported a narrower-than-expected loss for its second quarter, but issued weak 2019 guidance. Nutanix shares dropped 21.1 percent to $39.50 in the after-hours trading session.
• Analysts expect Tribune Media Company TRCO to report quarterly earnings at $1.33 per share on revenue of $576.99 million before the opening bell. Tribune Media shares gained 0.04 percent to close at $46.23 on Thursday.
• Splunk Inc SPLK reported upbeat earnings for its fourth quarter on Thursday. Splunk shares gained 4.7 percent to $142.30 in the after-hours trading session.