Monday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
PMI Mfg. Index (Feb.)
ISM Mfg. Index (Feb.)
Construction Spending (Jan.)
Featured Earnings
Caesars Entertainment Corp (NASDAQ: CZR) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of $2.04, compared to loss of $3.21 in the prior-year quarter. Caesars received a demand for payment for obligations of Caesars Entertainment Operating Company. The company called the claims for $750 million plus accrued interest without merit.
Endo Health Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: ENDP) (Q4) EPS estimate of $1.12, compared to 96 cents in the prior-year quarter.
OM Group Inc. (NYSE: OMG) (Q4) EPS estimate of eight cents, compared to 28 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) (Q2) EPS estimates for loss of 13 cents, compared to loss of 18 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Vermilion Energy Inc. (T.VET) (Q4) EPS estimate of 49 cents, compared to 98 cents in the prior-year quarter. Last week, Vermilion declared a monthly dividend of 21.5 cents a share, in line with previous months.
Tuesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Gallup U.S. ECI (Feb.) Gallup's Economic Confidence Index is a composite of two questions that Gallup asks daily of a nationally representative sample of 500 adults, aged 18 and older, and reports weekly based on approximately 3,500 interviews.
Redbook (Weekly)
Featured Earnings
AutoZone Inc. (NYSE: AZO) (Q2) EPS estimate of $6.36, compared to $5.63 in the prior-year quarter.
Smith & Wesson Holding Corp (NASDAQ: SWHC) (Q3) EPS estimate of 12 cents compared to 35 cents in the prior-year quarter.
TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) (Q4) EPS estimate of four cents compared to five cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Industrial Product Price Index (Jan.) The Industrial Product Price Index decreased 1.6% in December, largely as a result of lower prices for energy and petroleum products.
Raw Materials Price Index (Jan.) The Raw Materials Price Index declined 7.6% in December, mainly because of lower prices for crude energy products.
Gross Domestic Product (Dec.) Real GDP declined 0.2% in November
Featured Earnings
Bank of Nova Scotia (T.BNS) (Q1) EPS estimate of $1.34, compared to $1.38 in the prior-year quarter.
Secure Energy Services Inc. (T.SES) (Q4) EPS estimate of 13 cents, compared to 10 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corporation (T.LIF) (Q4) EPS estimate of 29 cents, compared to 73 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
ADP Employment Report (Feb.) The ADP national employment report is computed from a subset of ADP records that represent approximately 400,000 U.S. business clients and approximately 23 million U.S. employees working in all private industrial sectors.
EIA Petroleum Status Report (Feb. 23-Mar. 1)
ISM Non-Mfg. Index (Feb.)
PMI Services Index (Feb.)
Release of Fed Beige Book
Featured Earnings
Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) (Q4) EPS estimate of $1.15, compared to $1.34 in the prior-year quarter.
Brown-Forman Corp. (NYSE: BF.B) (Q3) EPS estimate of 87 cents, compared to 82 cents in the prior-year quarter.
H&R Block Inc. (NYSE: HRB) (Q3) EPS estimates for loss of 33 cents, compared to $78 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Gibson Energy Inc. (T.GEI) (Q4) EPS estimate of 29 cents, compared to 27 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (T.AP.UN) (Q4) EPS estimate of 47 cents, compared to 45 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Linamar Corporation (T.LNR) (Q4) EPS estimate of $1.07, compared to 85 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Paramount Resources Ltd. (T.POU) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of seven cents, compared to gain of two cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canadian Western Bank (T.CWB) (Q1) EPS estimate of 70 cents, compared to 65 cents in the prior-year quarter. This month, CWB announced a refinement to its long-term growth strategy with a definitive agreement to sell its property and casualty insurance subsidiary, Canadian Direct Insurance, to Intact Financial Corporation (Intact) for $197 million in cash.
Thursday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
Factory Orders (Jan.) Factory orders represent the dollar level of new orders for both durable and nondurable goods.
Weekly jobless claims (Feb. 23-Mar.1)
Featured Earnings
Ciena Corp. (NYSE: CIEN) (Q1) EPS estimate for loss of six cents, compared to gain of two cents in the prior-year quarter. Ciena announced this month that it would send a team to run the UVU North Pole Marathon taking place in April at the geographic North Pole
Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ: COST) (Q4) EPS estimate of $1.18, compared to $1.05 in the prior-year quarter.
Diamond Foods Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) (Q2) EPS estimate of 23 cents, compared to nine cents in the prior-year quarter. Diamond announced it was buying majority control of Yellow Chips, which sells a number of organic potato chip products, and will operate as an independent subsidiary of Diamond.
Skullcandy Inc. (NASDAQ: SKUL) (Q4) EPS estimate of 24 cents, compared to 13 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (T.SNC) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of 78 cents, compared to gain of 61 cents in the prior-year quarter. SNC officials pleaded “not guilty” last week to fraud charges involving alleged activities of former employees from over three years ago in Libya.
Parkland Fuel Corporation (T.PKI) (Q4) EPS estimate of 25 cents, compared to 32 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canadian Natural Resources Limited (T.CNQ) (Q4) EPS estimate of 67 cents, compared to 52 cents in the prior-year quarter.
George Weston Limited (T.WN) (Q4) EPS estimate of $1.52, compared to $1.11 in the prior-year quarter.
Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. (T.PEY) (Q4) EPS estimate of 39 cents, compared to 26 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Descartes Systems Group Inc. (T.DSG) (Q4) EPS estimate of five cents, compared to nine cents in the prior-year quarter.
Friday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Employment Situation (Feb.)
International Trade (Jan.)
Featured Earnings
Staples (NASDAQ: SPLS) (Q4) EPS estimate of 30 cents, compared to 33 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Tribune Media Co (NYSE: TRCO) (Q4) EPS estimate of 55 cents, compared to 67 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Building permits (Jan.) Contractors took out building permits worth $7.1 billion in December, up 7.7% from November. This followed a 13.6% decline the previous month.
Canadian international merchandise trade (Jan.) Our imports increased by 2.3% in December and exports rose 1.5%. As a result, Canada's merchandise trade deficit with the world widened from $335 million in November to $649 million in December.
Labour force survey (Feb.) StatsCan said jobs increased by 35,000 in January, most of them part-time. The unemployment rate declined 0.1 percentage points to 6.6%.
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