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Big Week for Econ News

by Sheraz Mian

May 11, 2012 | Comments : 0 Recommended this article: (0)

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Earnings Preview – Week of May 14th

The first quarter reporting season is winding down, with the bulk of the earnings season now behind us. We have already seen results from 452 of the S&P 500 companies thus far, and there is a lot to like this earnings season. We will get results from around 195 companies this week, including 21 from the S&P 500.

Total earnings for the 452 companies that have already reported results (as of Friday, 05/11) are up a strong 7.9% from the year-earlier period, with 65.5% of the reports coming ahead of expectations. Since the market has already passed judgment on this earnings season, the reports coming out this week are unlikely to be materially market moving, though we do have a number of bellwether names on the docket, such as Wal-Mart (WMT), Home Depot (HD), J.C. Penney (JCP) and Groupon (GRPN).

Greece will likely continue to dominate the headlines, though there is no shortage of market-moving domestic economic reports either. From Retail Sales to inflation and regional manufacturing surveys to Housing Starts, we have a slew of reports on the economic docket this week.

Monday-5/14
  • There is nothing significant on the economic calendar this day.
  • The key earnings release is from Groupon (GRPN), which recently had to restate past results. The company reports after the close.


Tuesday -5/15

  • We have a very busy economic news day, with April Retail Sales and CPI coming out before the markets open, and the Empire State and Home builder Index coming out a little later.
  • The Retail Sales report is expected to be unchanged, following very strong showing in March. On the CPI front, we may see a repeat of Friday’s PPI report, with the ‘headline’ declining and the ‘core’ showing no pricing pressures. The Empire State survey for May is expected to have improved following the very weak showing in April.
  • On the earnings front, Home Depot (HD) will report in the morning, while J.C. Penney (JCP) will report after the markets close.


Wednesday-5/16

  • Another busy day on the economic calendar, with Housing Starts for April coming out before the market opens, while the Industrial Production report comes out a little later.
  • Last month’s Housing Starts data was on the weak side, though Permits came in better than expected. The expectation for the April reading is for an increase to 689K from March’s 654K level. Industrial Production is expected to show strong gains following March’s flat reading.
  • On the earnings front, Target (TGT) and Deere & Company (DE) will report in the morning, while Limited Brands (LTD) will report after the markets close.


Thursday -5/17

  • We will get another look at the labor market through the weekly Jobless Claims data in the morning. We will also get Leading Indicators and the Philly Fed survey a little after the market opens.
  • The weaker-than-expected April non-farm payroll report has put the spotlight on the U.S. labor market. It will be interesting to see if the weekly initial claims data will be able to sustain the recent downtrend of the last two weeks, reversing the negative trend seen in April. Another drop, even if modest, will be read as confirming the thesis that the April uptrend was due to temporary seasonal factors.
  • We will get results from Wal-Mart (WMT) and Sears (SHLD) in the morning, while Gap (GPS) and Applied Materials (AMAT) will report after the close.


Friday-5/18

  • Nothing major on the economic calendar.
  • The notable earnings releases before the market open include Hibbett Sports (HIBB), part of the Zacks Focus List, and Foot Locker (FL).


