Earnings Preview for Jan 19-23 – Earnings Preview
Source: http://www.zacks.com/commentary/9773/Earnings+Preview+for+Jan+19-23++-+Earnings+PreviewPosted on Thursday, January 15th, 2009 | In Stocks to Watch
NetScout Systems, Inc. (NTCT) could top expectations. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNI) and General Electric Company (GE) could miss estimates.
The U.S. equity markets will be closed on Monday, Jan 19, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The markets will be open on Tuesday, Jan 20, though volume could be light because of the inauguration.
This will be the first busy week of fourth-quarter earnings season, with 149 companies scheduled to report. Large-cap stocks will dominate the news with 53 S&P 500 members releasing results. Dow components will include General Electric Company (GE), International Business Machines (IBM), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Microsoft (MSFT) and United Technologies Corporation (UTX).
The economic calendar is very light.
- Wednesday: Weekly crude inventories
- Thursday: December housing starts, December building permits, weekly initial jobless claims
No Fed officials are scheduled to give speeches. The Fed will hold a 2-day meeting starting on Jan 27.
Companies That Could Issue Positive Earnings Surprises
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NetScout Systems, Inc. (NTCT) recently raised its fiscal third-quarter guidance. Citing strong demand from wireless carriers and growth in other markets, the company now anticipates having earned between 16 cents and 18 cents per share. Half of the 4 covering analysts raised their forecasts in response, pushing the consensus earnings estimate 5 cents higher to 16 cents per share. The most accurate estimate is far more bullish at 22 cents per share. NTCT has topped expectations for 4 consecutive quarters. NetScout is scheduled to report on Thursday, Jan 22, after the close of trading.
Companies That Could Issue Negative Earnings Surprises
Profit forecasts for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNI) have been falling lately, with 6 brokerage analysts reducing their fourth-quarter projections during the last 30 days. Though the railroad company does have a history of topping expectations, a recent warning from a competitor could end the streak. The consensus earnings estimate calls for fourth-quarter profits of $1.78 per share. The most accurate estimate is more bearish at $1.75 per share. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation is scheduled to report on Wednesday, Jan 21, before the start of trading.
General Electric Company (GE) reaffirmed its fourth-quarter EPS guidance of 50 to 52 cents per share in mid-December. Since that time, 5 brokerage analysts have cut their quarterly projections. The negative revisions caused the consensus earnings estimate to fall to 44 cents per share. The most accurate estimate is more bearish at 42 cents per share. The conglomerate has missed once in the past 3 quarters. General Electric Company is scheduled to report on Friday, Jan 23, before the start of trading.
Charles Rotblut, CFA is the senior market analyst for Zacks.com. He can be reached at crotblut@zacks.com.
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Earnings Calendar
Here is a list of companies that we have confirmed will report during the week of Jan 19 – 231. Prices are as of Thursday’s, Dec 18, market close.
