Monday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Gallup Consumer Spending Measure (Sept.) Self-reported consumer spending is a new behavioral economics measure, based on the individual reports of a random sample of Americans.
Featured Earnings
CalAmp Corp. (NASDAQ: CAMP) (Q2) EPS estimate for 17 cents, identical to the prior-year quarter.
The Container Store Group Inc. (NYSE: TCS) (Q2) EPS estimate for 11 cents.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Richelieu Hardware Ltd. (T.RCH) (Q3) EPS estimate for 72 cents, compared to 62 cents in the prior-year quarter.
MTY Food Group Inc. (T.MTY) (Q3) EPS estimate for 38 cents, compared to 35 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Tuesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Gallup U.S. Economic Confidence Index (Sept.)
JOLTS (Aug.) The U.S. Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. The headline number is job openings.
ICSC-Goldman Store Sales (Weekly)
Redbook (Weekly)
Featured Earnings
Team Inc. (NYSE: TISI) (Q1) EPS estimate for 35 cents, compared to 23 cents in the prior-year quarter.
International Speedway Corp (NASDAQ: ISCA) (Q3) EPS estimate for one cent, compared to five cents in the prior-year quarter.
Landec Corporation (NASDAQ: LNDC) (Q1) EPS estimate for nine cents, compared to 18 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM) (Q3) EPS estimate of 87 cents, compared to 85 cents in the prior-year quarter. Among Yum’s flagship outlets is Pizza Hut, which in September opened its first restaurant on the African continent – specifically, South Africa.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Building Permits (Aug.) Canadian municipalities issued building permits worth $9.2 billion dollars in July, up 11.8% from June and the fourth consecutive monthly advance.
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
FOMC Minutes
EIA Petroleum Status Report (Sept. 29-Oct. 4)
Featured Earnings
Mistras Group (MG) (Q1) EPS estimate of 12 cents, compared to 15 cents in the prior-year quarter. Late in August, the technology company announced its takeover of The NACHER Corporation, which provides comprehensive turnkey maintenance & inspection services to the oil, gas and petrochemical industry, primarily on offshore platforms.
Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) (Q3) EPS estimate of 20 cents, compared to 11 cents in the prior-year quarter. In mid-September, Alcoa signed a multi-year supply contract with Boeing, valued at more than $1 billion.
Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of 24 cents, compared to a loss of 47 cents in the prior-year quarter.
E2open Inc. (EOPN) (Q2) EPS estimates for loss of 19 cents, compared to a loss of 17 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Jean Coutu Group (T.PJC.A) (Q2) EPS estimate of 29 cents, compared to 24 cents in the prior-year quarter. Last week, the drug store chain announced the three Dufour-Lapointe sisters, Maxime, Chloé and Justine – freestyle skiers -- as the new ambassadors of the Personnelle Cosmetics brand.
EXFO Inc. (T.EXF) (Q4) EPS estimate of six cents, compared to nine cents in the prior-year quarter. In mid-September, the company announced the release of a brand-new version of TravelHawk Pro, the world-leading portable live LTE troubleshooting tool.
DragonWave Inc. (T.DWI) (Q2) EPS estimates for a loss of eight cents, compared to a loss of 28 cents in the prior-year quarter. The company’s warrants began trading early last month on the NASDAQ exchange.
Thursday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Wholesale Trade (August) Wholesale trade measures the dollar value of sales made and inventories held by merchant wholesalers.
Weekly jobless claims (Sept. 29-Oct. 5)
Featured Earnings
AngioDynamics Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGO) (Q1) EPS estimates of four cents, identical to prior-year quarter.
Barracuda Networks Inc (NYSE: CUDA) (Q2) EPS estimates of four cent
PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) (Q3) EPS estimates of $1.29, compared to $1.24 in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
New Housing Price Index (Aug.) The index was unchanged in July, following a 0.2% increase in June.
Featured Earnings
Sandvine Corporation (T.SVC) (Q3) EPS estimate of two cents, compared to three cents in the prior-year quarter.
Friday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Import and Export Prices (Sept.) Import price indexes are compiled for the prices of goods that are bought in the United States but produced abroad and export price indexes are developed for the prices of goods sold abroad but produced domestically.
Featured Earnings
Fastenal Co. (NASDAQ: FAST) (Q3) EPS estimate of 45 cents, compared to 40 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Progressive Corp. (PGR) (Q1) EPS estimate of 43 cents, compared to 36 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Labour Force Survey (Sept.) Employment was little changed in August and the unemployment rate remained at 7.0%. Compared with 12 months earlier, employment increased by 81,000, or 0.5%, mostly in part-time work.
Featured Eanings
Performance Sports Group Ltd. (T.PSG) (Q1) EPS estimate for 54 cents, compared to 63 cents in the prior-year quarter.
