Monday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Existing Home Sales (Mar.)
Featured Earnings
Brown & Brown Inc. (NYSE:BRO) (Q1) EPS estimates of 36 cents, compared to 33 cents in the prior-year quarter. Monday, April 15, brought word that Brown & Brown had acquired substantially all of the assets of ALMEA Insurance’s Vancouver, Washington location.
Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) (Q1) EPS estimates of 36 cents, compared to 33 cents in the prior-year quarter
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE:KMB) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.55, compared to $1.71 in the prior-year quarter
Canada
Featured Earnings
People Corporation (T.PEO) (Q2) EPS estimates of three cents, compared to eight cents in the prior-year quarter.
PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. (T.PSK) (Q1) EPS estimates of nine cents, compared to eight cents in the prior-year quarter.
Tuesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Housing Price Index (Feb.)
New Home Sales (Mar.)
Markit Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (April)
Markit Composite PMI (April)
Redbook Index (Apr.13-19)
Featured Earnings
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) (Q1) EPS estimates of 51 cents, compared to 41 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE: HOG) (Q1) EPS estimates of 86 cents, compared to $1.24 in the prior-year quarter. The company announced in mid-April it had reached a five-year labour deal with unionized workers in Milwaukee and Tomahawk, Wisconsin.
Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) (Q1) EPS estimates of $4.29, compared to $4.02 in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Wholesale Trade (Feb.) Wholesale sales rose 0.6% to $63.5 billion in January, a second consecutive monthly gain. In volume terms, wholesale sales increased 0.7%.
Featured Earnings
Restaurant Brands International Inc. (T.QSR) (Q1) EPS estimates of 59 cents, compared to 66 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (T.CP) (Q1) EPS estimates of $3.07, compared to $2.70 in the prior-year quarter.
Constellation Software Inc. (T.CSU) (Q1) EPS estimates of $7.39, compared to $6.73 in the prior-year quarter.
Teck Resources Limited (T.TECK.B) (Q1) EPS estimates of 96 cents, compared to $1.31 in the prior-year quarter.
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Markit Services PMI (April)
EIA Crude Stocks Change (April 10-16)
Canada
Economic lookahead
Bank Rate Announcement (10 a.m. ET)
Featured Earnings
Goldcorp Inc. (T.G) (Q1) EPS estimates of five cents, compared to eight cents in the prior-year quarter.
Lundin Mining Corporation (T.LUN) (Q1) EPS estimates of six cents, compared to 11 cents in the prior-year quarter. On Monday of last week, Lundin entered into a definitive purchase agreement with Yamana Gold to purchase its 100% ownership stake in Mineração Maracá Indústria e Comércio S/A, which owns the Chapada copper-gold mine located in Brazil
Thursday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Non-Defense Capital Goods Orders (March)
Durable Goods Orders (March)
Weekly Jobless Figures (April 15-19)
Featured Earnings
3M Inc. (NYSE:MMM) (Q1) EPS estimates of $2.50, identical to the prior-year quarter.
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) (Q1) EPS estimates of $4.61, compared to $3.27 in the prior-year quarter.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.06, compared to 94 cents in the prior-year quarter. In mid-April, the company announced that its shareholders voted to approve the issuance of shares of Bristol-Myers Squibb common stock in connection with the Company’s pending merger with Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) at the Special Meeting of Stockholders.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Average Weekly Earnings (Feb.) Average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $1,012 in January, little changed from the previous month. Compared with 12 months earlier, earnings grew by 2.0%.
Featured Earnings
Mullen Group Ltd. (T.MTL) (Q1) EPS estimates of 12 cents, compared to one cent in the prior-year quarter.
Waste Connections Inc. (T.WCN) (Q1) EPS estimates of 60 cents, compared to 56 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Methanex Corporation (T.MX) (Q1) EPS estimates of 88 cents, compared to $2.03 in the prior-year quarter.
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (T.AEM) (Q1) EPS estimates of eight cents, compared to 15 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Cenovus Energy Inc. (T.CVE) (Q1) EPS estimates for gain of 19 cents, compared to a loss of 61 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canadian Utilities Limited (T.CU) (Q1) EPS estimates of 71 cents, compared to 67 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Friday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Gross Domestic Product (Q1)
Personal Consumption Expenditure Prices (Q1)
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (April)
Canada
Featured Earnings
Imperial Oil Limited (T.IMO) (Q1) EPS estimates of 48 cents, compared to 62 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Husky Energy Inc. (T.HSE) (Q1) EPS estimates of 16 cents, compared to 24 cents in the prior-year quarter.