| Company | Ticker | Zacks Consensus Estimate | Year Ago Actual | Last Qtr Surprise | Report Date | Report Time | Price |
| First Defiance | FDEF | $0.30 | $0.50 | (34.8%) | 1/19/2009 | AMC | $8.00 |
| Fuller(Hb) Co | FUL | $0.24 | $0.53 | 0.0% | 1/19/2009 | N/A | $14.19 |
| Logitech Intl | LOGI | $0.44 | $0.71 | (15.8%) | 1/19/2009 | AMC | $13.75 |
| Macatawa Bank | MCBC | ($0.15) | ($0.16) | 37.5% | 1/19/2009 | AMC | $2.50 |
| S&T Bancorp Inc | STBA | $0.57 | $0.54 | (9.5%) | 1/19/2009 | BTO | $30.51 |
| Candela Corp | CLZR | ($0.17) | ($0.13) | (350.0%) | 1/20/2009 | AMC | $0.48 |
| Capital Bank | CBKN | $0.14 | $0.13 | (10.0%) | 1/20/2009 | N/A | $6.50 |
| Commerce Bancsh | CBSH | $0.62 | $0.74 | (8.5%) | 1/20/2009 | BTO | $37.82 |
| Cree Inc | CREE | $0.10 | $0.08 | 0.0% | 1/20/2009 | AMC | $16.98 |
| Csx Corp | CSX | $0.90 | $0.85 | (2.2%) | 1/20/2009 | AMC | $30.18 |
| Fastenal | FAST | $0.41 | $0.38 | 4.0% | 1/20/2009 | BTO | $33.20 |
| Forest Labs A | FRX | $0.76 | $0.96 | 15.9% | 1/20/2009 | BTO | $26.00 |
| Fulton Finl | FULT | ($0.55) | $0.22 | (8.7%) | 1/20/2009 | AMC | $8.05 |
| Hancock Hldg Co | HBHC | $0.57 | $0.60 | (24.2%) | 1/20/2009 | AMC | $35.85 |
| Iberiabank Corp | IBKC | $0.72 | $0.81 | (2.5%) | 1/20/2009 | AMC | $41.22 |
| Intl Bus Mach | IBM | $3.03 | $2.80 | 0.5% | 1/20/2009 | AMC | $84.12 |
| Jefferies Gp-Nw | JEF | ($2.38) | ($0.17) | (216.7%) | 1/20/2009 | BTO | $12.67 |
| Johnson & Johns | JNJ | $0.92 | $0.88 | 5.4% | 1/20/2009 | BTO | $57.62 |
| New Oriental Ed | EDU | $0.07 | $0.10 | 7.3% | 1/20/2009 | BTO | $54.47 |
| Omnova Solution | OMN | $0.09 | $0.09 | 33.3% | 1/20/2009 | BTO | $0.66 |
| Pacific Contl | PCBK | $0.27 | $0.28 | (7.4%) | 1/20/2009 | AMC | $12.32 |
| Packaging Corp | PKG | $0.26 | $0.46 | (7.3%) | 1/20/2009 | AMC | $13.37 |
| Parker Hannifin | PH | $0.85 | $1.23 | 7.1% | 1/20/2009 | BTO | $39.77 |
| Petmed Express | PETS | $0.20 | $0.18 | 25.0% | 1/20/2009 | BTO | $16.43 |
| Raymond Jas Fin | RJF | $0.35 | $0.47 | 5.4% | 1/20/2009 | AMC | $16.26 |
| Regions Finl Cp | RF | ($0.02) | $0.24 | (46.4%) | 1/20/2009 | BTO | $6.10 |
| State St Corp | STT | $1.16 | $1.38 | 3.3% | 1/20/2009 | BTO | $38.00 |
| Suncor Energy | SU | $0.39 | $0.66 | 0.0% | 1/20/2009 | BTO | $21.11 |
| Supertex Inc | SUPX | $0.20 | $0.26 | 6.1% | 1/20/2009 | AMC | $21.65 |
| Td Ameritrade | AMTD | $0.31 | $0.40 | (3.3%) | 1/20/2009 | BTO | $12.63 |
| Tessco Tech Inc | TESS | $0.33 | $0.29 | N/A | 1/20/2009 | AMC | $10.35 |
| West Cst Bcp/Or | WCBO | ($0.09) | ($0.49) | 140.0% | 1/20/2009 | N/A | $4.39 |
| Westell Tech-A | WSTL | ($0.05) | ($0.04) | 22.2% | 1/20/2009 | AMC | $0.28 |
| Woodward Govnr | WGOV | $0.38 | $0.36 | 0.0% | 1/20/2009 | AMC | $21.06 |
| Abbott Labs | ABT | $1.06 | $0.93 | 2.6% | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $49.22 |
| Actions Semicon | ACTS | $0.05 | $0.23 | (10.0%) | 1/21/2009 | AMC | $1.40 |
| Adtran Inc | ADTN | $0.28 | $0.27 | 0.0% | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $14.84 |
| Air Prods & Che | APD | $0.98 | $1.16 | 0.8% | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $56.07 |
| Allegheny Tech | ATI | $0.89 | $1.45 | 5.1% | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $25.55 |
| Amdocs Ltd | DOX | $0.50 | $0.50 | (14.3%) | 1/21/2009 | AMC | $19.42 |
| Amr Corp | AMR | ($0.65) | ($0.74) | 4.8% | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $10.98 |
| Blackrock Inc | BLK | $1.13 | $2.52 | (16.6%) | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $116.67 |
| Burlngtn Nsf Cp | BNI | $1.78 | $1.46 | 12.4% | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $63.37 |