Earnings Calendar

Company Ticker 1Q-12E 1Q-11A Last EPS Surprise % Report Day Time
AGILENT TECH A 0.73 0.74 0 Monday AMC
AIR LEASE CORP AL 0.29 0.05 18.2 Monday AMC
AIRMEDIA GP-ADR AMCN -0.06 -0.05 42.9 Monday BTO
AMER SCI & ENG ASEI 0.9 1.03 10.5 Monday AMC
ATHERSYS INC ATHX -0.14 -0.18 -28.6 Monday AMC
AXOGEN CORP AXGN -0.19 0.21 N/A Monday AMC
CHINA CERAMICS CCCL 0.6 0.45 0 Monday BTO
CHINA TRANSINFO CTFO 0.07 0.12 0 Monday BTO
CHINA YUCHAI CYD 0.54 0.94 118.6 Monday BTO
CHINACACHE INTL CCIH -0.04 0.02 -275 Monday AMC
CLAUDE RSRCS CGR 0.01 0.01 -100 Monday BTO
CONMED HEALTHCR CONM 0.04 0.03 0 Monday AMC
CORGENIX MEDICL CONX 0 0 N/A Monday AMC
CORNERSTONE OND CSOD -0.13 -0.21 -66.7 Monday AMC
CYCLACEL PHARMA CYCC -0.08 -0.1 12.5 Monday N/A
DYNAVOX INC-A DVOX 0.08 0.09 -20 Monday AMC
ELECTROMED INC ELMD 0.04 0.06 -100 Monday AMC
FRIENDFINDR NET FFN 0.24 -0.27 -194.4 Monday AMC
GROUPON INC GRPN -0.04 -0.48 -366.7 Monday AMC
INTEROIL CORP IOC 0.05 0.01 471.4 Monday BTO
INUVO INC INUV -0.05 -0.19 -37.5 Monday AMC
JINKOSOLAR HLDG JKS -1.07 2.1 -366.1 Monday BTO
KIOR INC-A KIOR -0.16 -0.14 6.3 Monday BTO
LONE PINE RSRCS LPR 0.09 0.08 -53.9 Monday AMC
MATADOR RESOURC MTDR 0.18 999 60 Monday AMC
MILLENNIAL MEDA MM -0.18 999 N/A Monday AMC
NEONODE INC NEON -0.03 -0.43 N/A Monday BTO
NOAH EDUCATION NED 0.01 1.24 0 Monday AMC
OPNET TECH INC OPNT 0.18 0.19 -10.7 Monday AMC
PALATIN TECH PTN -0.13 -0.11 11.1 Monday BTO
PDI INC PDII 0.02 -0.04 100 Monday AMC
PFSWEB INC PFSW -0.09 -0.14 -11.1 Monday BTO
PHOTRONICS INC PLAB 0.12 0.24 0 Monday AMC
POWER SOL INTL PSIX 0.13 0 -60 Monday AMC
RENREN INC-ADR RENN -0.04 -0.04 500 Monday AMC
SEADRILL LTD SDRL 0.7 0.72 -1.4 Monday BTO
SILVER WHEATON SLW 0.43 0.34 2.5 Monday BTO
SKY-MOBI LTD MOBI 0.08 0.02 -50 Monday BTO
SOLAR POWER INC SOPW -0.01 -0.02 50 Monday BTO
SUMMER INFANT SUMR 0.12 0.11 33.3 Monday AMC
TEARLAB CORP TEAR -0.11 -0.11 -40 Monday BTO
TRANSCEPT PHARM TSPT -0.44 -0.14 5.7 Monday AMC
TRI-TECH HOLDNG TRIT 0.16 0.21 10.3 Monday N/A
VOXX INTL CP VOXX 0.16 0.75 26.7 Monday AMC
ZOGENIX INC ZGNX -0.14 -0.56 2.9 Monday AMC
ACXIOM CORP ACXM 0.19 0.21 10 Tuesday BTO
ADECOAGRO SA AGRO 0.04 0.03 -100 Tuesday AMC
AMER MIDSTREAM AMID 0.03 999 177.8 Tuesday N/A
ARCTIC CAT INC ACAT -0.56 -0.52 58.6 Tuesday BTO
