Jobs numbers down the pike this week


Monday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

PMI Mfg. Index (Jan.)

ISM Mfg. Index (Jan.)

Canada

Economic lookahead

Industrial Product Price Index (Jan.) The industrial product price index rose 0.7% in December.

Raw Materials Price Index (Jan.) The raw materials price index rose 1.9%, led by crude energy products.

Featured Earnings

Magna International (T.MG) (Q4) EPS estimate of $1.49, compared to $1.67 in the prior-year quarter.

Vermilion Energy Inc. (T.VET) (Q4) EPS estimate of 94 cents, compared to 57 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. (T.PEY) EPS estimate of 40 cents, compared to 18 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Tuesday

U.S.

Featured Earnings

Smith & Wesson (NASDAQ: SWHC) (Jan.) EPS estimate of 29 cents. The gun maker and many of its competitors have been at the centre of controversy as the debate over gun control and gun violence continues.

Radioshack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) (Dec.) EPS estimate calls for loss of 40 cents

Canada


Featured Earnings

Bank of Nova Scotia (T.BNS) (Q1) EPS estimate of $1.33, compared to $1.27 in the prior-year quarter.

Gibson Energy Inc. (T.GEI) (Q4) EPS estimate of 30 cents, compared to 32 cents in the prior-year quarter.


Wednesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

ADP Employment Report (Jan.)

EIA Petroleum Report (Feb. 24-28)

Fed Beige Book

Featured Earnings

Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) (Dec.) EPS estimate of 25 cents. Late last month, the company announced it had obtained a $ 52-million Canadian Non-Recourse Construction Loan from Natixis Bank.

PetSmart (NASDAQ: PETM) (Jan.) No projections available. This week, PetSmart was picked as the exclusive pet retailer to sell the Whistle Activity Monitor, a new device that allows pet parents to keep tabs on how much their dogs are walking, playing and resting.

Revlon Inc. (NYSE: REV) (Dec.) No projections available.

Canada

Featured Earnings

Veresen Inc. (T.VSN) (Q4) EPS estimate of six cents, compared to five cents in the prior-year quarter.

Linamar Corporation (T.LNR) (Q4) EPS estimate of 71 cents, compared to 47 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Laurentian Bank of Canada (T.LB) (Q1) EPS estimate of $1.28, compared to $1.34 in the prior-year quarter.

Thursday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Weekly jobless claims (Feb. 24-28)

Factory Orders (Dec.)


Featured Earnings

Ciena Corp. (NYSE: CIEN) (Jan.) EPS estimate calls for the company to lose a penny

Staples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) (Jan.) No projections available.

Canada

Economic lookahead

Building permits (Jan.) The total value of building permits issued by Canadian municipalities declined 4.1% to $6.5 billion in December, following a 6.6% decrease in November.

Featured Earnings

Constellation Software Inc. (T.CSU) (Q4) EPS estimate of $2.51, compared to $2.94 in the prior-year quarter.

Canadian Natural Resources Limited (T.CNQ) EPS estimate of 56 cents, compared to 33 cents in the prior-year quarter.

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (T.SNC) (Q4) EPS estimate of 64 cents, compared to 63 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Paramount Resources Ltd. (T.POU) (Q4) EPS estimate calls for loss of 19 cents, compared to loss of $1.69 in the prior-year quarter.


Friday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Employment Situation (Feb.)

International Trade (Jan.)

Featured Earnings

Chelsea Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CHTP) (Dec.) EPS estimate calls for loss of seven cents. The big news for this firm came last month, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to Northera, its symptomatic neurogenic orthostatic hypotension treatment.

Foot Locker (NYSE: FL) (Jan.) EPS estimate of 75 cents.

Canada

Economic lookahead

Labour force survey (Feb.) Employment rose by 29,000 in January, the result of an increase in full-time work. The unemployment rate declined 0.2 percentage points to 7.0%.

Featured earnings

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corporation (T.LIF) (Q1) EPS estimate of 59 cents, compared to 50 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (T.PWT) (Q4) EPS estimate of five cents, compared to a loss of eight cents in the prior-year quarter.

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