| Celadon Group | CLDN | $0.07 | $0.08 | 8.3% | 1/21/2009 | AMC | $8.10 |
| Charlotte Russe | CHIC | $0.11 | $0.56 | (93.3%) | 1/21/2009 | AMC | $4.74 |
| Cnh Global Nv | CNH | $0.69 | $0.50 | 36.3% | 1/21/2009 | AMC | $14.86 |
| Coach Inc | COH | $0.67 | $0.69 | 0.0% | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $16.81 |
| F5 Networks Inc | FFIV | $0.26 | $0.21 | 28.6% | 1/21/2009 | AMC | $23.20 |
| Hudson City Bcp | HCBK | $0.27 | $0.16 | 0.0% | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $13.16 |
| Igate Corp | IGTE | $0.14 | $0.09 | 15.4% | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $6.50 |
| Kinder Morg Eng | KMP | $0.54 | $0.53 | (18.6%) | 1/21/2009 | AMC | $47.57 |
| Labranche & Co | LAB | $0.17 | $0.04 | 0.0% | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $5.68 |
| Mcmoran Explor | MMR | ($0.32) | $0.31 | 21.5% | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $8.79 |
| Mts Systems | MTSC | $0.49 | $0.47 | 26.9% | 1/21/2009 | AMC | $25.96 |
| Noble Corp | NE | $1.50 | $1.35 | 5.1% | 1/21/2009 | AMC | $21.44 |
| Northern Trust | NTRS | $0.96 | $0.97 | (31.8%) | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $48.28 |
| Nve Corp | NVEC | $0.40 | $0.36 | 17.1% | 1/21/2009 | AMC | $23.66 |
| Polycom Inc | PLCM | $0.32 | $0.28 | 0.0% | 1/21/2009 | AMC | $14.02 |
| Popular Inc | BPOP | ($0.37) | ($0.23) | 39.7% | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $4.89 |
| Precision Castp | PCP | $1.70 | $1.73 | (1.6%) | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $54.68 |
| Progressive Cor | PGR | $0.35 | $0.34 | (412.1%) | 1/21/2009 | N/A | $13.99 |
| Sanmina-Sci Cp | SANM | $0.01 | $0.02 | 0.0% | 1/21/2009 | AMC | $0.38 |
| Seagate Tech | STX | ($0.03) | $0.76 | 13.0% | 1/21/2009 | AMC | $4.33 |
| Somanetics Corp | SMTS | $0.23 | $0.19 | 15.0% | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $16.31 |
| Ual Corp | UAUA | ($4.03) | ($0.47) | 17.8% | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $11.14 |
| Us Bancorp | USB | $0.27 | $0.66 | (37.3%) | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $19.02 |
| Utd Techs Corp | UTX | $1.23 | $1.08 | 3.0% | 1/21/2009 | BTO | $49.69 |
| Wipro Ltd-Adr | WIT | $0.14 | $0.14 | 0.0% | 1/21/2009 | N/A | $7.19 |
| Adv Micro Dev | AMD | ($0.53) | ($0.17) | 132.5% | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $2.26 |
| Amcore Finl Inc | AMFI | ($0.30) | $0.33 | (777.8%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $3.35 |
| Amer River Bsh | AMRB | $0.33 | $0.36 | 2.9% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $9.90 |
| Amerisourcebrgn | ABC | $0.69 | $0.62 | 4.3% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $36.85 |
| Assoc Banc Corp | ASBC | $0.32 | $0.55 | 2.8% | 1/22/2009 | N/A | $16.12 |
| Au Optroncs-Adr | AUO | ($0.53) | $1.24 | 47.4% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $7.20 |
| Avnet | AVT | $0.66 | $0.89 | (5.6%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $17.91 |
| Avx Corp | AVX | $0.09 | $0.22 | 0.0% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $7.71 |
| Bancorpsouth | BXS | $0.31 | $0.39 | (20.9%) | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $18.81 |
| Bank Of Ny Mell | BK | $0.68 | $0.67 | 43.6% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $23.27 |
| Baxter Intl | BAX | $0.89 | $0.76 | 7.3% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $53.56 |
| Bb&T Corp | BBT | $0.53 | $0.75 | (3.0%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $20.99 |
| Brinker Intl | EAT | $0.19 | $0.31 | 0.0% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $9.42 |