ASURE SOFTWARE ASUR -0.06 0 100 Tuesday BTO
AUTONAVI HL-ADR AMAP 0.15 0.19 16.7 Tuesday BTO
BG MEDICINE INC BGMD -0.31 -0.27 17.9 Tuesday BTO
CELLCOM ISRAEL CEL 0.28 0.89 -64.3 Tuesday BTO
CELSION CORP CLSN -0.21 -0.29 18.2 Tuesday N/A
CHINA NEW BORUN BORN 0.38 0.46 4.7 Tuesday AMC
CORNERSTONE THR CRTX 0.08 0.16 -200 Tuesday BTO
CYTOMEDIX INC CMXI 0 -0.04 -50 Tuesday AMC
DERMA SCIENCES DSCI -0.16 -0.08 -109.1 Tuesday BTO
DICKS SPRTG GDS DKS 0.38 0.3 0 Tuesday BTO
ELBIT SYSTEMS ESLT 0.96 0.89 2.2 Tuesday BTO
ENGLOBAL CORP ENG 0.01 -0.07 -66.7 Tuesday BTO
EUROSEAS LTD ESEA -0.04 -0.04 0 Tuesday AMC
FLEXIBLE SOLTNS FSI 0.03 0.03 -50 Tuesday AMC
GOLFSMITH INTL GOLF -0.14 -0.17 -72.2 Tuesday BTO
GREAT BASIN GLD GBG 0.01 -0.03 -250 Tuesday BTO
GSE SYSTEMS INC GVP 0.02 -0.02 500 Tuesday AMC
HOLLYSYS AUTOMT HOLI 0.17 0.17 33.3 Tuesday BTO
HOME DEPOT HD 0.65 0.5 19.05 Tuesday BTO
KIT DIGITAL INC KITD 0 -0.08 -40 Tuesday AMC
LIFEWAY FOODS LWAY 0.06 0.12 -140 Tuesday AMC
LONGWEI PETROLM LPH 0.18 0.17 -16.7 Tuesday BTO
MFC INDUSTRIAL MIL 0.12 0.05 281.8 Tuesday BTO
MONRO MUFFLER MNRO 0.35 0.26 5 Tuesday BTO
MULTIBAND CP MBND 0 -0.09 83.3 Tuesday AMC
NETLIST INC NLST -0.06 -0.11 83.3 Tuesday N/A
NEXXUS LIGHTING NEXS -0.08 -0.08 -20 Tuesday BTO
PENNEY (JC) INC JCP -0.09 0.28 -68.7 Tuesday AMC
PERION NETWORK PERI 0.08 0.26 N/A Tuesday BTO
PERNIX THERAPTC PTX 0.09 0.07 14.3 Tuesday BTO
PLUG POWER INC PLUG -0.18 -0.5 -18.2 Tuesday BTO
RALCORP HLD-NEW RAH 0.85 1.43 -3.6 Tuesday AMC
SAKS INC SKS 0.18 0.17 21.4 Tuesday BTO
SINA CORP SINA -0.27 0.21 -18.8 Tuesday AMC
SINOVAC BIOTECH SVA -0.13 -0.05 -300 Tuesday BTO
SORL AUTO PARTS SORL 0.15 0.25 -19.1 Tuesday BTO
SUMMIT HOTEL PR INN 0.13 999 -8.3 Tuesday AMC
SUNESIS PHARMA SNSS -0.18 -0.04 0 Tuesday BTO
SYPRIS SOLUTION SYPR 0.01 0.02 16.7 Tuesday BTO
TAOMEE HOLDINGS TAOM 0.04 0.21 -20 Tuesday AMC
TEKMIRA PHARMAC TKMR -0.17 -0.31 -180 Tuesday AMC
THQ INC THQI -0.43 0.12 -56.6 Tuesday AMC
TJX COS INC NEW TJX 0.54 0.39 0 Tuesday BTO
ULTRAPETROL LTD ULTR -0.2 -0.22 -300 Tuesday AMC
US ENERGY CP-WY USEG 0.01 -0.08 -200 Tuesday BTO
US HOME SYS INC USHS 0.09 0.08 -7.7 Tuesday AMC
VALSPAR CORP VAL 0.81 0.64 29.2 Tuesday BTO
VANCEINFO TECH VIT 0.11 0.16 -6.7 Tuesday BTO
VELTI PLC VELT -0.08 -0.24 41.2 Tuesday AMC
