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Busy Week Next Week for U.S. Earnings

Monday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Purchasing Managers Index Composite Flash (April)

Existing Home Sales (April)

Featured Earnings

Banner Corporation (NASDAQ: BANR) (Q1) EPS estimates for 77 cents, compared to 73 cents for the prior-year quarter.

FirstEnergy Corporation (NYSE: FE) (Q1) EPS estimates for 70 cents, compared to 77 cents for the prior-year quarter.

Crane Company (NYSE: CR) (Q1) EPS estimates for $1.27, compared to $1.05 for the prior-year quarter.

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (Q1) EPS estimates of $9.21, compared to $7.73 in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic lookahead

Wholesale Trade (Feb.) Wholesale sales edged up 0.1% to $63.3 billion in January. Sales were up in four of seven sub-sectors, accounting for 66% of total wholesale sales.


Featured Earnings

Canadian National Railway Company (T.CNR) (Q1) EPS estimates for $1.00, compared to $1.15 for the prior-year quarter.

Barrick Gold Corporation (T.ABX) (Q1) EPS estimates for 13 cents, compared to 14 cents for the prior-year quarter.

PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. (T.PSK) (Q1) EPS estimates for seven cents, compared to nine cents for the prior-year quarter.


Tuesday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

FHFA House Price Index (Feb.)

New Home Sales (March)

Consumer Confidence (April)

Redbook (Weekly)

Featured Earnings

3M Company (NYSE: MMM) (Q1) EPS estimates of $2.50, compared to $2.16 in the prior-year quarter.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) (Q1) EPS estimates of $2.07, compared to $1.28 in the prior-year quarter.

Chubb Limited (NYSE: CB) (Q1) EPS estimates of $2.24, compared to $2.48 in the prior-year quarter.

Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) (Q1) EPS estimates of 46 cents, compared to 43 cents in the prior-year quarter.


Canada

Featured Earnings


Metro Inc. (T.MRU) (Q2) EPS estimates for 47 cents, compared to 56 cents for the prior-year quarter.

PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. (T.PSK) (Q1) EPS estimates of seven cents, compared to nine cents in the prior-year quarter.

Teck Resources Limited (T.TECK.B) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.34, compared to $1.16 in the prior-year quarter.

Wednesday

U.S.

EIA Petroleum Status Report (April 17-23)

Featured Earnings

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) (Q1) EPS estimates of 87 cents, compared to 74 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.36, compared to $1.04 in the prior-year quarter.

Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) (Q1) EPS estimates of 62 cents, compared to 51 cents in the prior-year quarter.

NETGEAR Inc. (NASDAQ: NTGR) (Q1) EPS estimates of 59 cents, compared to 55 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Featured Earnings

Constellation Software Inc. (T.CSU) (Q1) EPS estimates of $5.93, compared to $4.46 in the prior-year quarter.

Goldcorp Inc. (T.G) (Q1) EPS estimates of 11 cents, compared to nine cents in the prior-year quarter.


Thursday

U.S.

Economic lookahead

Jobless Claims (April 12-18)

Durable Goods Orders (March)

International Trade in Goods (March)

Retail Inventories [Advance] (March)

Wholesale Inventories [Advance] (March)


Balance Sheet

Money Supply

Featured Earnings

Aaron's Inc. (NYSE: AAN) (Q1) EPS estimates of 95 cents, compared to 80 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) (Q1) EPS estimates of 84 cents, identical to the prior-year quarter. The company his week announced a worldwide collaboration with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Janssen) on a Factor XIa (FXIa) inhibitor program that includes the development and commercialization of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Factor XIa (FXIa) inhibitor, BMS-986177, an investigational anticoagulant compound being studied for prevention and treatment of major thrombotic conditions.

The companies are expected to advance BMS-986177 into Phase 2 clinical trials in the second half of 2018 for the study of secondary stroke prevention.

D.R. Horton Inc. (NYSE: DHI) (Q2) EPS estimates of 86 cents, compared to 60 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Dunkin' Brands Group Inc. (NASDAQ: DNKN) (Q1) EPS estimates of 52 cents, compared to 54 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic Lookahead

Average Weekly Earnings (Feb.) Average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $996 in January, little changed from the previous month. Earnings were up 3.2% compared with January 2017, largely the result of gains in the second half of 2017

Featured Earnings

AltaGas Ltd. (T.ALA) (Q1) EPS estimates of 41 cents, compared to 39 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Husky Energy Inc. (T.HSE) (Q1) EPS estimates of 22 cents, compared to six cents in the prior-year quarter.

Cenovus Energy Inc. (T.CVE) (Q1) EPS estimates for loss of 16 cents, compared to loss of five cents in the prior-year quarter.

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (T.FM) (Q1) EPS estimates for gain of 15 cents, compared to loss of four cents in the prior-year quarter.


Friday

U.S.

Economic Lookahead

Gross Domestic Product (Q1a: 2018)

Chicago PMI (April)

Consumer Sentiment (April—final)


Featured Earnings

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.18, compared to 95 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Honda Motor Company Ltd. (HMC) (Q4) EPS estimates of 46 cents, compared to 47 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (NYSE: IPG) (Q1) EPS estimates of four cents, compared to five cents in the prior-year quarter.

Moody's Corporation (NYSE: MCO) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.79, compared to $1.47 in the prior-year quarter.


Canada

Featured Earnings

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (T.AEM) (Q1) EPS estimates of 22 cents, compared to 28 cents in the prior-year quarter.

TransCanada Corporation (T.TRP) (Q1) EPS estimates of 85 cents, compared to 81 cents in the prior-year quarter.