Deere, Foot Locker And 3 Stocks To Watch Heading Into Friday

With US stock futures trading lower this morning on Friday, some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are as follows:

• Wall Street expects Deere & Company DE to report quarterly earnings at $6.65 per share on revenue of $12.87 billion before the opening bell. Deere shares rose 0.8% to $371.00 in pre-market trading.
• Applied Materials, Inc. AMAT reported better-than-expected results for its third quarter. The company also said it sees Q4 adjusted earnings of $1.82 to $2.18 per share on sales of $6.25 billion to $7.05 billion. Applied Materials shares gained 1.7% to $110.15 in the after-hours trading session.
• Analysts are expecting Foot Locker, Inc. FL to have earned $0.81 per share on revenue of $2.08 billion for the latest quarter. The company will release earnings before the markets open. Foot Locker shares fell 1.5% to close at $31.98 on Thursday.

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• Bed Bath & Beyond Inc BBBY shares dropped sharply in Thursday's after-hours session after a new SEC filing confirmed that GameStop chair Ryan Cohen sold his stake in the home furnishings retailer. The company’s CFO Gustavo Arnal also sold 55,013 shares at an average price of $25.52 per share, according to a SEC filing. Bed Bath & Beyond shares tumbled 44.6% to $10.27 in the after-hours trading session.
• Analysts expect The Buckle, Inc. BKE to post quarterly earnings at $0.89 per share on revenue of $304.33 million before the opening bell. Buckle shares rose 0.9% to $34.00 in after-hours trading.