Monday, August 19, 2013

Review & Preview





      -- Look for the preliminary purchasing managers' report from Markit to
show further pickup in manufacturing activity in August, says Price. Also on the
roster: weekly jobless claims.
      -- Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher, a policy hawk, speaks to the U.S.
manufacturing summit in Orlando, Fla.
      -- The Jackson Hole, Wyo., symposium sponsored by the Kansas City Fed
begins. Janet Yellen, a front-runner to replace Fed Chair Ben Bernanke, will
moderate a panel, although the chairman won't attend.
      -- Teen retailers Aeropostale and Abercrombie & Fitch post results. Also
on the roster: Ross Stores.
      -- President Barack Obama begins a road trip to win support for his jobs
plan.
      -- The World Cancer Congress begins.
      Friday 23
      -- New-home sales for July should be relatively flat with the prior month,
says Ameriprise's Price.
      -- Positions on the scope of an injunction involving Apple and the e-book
price-fixing case are due.
      -- The U.N. Security Council meets to discuss the situation in Egypt.


                   Coming Earnings

 Day                    Quarter  Consensus   Year   Ticker
                                  Estimate    Ago
M
Guess?                    2Q       $0.36    $0.49    GES
Urban Outfitters          2Q        0.48     0.42    URBN
T
Penney (J.C.)             2Q       -1.06    -0.50    JCP
TJX Co                    2Q        0.63     0.56    TJX
Intuit                    4Q        0.03     0.03    INTU
Best Buy                  2Q        0.12     0.26    BBY
Medtronic                 1Q        0.88     0.85    MDT
Home Depot                2Q        1.21     1.01    HD
Analog Devices            3Q        0.54     0.56    ADI
Dicks Sporting Goods      2Q        0.75     0.65    DKS
W
Lowe's Co                 2Q        0.79     0.65    LOW
PETsMART                  2Q        0.86     0.71    PETM
American Eagle Outft      2Q        0.10     0.21    AEO
Hain Celestial            4Q        0.62     0.47    HAIN
Hewlett-Packard           3Q        0.87     1.00    HPQ
Synopsys                  3Q        0.54     0.55    SNPS
Eaton Vance               3Q        0.54     0.43    EV
Toll Brothers             3Q        0.26     0.36    TOL
Smucker (J.M.)            1Q        1.20     1.17    SJM
Target                    2Q        0.98     1.06    TGT
L Brands                  2Q        0.60     0.50    LTD
Staples                   2Q        0.18     0.18    SPLS
Th
Dollar Tree               2Q        0.57     0.51    DLTR
Toro                      3Q        0.56     0.67    TTC
Gap                       2Q        0.64     0.49    GPS
Autodesk                  2Q        0.42     0.48    ADSK
Patterson Co              1Q        0.48     0.47    PDCO
Nordson                   3Q        1.05     1.06    NDSN
Hormel Foods              3Q        0.45     0.41    HRL
GameStop                  2Q        0.04     0.16    GME
Ross Stores               2Q        0.93     0.81    ROST
MICROS Systems            4Q        0.62     0.68    MCRS
Solera Holdings           4Q        0.66     0.64    SLH
Abercrombie  &  Fitch     2Q        0.29     0.20    ANF
F
Footlocker                2Q        0.48     0.38    FL

(Earnings are diluted and report dates are tentative. All forecasts and
historical numbers exclude extraordinary items by accounting definitions.)

Source: Thomson First Call

                     Consensus Estimate
Day   Time

                                                 Consesus Est  Last Period

W   10:00   July Existing Home Sales                5.18 mil     5.08 mil
Th  10:00   July Leading Indicators                 0.5%         0.0%
F    8:30   July New Home Sales                   502,000      497,000


No comments:

Post a Comment