Monday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Leading indicators (March)
Featured earnings
Brown & Brown (NYSE: BRO) (Q1) EPS estimate of 42 cents, compared to 41 cents in prior-year quarter.
Halliburton Co. (HAL) (Q1) EPS estimate of 71 cents, compared to 67 cents in prior-year quarter.
Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) (Q1) EPS estimate of 83 cents, compared to 31 cents in prior-year quarter. The latest Netflix enterprise is the series “Marco Polo”, based on the life of the 13th-century Italian explorer. Production is now underway
Canada
Featured Earnings
TransCanada Corporation (T.TRP) (Q1) EPS estimate of 59 cents, compared to 52 cents in prior-year quarter.
Rogers Communications Inc. (T.RCI.B) Q1) EPS estimate of 72 cents, compared to 80 cents in prior-year quarter.
Tuesday
Economic lookahead
Existing Home Sales (March)
Featured Earnings
AT&T (NYSE: T) (Q1) EPS estimate of 69 cents, compared to 64 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Comcast Corp (NASDAQ: CMCSA) (Q1) EPS estimate of 64 cents, compared to 51 cents in the prior-year quarter. Comcast announced early in April it had increased the speeds of two of its Xfinity Internet tiers in the Northeast, at no additional cost to customers. The increase marks the 13th time in the past 12 years that Comcast has increased its speeds.
Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE: HOG) (Q1) EPS estimate of $1.08, compared to 99 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Juniper Networks Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) (Q1) EPS estimate of 19 cents, compared to 20 cents in the prior-year quarter.
McDonalds Corp (NYSE: MCD) (Q1) EPS estimate of $1.23, compared to $1.26 in the prior-year quarter. The Golden Arches welcomed singer Chris Daughtry and comic Wayne Brady as celebrity voices for its “Voices of McDonald’s” singing competition, being held later this year in Orlando.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Wholesale trade (Feb.) Statistics Canada said December’s figure rose 0.8% to $50.0 billion in January, following a decline in December.
Featured Earnings
Canadian National Railway Company (T.CNR) (Q1) EPS estimate of 64 cents, compared to 61 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (T.CP) (Q1) EPS estimate of $1.48, compared to $1.24 in the prior-year quarter. Early this month, CP President and Chief Operating Officer Keith Creel spoke before to the Standing Committee on Agriculture, urging it to consider the serious capacity constraints within the current grain supply chain.
Creel also said that inter-switching would worsen the situation for the movement of Canadian grain to markets.
Teck Resources Limited (T.TCK.B) (Q1) EPS estimate of 28 cents, compared to 56 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Primary Energy Recycling Corporation (T.PRI) (Q1) EPS estimate of one cent, compared to breakeven in the prior-year quarter.
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Purchasing Managers Index (April)
New Home Sales (March)
EIA Petroleum Report (April 14-17)
Featured Earnings
Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) (Q1) EPS estimate of $10.19, compared to $10.09 in the prior-year quarter.
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) (Q1) EPS estimate of $1.55, compared to $1.73 in the prior-year quarter.
Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) (Q1) EPS estimate of 70 cents, compared to 69 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Retail trade (Feb.) Statistics Canada reported last month that retail sales rose 1.3% to $40.7 billion in January, partially offsetting the decline in December.
Featured Earnings
Celestica Inc. (T.CLS) (Q1) EPS estimate of 20 cents, compared to 16 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Thursday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Durable Goods Orders (March)
Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index (April 14-17)
Weekly jobless claims (April 14-17)
Featured Earnings
3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) (Q1) EPS estimate of $1.79, compared to $1.61 in the prior-year quarter.
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) (Q1) EPS estimate of 21 cents, compared to 18 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) (Q1) EPS estimate of $1.24, compared to $1.31 in the prior-year quarter.
Stanley Black and Decker (NYSE: SWK) (Q1) EPS estimate of 97 cents, compared to $1.03 in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
MDC Partners Inc. (T.MDZ.A) (Q1) EPS estimate call for loss of a penny, identical to prior-year quarter
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (T.POT) (Q1) EPS estimates of 35 cents, compared to 63 cents in the prior-year quarter. The potash giant announced earlier this month the appointment of Jochen Tilk as President and CEO, effective July 1, replacing Bill Doyle, who announced he’s stepping down after 27 years with the firm. Doyle will remain as a senior advisor for another year, however.
Open Text Corporation (T.OTC) (Q3) EPS estimate call for 81 cents, compared to 63 cents in the prior-year quarter. Two weeks ago, Open Text launched its Experience Suite, enabling organizations to design, develop and deploy rich omni-channel experiences that drive customer interactions anytime, anywhere, on any device, with any content.
Friday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
PMI Services (April)
University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Report (April)
Featured Earnings
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) (Q1) EPS estimate of 68 cents, compared to 66 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) (Q1) EPS estimate of 32 cents, compared to 41 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE: WY) (Q1) EPS estimate of 24 cents, compared to 26 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (T.WFT) (Q1) EPS estimate of 99 cents, compared to $1.21 in the prior-year quarter. The Vancouver-based company announced early in April it was making good on its growth plans, buying a sawmill in Arkansas, and another facility in High Prairie, Alberta.
Encana Corporation (T.ECA) (Q1) EPS estimates of 40 cents, compared to 24 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canadian Utilities Limited (T.CU) (Q1) EPS estimates of 77 cents, compared to 70 cents in the prior-year quarter.
ATCO Ltd. (T.ACO.X) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.12, compared to $1.04 in the prior-year quarter.
Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. (T.BIN) (Q1) EPS estimates of 22 cents compared to 24 cents in the prior-year quarter.
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