Employment hopes to stage recovery



Monday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

PMI Mfg. Index (May)

ISM Mfg. Index (May)

Construction Spending (April)

Featured Earnings

iDreamSky Technology Ltd ADR (NASDAQ: DSKY) (Q1) EPS estimate of 14 cents, compared to a loss of $3.18 in the prior-year quarter.

NGL Energy Partners LP (NYSE: NGL) (Q4) EPS estimates of 77 cents, compared to 54 cents in the prior-year quarter.

PVH Corp. (NYSE: PVH) (Q1) EPS estimate of $1.38, compared to $1.47 in the prior-year quarter. This week, PVH and Accutime Watch Corp. announced they had entered into a new license agreement under which Accutime will manufacture, sell, distribute and promote men’s and boys’ watches for the Van Heusen brand.


Tuesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Redbook (Weekly)

Factory Orders (April)


Featured Earnings

Ascena Retail Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ASNA) (Q3) EPS estimate of 19 cents, compared to 27 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) (Q1) EPS estimate of 82 cents, compared to 72 cents in the prior-year quarter. On Thursday of this week, Dollar General named Todd Vasos to be the company's new CEO to replace Rick Dreiling. Vasos, the Chief Operating Officer, was widely expected to be named the company's CEO and his candidature was supported by investors

Guess? Inc. (NYSE: GES) (Q1) EPS estimate for loss of five cents, compared to a loss of three cents in the prior-year quarter.


Canada

Featured Earnings

Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. (T.CF) (Q4) EPS estimates of five cents, compared to 25 cents in the prior-year quarter. Early in May, Canaccord Genuity announced the addition of a dedicated U.S. REIT team, based in the firm's New York and San Francisco offices.

Input Capital Corp. (T.INP) (Q4) EPS estimates of one cent, compared to a breakeven reading in the prior-year quarter. Also in early May, Input announced that it has successfully established new delivery schedules for the previously announced 9,400 MT of deferred canola with the farm clients affected by poor cropping results in 2014.


Wednesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

EIA Petroleum Status Report (May 26-31)

ADP Employment Report (May)

International Trade (April)

PMI Services Index (May)

ISM Non-Mfg. Index (May)

Fed Beige Book


Featured Earnings

Brown-Forman Corp. (NYSE: BF.B) (Q1) EPS estimates of 66 cents, compared to 62 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Five Below Inc. (NASDAQ: FIVE) (Q1) EPS estimates of seven cents, identical to the prior-year quarter.

Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. (HOV) (Q1) EPS estimates for loss of six cents, compared to a loss of four cents in the prior-year quarter.


Canada

Economic lookahead

Canadian international merchandise trade (April) Canada's imports increased 2.2% in March while exports edged up 0.4%. As a result, Canada's merchandise trade deficit with the world widened from $2.2 billion in February to a record $3.0 billion in March.

Featured Earnings

Canadian Western Bank (T.CWB) (Q2) EPS estimates of 64 cents, compared to 63 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Laurentian Bank of Canada (T.LB) (Q2) EPS estimates of $1.29, identical to the prior-year quarter. Laurentian Bank was given two prestigious awards in mid-May, presented by VISA International at the Global Service Quality Awards in the Canadian Highest Transaction Approval Rate and Electronic Commerce Effectiveness categories

Major Drilling Group International Inc. (T.MDI) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of seven cents, identical to the prior-year quarter.

Thursday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Weekly jobless claims (May 26-June 1)

Featured Earnings

Ciena Corp. (NYSE: CIEN) (Q2) EPS estimates of 14 cents, compared to six cents in the prior-year quarter.

Diamond Foods Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) (Q3) EPS estimates of 16 cents, compared to 11 cents in the prior-year quarter.

J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM) (Q1) EPS estimates of 99 cents, compared to $1.21 in the prior-year quarter. This week, Smucker, Dunkin' Brands Group, and Keurig Green Mountain announced that Dunkin' K-Cup®* pods are now available for sale at thousands of retailers nationwide in the U.S. for the first time.


Canada


Featured Earnings

Imvescor Restaurant Group Inc. (T.IRG) (Q4) EPS estimates of four cents, identical to the prior-year quarter.

Saputo Inc. (T.SAP) (Q4) EPS estimates of 40 cents, compared to 39 cents the prior-year quarter.

OVIVO INC. (T.OVI.A) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of four cents, compared to loss of 13 cents the prior-year quarter.

Friday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Employment Situation (May)

Featured Earnings

LightInTheBox Holding Co Ltd (NYSE: LITB) (Q1) EPS estimates for loss of 22 cents, compared to loss of 19 cents the prior-year quarter.

UTStarcom Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: UTSI) (Q1) EPS estimates for loss of nine cents, identical to the prior-year quarter

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YGE) (Q1) EPS estimates for loss of 19 cents, compared to a loss of 35 cents in the prior-year quarter


Canada

Economic lookahead

Labour Force Survey (May) Employment in Canada edged down 20,000 jobs in April, as gains in full-time work were more than offset by losses in part-time. The unemployment rate held steady at 6.8% for the third consecutive month.


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