| Cabot Microelec | CCMP | $0.06 | $0.51 | (21.7%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $22.33 |
| Capital One Fin | COF | $0.39 | $0.90 | 6.2% | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $25.47 |
| Cdn Natl Ry Co | CNI | $0.85 | $0.91 | 6.2% | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $34.45 |
| Cit Group Inc | CIT | ($0.39) | ($0.69) | (11.8%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $3.24 |
| City National | CYN | $0.62 | $0.96 | (11.0%) | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $37.08 |
| Cobiz Finl Inc | COBZ | $0.16 | $0.23 | 0.0% | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $7.89 |
| Columbus Mckinn | CMCO | $0.41 | $0.53 | (11.3%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $13.04 |
| Comerica Inc | CMA | $0.26 | $0.77 | 57.1% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $14.60 |
| Commnty Bk Sys | CBU | $0.37 | $0.39 | 0.0% | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $21.37 |
| Cubist Pharm | CBST | $0.51 | $0.16 | 29.4% | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $22.66 |
| Cypress Semicon | CY | ($0.31) | $0.10 | (312.5%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $4.75 |
| Deluxe Corp | DLX | $0.68 | $0.77 | (6.9%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $13.12 |
| Digi Intl Inc | DGII | $0.03 | $0.14 | 55.6% | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $7.47 |
| Exelon Corp | EXC | $1.06 | $1.02 | (6.1%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $53.04 |
| Ezcorp Inc Cl A | EZPW | $0.35 | $0.29 | 0.0% | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $14.19 |
| Federated Invst | FII | $0.51 | $0.52 | 1.8% | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $18.26 |
| Fifth Third Bk | FITB | $0.03 | $0.07 | (119.1%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $5.38 |
| First Comw Finl | FCF | $0.16 | $0.16 | (22.2%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $10.17 |
| First Finl Hldg | FFCH | $0.42 | $0.36 | 8.0% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $18.70 |
| Franklin Resour | BEN | $0.86 | $2.12 | (12.2%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $52.97 |
| Google Inc-Cl A | GOOG | $4.23 | $3.79 | 3.9% | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $298.99 |
| Huntington Banc | HBAN | $0.20 | ($0.65) | 27.3% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $4.29 |
| Imation Corp | IMN | $0.13 | $0.64 | 0.0% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $12.96 |
| Interactive Brk | IBKR | $0.54 | $0.46 | 6.6% | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $18.08 |
| Intl Game Tech | IGT | $0.27 | $0.36 | (9.7%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $12.45 |
| Intuitive Surg | ISRG | $1.31 | $1.24 | 13.4% | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $100.68 |
| Itt Educational | ESI | $1.44 | $1.20 | 11.3% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $111.81 |
| Janus Cap Grp | JNS | $0.05 | $0.33 | (7.7%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $6.74 |
| Kelly Svcs A | KELYA | $0.12 | $0.54 | (74.1%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $11.92 |
| Keycorp New | KEY | ($0.02) | $0.06 | (162.5%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $6.22 |
| Knight Cap Gp | NITE | $0.37 | $0.50 | 66.7% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $15.85 |
| Lockheed Martin | LMT | $1.89 | $1.89 | 1.0% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $79.48 |
| Lsi Industries | LYTS | $0.02 | $0.22 | 200.0% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $6.89 |
