Monday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Existing Home Sales (Aug.)
Featured Earnings
Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) (Q3) EPS estimates of 79 cents, compared to 78 cents in prior-year quarter.
Red Hat Inc. (NYSE: RHT) (Q2) EPS estimates of 29 cents, identical to prior-year quarter. This past week, Corvesta, Inc. selected Red Hat CloudForms as part of Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure to manage its build-out of a cohesive, hybrid cloud infrastructure aimed at business diversification.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Wholesale Trade (July) Wholesale sales rose 1.3% to $55.3 billion in June, more than offsetting the decline in May, on the strength of gains in five of seven sub-sectors. In the second quarter of 2015, wholesale sales rose 2.1% compared with the first quarter.
Tuesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Redbook (Weekly)
FHFA House Price Index (July)
Featured Earnings
AutoZone Inc. (NYSE: AZO) (Q4) EPS estimates of $12.68, compared to $11.28 in the prior-year quarter.
ConAgra Foods Inc. (NYSE: CAG) (Q1) EPS estimates of 39 cents, identical to prior-year quarter. ConAgra announced this past week that it had been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index for the fifth consecutive year.
General Mills Inc. (NYSE: GIS) (Q4) EPS estimates of 69 cents, compared to 61 cents in prior-year quarter. Early in September, General Mills agreed to sell its Green Giant and Le Sueur vegetable businesses to B&G Foods, Inc., for approximately $765 million U.S. in cash.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Orbit Garant Drilling Inc. (T.OGD) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of three cents, compared to loss of two cents in the prior-year quarter. Orbit Garant is one of the largest Canadian-based mineral drilling companies, providing both underground and surface drilling services in Canada and internationally.
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
PMI Manufacturing Index Flash (Sept.)
EIA Petroleum Status Report (Sept. 16-22)
Featured Earnings
Steelcase Inc. (NYSE: SCS) (Q2) EPS estimates of 33 cents, compared to 27 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Worthington Industries Inc. (NYSE: WOR) (Q1) EPS estimates of 49 cents, compared to 65 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Retail Sales (July) Retail sales increased 0.6% to $43.2 billion in June.
Thursday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Durable Goods Orders (August)
New Home Sales (August)
Weekly jobless claims (Sept. 16-22)
Featured Earnings
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.21, compared to $1.17 in the prior-year quarter.
Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.18, compared to $1.09 in the prior-year quarter.
Pier 1 Imports Inc. (NYSE: PIR) (Q2) EPS estimates of seven cents, compared to 10 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Friday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Gross Domestic Product (Q2- final)
PMI Services Flash (Sept.)
Consumer Sentiment (Sept.)
Featured Earnings
Finish Line Inc. (NASDAQ: FINL) (Q2) EPS estimates of 57 cents, compared to 54 cents in prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
BlackBerry Limited (T.BB) (Q2) EPS estimates for loss of nine cents, compared to loss of two cents in prior-year quarter. This past week, AtHoc Inc. – a company BlackBerry purchased in July – announced that its AtHoc Connect product was awarded the 2015 New Product of the Year Award by Security Products Magazine in the Emergency Communications Systems category.
DHX Media Ltd. (T.DHX.B) (Q4) EPS estimates of five cents, compared to two cents in prior-year quarter. This past week, DHX signed a deal to provide more than 2,500 half hours of content to Alibaba Group's video on demand service
