10 Stocks To Watch For August 22, 2019

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

• Wall Street expects Hormel Foods Corporation HRL to report quarterly earnings at $0.36 per share on revenue of $2.29 billion before the opening bell. Hormel shares gained 2.5% to $41.98 in after-hours trading.
• Analysts are expecting Ross Stores, Inc. ROST to have earned $1.12 per share on revenue of $3.96 billion in the latest quarter. Ross Stores will release earnings after the markets close. Ross Stores shares gained 0.3% to $106.00 in after-hours trading.
• Nordstrom, Inc. JWN reported stronger-than-expected earnings for its second quarter on Wednesday. Nordstrom shares climbed 12.2% to $29.77 in the after-hours trading session.
• Before the markets open, Dicks Sporting Goods Inc DKS is projected to report quarterly earnings at $1.20 per share on revenue of $2.21 billion. Dicks Sporting shares rose 3.3% to $34.05 in after-hours trading.
• Analysts expect HP Inc. HPQ to post quarterly earnings at $0.55 per share on revenue of $14.62 billion after the closing bell. HP shares gained 0.9% to $19.13 in after-hours trading.

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• Splunk Inc SPLK reported better-than-expected results for its second quarter and issued strong third-quarter sales guidance. The company also announced the acquisition of the SaaS company SignalFix for $1.05 billion. Splunk shares gained 0.6% to $129.25 in the after-hours trading session.
• Wall Street expects salesforce.com, inc. CRM to post quarterly earnings at $0.47 per share on revenue of $3.95 billion after the closing bell. salesforce.com shares rose 0.8% to $148.48 in after-hours trading.
• After the closing bell, Gap Inc GPS is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $0.53 per share on revenue of $4.02 billion. Gap shares rose 1.4% to $17.20 in after-hours trading.
• Avinger Inc AVGR reported a common stock offering with no size disclosed. Avinger shares dipped 19.2% to $1.35 in the after-hours trading session.
• Analysts expect BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. BJ to report quarterly earnings of $0.37 per share on revenue of $3.38 billion before the opening bell. BJ's Wholesale shares gained 5.3% to $23.75 in after-hours trading.