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The market has paused in anticipation of quarterly results from its biggest drivers. Next week’s Q1 watchlist includes GOOGL, MSFT, FB, AAPL, AMZN. These combined stocks make up roughly 18.5% of the S&P 500 index.

Alphabet (GOOGL - Free Report) is the first to report after market close on Tuesday, and analysts are anticipating an EPS of $11.08 on sales of $33.06 billion, which would represent a 6.9% EPS decline and a 12.2% sales appreciation YoY.

Microsoft (MSFT - Free Report) & Facebook reports are after the close on Wednesday. MSFT is expected to report an EPS of $1.27 on sales of $33.85 billion, which would represent YoY growth of 11.4% and 10.7%, respectively.

Analysts are looking for an EPS of $1.72 on revenues of 17.29 billion in FB’s report, representing a YoY appreciation of 102% & 14.7%, respectively.

Apple (AAPL - Free Report) and Amazon (AMZN - Free Report) report after market close on Thursday. AAPL analysts are anticipating an EPS of $2.10 on sales of $53.44 billion, which would illustrate a YoY decline of 14.6% and 7.9%, respectively.

AMZN is expected to report an EPS of $6.31 on revenues of $73.3 billion, which would demonstrate an 11% YoY EPS decline and a 22.8% YoY sale increase.

Uncertainty is high, and expectations are low. Guidance will be critical for a decisive share price movement (if provided).

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