Mfg., housing figures on tap this week

Monday

U.S.

Featured Earnings

Comverse Inc. (NASDAQ: CNSI) (Q1) EPS estimate of three cents, compared to 12 cents in the prior-year quarter. The Massachusetts-based Comverse, a global leader in telecom business enablement, announced this week that it holds a dominant market share in North America for VoLTE-based (Voice over LTE) services.

Triangle Petroleum (AMEX: TPLM) EPS estimate of 11 cents, compared to seven cents in the prior-year quarter. In May, the Denver-based company announced its wholly-owned E&P subsidiary entered into two separate definitive agreements to acquire Williston Basin properties

Canada

Economic lookahead

Housing starts (May) Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. estimated there were 17,124 actual starts in April, giving a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 194,809 units in April, up from 156,592 in March.

Featured Earnings

Cardero Resource Corp. (T.CDU) (Q2) EPS estimate of breakeven, compared to a loss of three cents in the prior-year quarter. This week, the Vancouver-based Cardero withdrew from the Coal Lease between the Peace River Partnership and Cardero Coal regarding certain freehold coal rights forming part of the Carbon Creek Project.

Tuesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

International Council of Shopping Centers Goldman Store Sales – This weekly measure is related to the general merchandise portion of retail sales. It accounts for roughly 10% of total retail sales.

Wholesale Trade (April) This measures the dollar value of sales made and inventories held by merchant wholesalers.

Featured Earnings

Pep Boys-Manny Moe & Jack (NYSE: PBY) (Q1) EPS estimate of three cents, compared to one cent in the prior-year quarter.

Burlington Stores (NYSE: BURL) (Q1) EPS estimate of 23 cents

Oxford Industries Inc. (NYSE: OXM) (Q1) EPS estimate of 88 cents, compared to 82 cents in the prior-year quarter.

United Natural Foods Inc. (NASDAQ: UNFI) (Q3) EPS estimate of 74 cents, compared to 64 cents in the prior-year quarter. In mid-May, the company acquired all of the stock of Tony’s Fine Foods, a leading distributor of perishable food products including a wide array of specialty protein, cheese, deli, food service and bakery goods throughout the Western United States, as well as Alaska and Hawaii.

Ulta Salon Cosmetics and Fragrances (NASDAQ: ULTA) (Q1) EPS estimate of 74 cents, compared to 65 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Featured Earnings

Mediagrif Interactive Technologies Inc. (T.MDF) (Q4) EPS estimate of 22 cents, identical the prior-year quarter.

Wednesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

EIA Petroleum Report (June 2-6)

Featured Earnings

H&R Block Inc. (NYSE: HRB) (Q4) EPS estimate of $3.19, compared to $2.54 in the prior-year quarter.

Mens Wearhouse Inc. (NYSE: MW) (Q1) EPS estimate of 66 cents, compared to 65 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Sigma Designs Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGM) (Q1) EPS estimate for loss of 14 cents, compared to a loss of four cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic lookahead

New housing price (April) The index rose 0.2% in March, following an identical increase in February.

Featured Earnings

Evertz Technologies Limited (T.ET) (Q4) EPS estimate of 20 cents, compared to 11 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Dominion Diamond Corporation (T.DDC) (Q1) EPS estimate of 13 cents, compared to three cents in the prior-year quarter.

ADF Group Inc. (T.DRX) (Q1) EPS estimate of one cent compared to a loss of one cent in the prior-year quarter. ADF announced over the winter plans for its U.S. subsidiary to build a new 3,900-square-meter paint shop, adjacent to its new state-of-the-art fabrication plant in Great Falls, Montana

Thursday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Weekly jobless claims (June 2-6)

Retail sales (May) Retail sales measure the total receipts at stores that sell merchandise and related services to final consumers.

Import/Export Prices (May) These prices indicate inflationary trends in internationally traded products.

Business Inventories (April) Business inventories are the dollar amount of inventories held by manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers. The level of inventories in relation to sales is an important indicator of the near-term direction of production activity

Featured Earnings

Capstone Turbine Corporation (NASDAQ: CPST) (Q4) EPS estimate for breakeven, compared to a loss of one cent in the prior-year quarter.

lululemon athletica inc. (LULU) (Q1) EPS estimate for 32 cents, identical to the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Featured Earnings

Dollarama Inc. (T.DOL) (Q1) EPS estimate for 77 cents, compared to 62 cents in the prior-year quarter.

AlarmForce Industries Inc. (T.AF) (Q2) EPS estimate for 16 cents, compared to 11 cents in the prior-year quarter.


Friday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Producer Price Index (May) The Producer Price Index is a family of indexes that measure the average change over time in the prices received by domestic producers of goods and services.

Consumer Sentiment (June) The University of Michigan's Consumer Survey Center questions 500 households each month on their financial conditions and attitudes about the economy.

Featured Earnings

Multi-Color Corporation (NASDAQ: LABL) (Q4) EPS estimate of 60 cents, compared to 56 cents in the prior-year quarter.


Canada

Economic lookahead

Monthly manufacturing survey (April) Statistics Canada told us that manufacturing sales edged up 0.4% to $50.9 billion in March, the sixth advance in seven months.

Featured Earnings

Transat A.T. Inc. (T.TRZ.A) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of 35 cents, compared to a loss of four cents in the prior-year quarter. This week, Air Transat became the first airline in North America to complete the first stage of the International Air Transportation Association Environmental Assessment Program.


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