A week light on Canadian earnings

Monday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Pending home sales (Aug.)

Featured Earnings

Cintas Corp. (CTAS) (Q1) EPS estimate of 76 cents, compared to 63 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Ferrellgas Partners L.P. (FGP) (Q1) EPS estimate calls for loss of 27 cents, compared to a loss of 36 cents in the prior-year quarter. Early this month, Ferrellgas acquired two salt water disposal wells in the Eagle Ford Shale region of south Texas from C&E Production.

SYNNEX (NYSE: SNX) (Q3) EPS estimate of $1.48, compared to $1.24 in the prior-year quarter. This month, SYNNEX’s subsidiary announced the construction of a delivery centre in Scotland, aimed at creating 500 new jobs.


Tuesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Case-Shiller HPI Index (July)

Consumer Confidence (Sept.)

ICSC-Goldman Store Sales (Weekly)

Redbook (Weekly)


Featured Earnings

SABA SOFTWARE INC (PK:SABA) (Q1) EPS estimate calls for loss of 15 cents. The California-based Saba announced this week it reached a settlement with the SEC regarding the previously SEC probe.


Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) (Q4) EPS estimate of 74 cents, compared to 73 cents in the prior-year quarter.


Canada

Economic lookahead

Industrial Product Price Index (Aug.) This index declined 0.3% in July, mainly because of lower prices for energy and petroleum products.

Raw Materials (Aug.) ThisIndex declined 1.4% in July, largely as a result of lower prices for crude energy products.

Gross Domestic Product (July) On a monthly basis, real GDP by industry increased 0.3% in June.


Wednesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

ADP Employment Report (Sept.)

PMI Manufacturing Index (Sept.)

ISM Manufacturing Index (Sept.)

EIA Petroleum Status Report (September 22-28)

Featured Earnings

Acuity Brands Inc. (NYSE: AYI) (Q4) EPS estimate of $1.23, compared to $1.03 in the prior-year quarter. The company announced last week that several of its products were named winners of the 2014 Next Generation Luminiaries Solid-State Lighting Design Indoor Competition, including a prestigious 'Best in Class' award.

AZZ Inc. (AZZ) (Q2) EPS estimate of 64 cents, compared to 57 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Featured Earnings

Sandvine Corporation (T.SVC) (Q2) EPS estimate of two cents, compared to three cents in the prior-year quarter. This month, Sandvine Chief Technology Officer Don Bowman, Sandvine's Chief Technology Officer, was one of seven industry leaders taking part in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Roundtable on the concept of an open Internet.

Thursday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Factory Orders (August)

Weekly jobless claims (Sept. 22-28)

Featured Earnings

Constellation Brands Inc. (NYSE: STZ) (Q2) EPS estimate of $1.15 compared to 96 cents in the prior-year quarter.

McCormick & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MKC) (Q3) EPS estimate of 81 cents compared to 78 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Resources Connection Inc (NASDAQ: RECN) (Q1) EPS estimate of 14 cents compared to nine cents in the prior-year quarter.


Friday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Employment Situation (Sept.)

International Trade (August)

PMI Services Index (Sept.)

Canada

Economic lookahead

International Merchandise Trade (Aug.) Canada's merchandise exports increased 1.4% in July, while imports edged down 0.3%. As a result, Canada's trade surplus with the world widened from $1.8 billion in June to $2.6 billion in July.















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