| M&T Bank Corp | MTB | $1.14 | $1.52 | (4.7%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $42.59 |
| Matthews Intl-A | MATW | $0.48 | $0.50 | 1.5% | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $34.55 |
| Memc Elec Matrl | WFR | $0.62 | $1.05 | (9.8%) | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $14.11 |
| Meredith Corp | MDP | $0.43 | $0.73 | 2.5% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $17.76 |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | $0.49 | $0.50 | 2.1% | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $19.24 |
| Monro Muffler | MNRO | $0.28 | $0.27 | 5.6% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $24.14 |
| Netscout Systms | NTCT | $0.16 | $0.04 | 23.5% | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $13.77 |
| Nokia Cp-Adr A | NOK | $0.39 | $0.69 | (15.4%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $14.05 |
| Oceanfirst Finl | OCFC | $0.32 | $0.26 | (11.1%) | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $14.97 |
| Old Rep Intl | ORI | ($0.25) | ($0.05) | (25.0%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $11.55 |
| Peoples Utd Fin | PBCT | $0.13 | $0.16 | 0.0% | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $16.65 |
| Potash Sask | POT | $2.37 | $1.16 | 10.7% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $69.86 |
| Sherwin William | SHW | $0.53 | $0.88 | 18.1% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $56.34 |
| Smith (Ao) Corp | AOS | $0.24 | $0.81 | 25.0% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $31.61 |
| Southwest Air | LUV | $0.07 | $0.12 | 50.0% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $8.28 |
| Suntrust Bks | STI | $0.18 | $0.02 | (22.2%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $20.89 |
| Synaptics Inc | SYNA | $0.50 | $0.33 | 34.5% | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $20.60 |
| Synovus Finl Cp | SNV | ($0.44) | $0.28 | (162.5%) | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $5.66 |
| Taiwan Semi-Adr | TSM | $0.09 | $0.20 | 0.0% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $7.37 |
| Tcf Finl Corp | TCB | $0.24 | $0.50 | (20.0%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $10.61 |
| Technitrol Inc | TNL | $0.09 | $0.52 | (14.3%) | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $3.21 |
| Twin Disc | TWIN | $0.25 | $0.37 | (52.2%) | 1/22/2009 | N/A | $6.70 |
| Ucbh Hldgs Inc | UCBH | ($0.08) | $0.19 | (200.0%) | 1/22/2009 | AMC | $3.83 |
| Union Pac Corp | UNP | $1.28 | $0.93 | 6.2% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $41.23 |
| Unitedhealth Gp | UNH | $0.78 | $0.92 | 0.0% | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $24.89 |
| Valley Natl Bcp | VLY | $0.28 | $0.22 | (25.0%) | 1/22/2009 | BTO | $15.87 |
| China Bak Batry | CBAK | $0.01 | ($0.02) | 42.9% | 1/23/2009 | N/A | $1.68 |
| Dime Comm Bncsh | DCOM | $0.25 | $0.17 | 0.0% | 1/23/2009 | BTO | $12.45 |
| Gatx Corp | GMT | $0.59 | $0.62 | 35.7% | 1/23/2009 | BTO | $28.59 |
| Genl Electric | GE | $0.44 | $0.68 | 0.0% | 1/23/2009 | BTO | $13.77 |
| Harley-Davidson | HOG | $0.58 | $0.78 | (10.1%) | 1/23/2009 | BTO | $13.95 |
| Mb Financl Inc | MBFI | $0.27 | $0.44 | (11.6%) | 1/23/2009 | BTO | $21.34 |
| Schlumberger Lt | SLB | $1.10 | $1.11 | 2.4% | 1/23/2009 | BTO | $40.18 |
| Webster Finl Cp | WBS | $0.18 | $0.10 | (37.0%) | 1/23/2009 | BTO | $9.80 |
| Xerox Corp | XRX | $0.34 | $0.41 | 0.00% | 1/23/2009 | BTO | $7.82 |
BMO = Before The Market Open, AMC = After Market Close
1Some of the companies listed in the earnings calendar may not be in the Zacks Rank universe.
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