VIMPELCOM LTD VIP 0.23 0.46 -83.3 Tuesday N/A
VISION-SCIENCES VSCI -0.06 -0.09 0 Tuesday BTO
WIDEPOINT CORP WYY 0 -0.01 -100 Tuesday AMC
YUCHENG TECHNOL YTEC 0 0 13.3 Tuesday BTO
21VIANET GP-ADR VNET 0.09 0.11 57.1 Wednesday AMC
8X8 INC EGHT 0.03 0.03 33.3 Wednesday AMC
ABERCROMBIE ANF 0.01 0.27 0 Wednesday BTO
ABIOMED INC ABMD 0.06 -0.04 700 Wednesday BTO
AEGEAN MARINE ANW 0.11 0.09 16.7 Wednesday AMC
ALKERMES INC ALKS -0.15 -0.14 47.6 Wednesday AMC
ALVARION LTD ALVR -0.1 -0.12 0 Wednesday BTO
BRADY CORP CL A BRC 0.57 0.55 0 Wednesday BTO
CHARM COMM-ADR CHRM 0.01 0.19 -9.8 Wednesday AMC
CHICOS FAS INC CHS 0.3 0.26 36.4 Wednesday BTO
CHINA DISTANCE DL 0.05 0.01 200 Wednesday AMC
CITI TRENDS INC CTRN 0.47 0.83 10 Wednesday BTO
COST PLUS INC CPWM -0.04 -0.14 4 Wednesday AMC
CTRIP.COM INTL CTRP 0.17 0.24 3.9 Wednesday AMC
DEERE & CO DE 2.54 2.12 4.8 Wednesday BTO
EAGLE MATERIALS EXP 0.23 0 66.7 Wednesday BTO
GT ADV TECH INC GTAT 0.71 0.41 71.4 Wednesday AMC
HOT TOPIC INC HOTT 0.08 0 5 Wednesday AMC
JACK IN THE BOX JACK 0.32 0.13 3.9 Wednesday AMC
KONGZHONG-ADR KONG 0.12 0.15 87.5 Wednesday AMC
LIMITED BRANDS LTD 0.4 0.4 2.7 Wednesday AMC
NETEASE INC NTES 1.02 0.86 5.8 Wednesday AMC
PAN AMER SILVER PAAS 0.45 0.6 15.1 Wednesday BTO
RED ROBIN GOURM RRGB 0.65 0.58 40 Wednesday AMC
SEASPAN CORP SSW 0.25 0.24 3.6 Wednesday AMC
SHIP FIN INTL SFL 0.35 0.39 2.5 Wednesday N/A
SPARTAN STORES SPTN 0.39 0.34 4.8 Wednesday AMC
STAPLES INC SPLS 0.3 0.28 0 Wednesday BTO
TARGET CORP TGT 1.01 0.99 7.2 Wednesday BTO
TITAN PHARMA TTNP -0.4 -0.08 16.7 Wednesday N/A
UTSTARCOM HLDGS UTSI 0.05 -0.04 -50 Wednesday BTO
VALUEVISION CLA VVTV -0.19 -0.3 -6.3 Wednesday BTO
VIASAT INC VSAT 0.03 0.35 72.7 Wednesday AMC
WESTELL TECH-A WSTL -0.01 0.05 -150 Wednesday AMC
ADVANCE AUTO PT AAP 1.85 1.35 21.6 Thursday BTO
AEROPOSTALE INC ARO 0.13 0.2 15.8 Thursday AMC
APPLD MATLS INC AMAT 0.24 0.38 50 Thursday AMC
ARUBA NETWORKS ARUN 0.04 0 -200 Thursday AMC
AUTODESK INC ADSK 0.39 0.32 -5.3 Thursday AMC
BROCADE COMM SY BRCD 0.08 0.09 50 Thursday AMC
BUCKLE INC BKE 0.76 0.71 2.6 Thursday BTO
CATO CORP A CATO 1.07 1.04 2.9 Thursday BTO
CHILDRENS PLACE PLCE 1.06 1.1 -2.3 Thursday BTO
COMP SCIENCE CSC 0.2 1.01 136.8 Thursday BTO
COSI INC COSI -0.03 -0.04 -33.3 Thursday AMC
