In what many individuals may consider a surprise because of the coming holiday season, this coming week has quite a few important earnings reports to look out for. Some major investment banks will get a lot of the headlines and deservedly so, but there are also other important companies to report.
Monday Dec. 17th
- Adobe Systems (Nasdaq:ADBE) Adobe will report Monday after the closing bell and is expected to report 48 cents per share.
Tuesday Dec. 18th
- Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) Best Buy is expected to report 41 cents per share Tuesday morning. Investors will certainly want to hear how the Christmas season is shaping up for the company as well.
- Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) Goldman Sachs will report Tuesday and investors will have a close watch on this one. GS was the lone standout last quarter after shorting mortgage-backed securities, can it do it again?
- Palm (Nasdaq:PALM) This is a technology company that has underperformed for quite some time now. It has been a serial disappointer after an initial period of euphoria from investors a few years ago.
Wednesday Dec. 19th
- Nike (NYSE:NKE) Nike is a company that has done extremely well in the last few quarters. The company has reinvented itself very successfully after some underperformance a few years ago. Analysts are expecting 66 cents per share.
- General Mills (NYSE:GIS) This steady performer is expected to bring in $1.13 a share. This is a stock that generally does quite well in questionable economic periods, so it has held up quite well of late.
- Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL) This software giant has seen nice gains in the past year. It will be interesting to see if this company continues to be a haven from the economic difficulties.
Thursday Dec. 20th
- Bear Stearns (NYSE:BSC) Where GS has done well, BSC has certainly not. Bear Stearns has thus far been on the wrong side of the mortgage meltdown and investors will want to look for any signs of a possible turnaround.
- Research in Motion (Nasdaq:RIMM) This tech company has done very well over the past few years, but the stock has suffered some of late. Investors sometiemes worry about the significant competition this company will continue to have. It is up to the company to continue to deliver on the bottom line.
- FedEx (NYSE:FDX) FedEx has seen some economic problems of late, preannouncing its shortfalls just a few weeks ago. Most analysts are expecting a dip in bottom line profits from a year ago.
Friday Dec. 21st
- Circuit City (NYSE:CC) While Best Buy has done quite well, Circuit City has done horribly of late. The company seems to have very little strategy and appears to never be consistent at all.
- Walgreen (NYSE:WAG) Walgreen had always been one of the most consistent performing companies on the street, but that streak came to an end last quarter. The company has had problems controlling its costs and investors will want to see if that is continuing.
Have a good week of investing and trading and don't forget to finish up that Christmas shopping!
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