COUNTRY STY-ADR CCSC 0.05 0.07 -271.4 Thursday AMC
DOLLAR TREE INC DLTR 0.97 0.82 0.6 Thursday N/A
E-COMMRC CH-ADR DANG -0.23 0.01 -44.4 Thursday BTO
ELONG INC-ADR LONG 0.1 0.05 0 Thursday N/A
GAMESTOP CORP GME 0.53 0.56 0.6 Thursday BTO
GAP INC GPS 0.46 0.4 4.8 Thursday AMC
GLOBAL SRCS-LTD GSOL 0.09 0.1 33.3 Thursday BTO
GOLD FIELDS-ADR GFI 0.4 0.23 -4 Thursday N/A
INTUIT INC INTU 2.39 2.23 13.9 Thursday AMC
MARVELL TECH GP MRVL 0.16 0.24 33.3 Thursday AMC
NAVIOS MARI HLD NM 0.11 0.18 0 Thursday BTO
NEW YORK & CO NWY -0.09 -0.04 0 Thursday AMC
OPNEXT INC OPXT -0.2 -0.12 -38.9 Thursday AMC
PAC SUNWEAR CAL PSUN -0.29 -0.3 13.6 Thursday AMC
PERRY ELLIS INT PERY 0.69 1.08 2.7 Thursday BTO
PHOENIX NEW MED FENG 0.05 -1.97 40 Thursday AMC
PRECISION CASTP PCP 2.27 1.87 -4.1 Thursday BTO
PRESTIGE BRANDS PBH 0.23 0.18 4.2 Thursday BTO
QUALITY SYS QSII 0.33 0.32 0 Thursday BTO
ROSS STORES ROST 0.93 0.74 0 Thursday BTO
RRSAT GLBL COMM RRST 0.09 0.09 -20 Thursday BTO
SABA SOFTWARE SABA -0.06 0.03 0 Thursday AMC
SALESFORCE.COM CRM 0 0.06 125 Thursday AMC
SEARS HLDG CP SHLD -0.59 -1.39 -20.6 Thursday BTO
SHANGPHARMA-ADR SHP 0.11 0.16 -20 Thursday BTO
SHOE CARNIVAL SCVL 0.51 0.5 14.3 Thursday AMC
STAGE STORES SSI -0.02 -0.01 -1.9 Thursday BTO
STEIN MART INC SMRT 0.3 0.32 -21.1 Thursday BTO
TEEKAY CORP TK -0.33 -0.39 111.1 Thursday BTO
TEEKAY LNG PTNR TGP 0.53 0.45 -6 Thursday BTO
TEEKAY OFFSHORE TOO 0.33 0.41 -8.1 Thursday BTO
TEEKAY TANKERS TNK 0.05 0.1 -200 Thursday BTO
TOWER SEMICOND TSEM -0.01 -0.02 -150 Thursday BTO
WAL-MART STORES WMT 1.04 0.98 -0.7 Thursday BTO
WILLIAMS-SONOMA WSM 0.31 0.3 3.5 Thursday BTO
YINGLI GREEN EN YGE -0.19 0.36 79.5 Thursday BTO
ZUMIEZ INC ZUMZ 0.11 0.06 1.7 Thursday AMC
ANN INC ANN 0.5 0.51 11.1 Friday BTO
BROWN SHOE CO BWS 0.09 0.16 -50 Friday BTO
CASUAL MALE RET CMRG 0.05 0.09 25 Friday BTO
CHINA XINIYA FS XNY 0.08 0.08 34.8 Friday BTO
CHIPMOS TEC LTD IMOS 0.03 -0.07 N/A Friday BTO
DONALDSON CO DCI 0.43 0.4 -1.4 Friday BTO
FOOT LOCKER INC FL 0.74 0.6 7.8 Friday BTO
HIBBET SPORTS HIBB 0.92 0.76 5.4 Friday BTO
ISOFTSTONE LTD ISS 0.07 0.06 27.3 Friday BTO
KIRKLANDS INC KIRK 0.1 0.15 0 Friday BTO
RAVEN INDS INC RAVN 0.89 0.86 25 Friday BTO

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