Monday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
PMI Services Flash (Feb.)
Existing Home Sales (Jan.)
Featured Earnings
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: CTB) (Q4) EPS estimates of 62 cents, compared to 31 cents in prior-year quarter.
DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) (Q4) EPS estimates of 43 cents, compared to 64 cents in prior-year quarter. Last week. DISH and EPIX reached a multi-year renewal agreement for continued carriage of EPIX to DISH customers.
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ: TSEM) (Q4) EPS estimates of 46 cents, compared to 32 cents in prior-year quarter. TowerJazz joined last week with FLIR Systems a world leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of sensor systems, to deliver next generation infrared (IR) technology to smartphone, security, industrial and other markets.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Agrium Inc. (T.AGU) (Q4) EPS estimates of 61 cents, compared to 47 cents in prior-year quarter.
Tuesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
S&P Case-Shiller HPI (Dec.) The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index tracks monthly changes in the value of residential real estate in 20 metropolitan regions across the U.S
Redbook (Weekly)
Consumer Confidence (Feb.)
Featured Earnings
Dreamworks Animation SKG Inc. (NASDAQ: DWA) (Q4) EPS estimates for loss of $3.15, compared to gain of 33 cents in the prior-year quarter. Dreamworks walked off earlier this month with two technical Oscars for two revolutionary new modes of filmmaking, Foliage System and OpenVDB
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) (Q1) EPS estimates of 91 cents, compared to gain of 90 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Home Depot Inc. (HD) (Q4) EPS estimates of 89 cents, compared to 73 cents in prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
DH Corporation (T.DH) (Q4) EPS estimates of 59 cents, compared to 52 cents in prior-year quarter. Last week, DH announced that Sabal Palm Bank had chosen its PhoenixEFE® Core solution, along with several integrated channel and payment solutions to support sustained customer and profit growth with improved customer relationship management and a broader self-service offering.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (T.VRX) (Q4) EPS estimates of $2.55, compared to $2.15 in prior-year quarter. Valeant remains hot on the trail of Salix Pharmaceuticals, a search which has since been joined by two rivals.
Bank of Montreal (T.BMO) Q4) EPS estimates of $1.64, compared to $1.61 in prior-year quarter.
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
New Home Sales (Jan.) The level of new home sales indicates housing market trends and, in turn, economic momentum and consumer purchases of furniture and appliances.
EIA Petroleum Status Report (Feb. 16-22)
Featured Earnings
Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) (Q2) EPS estimates of 65 cents, compared to 76 cents in prior-year quarter.
Lowes Cos. (NYSE: LOW) (Q4) EPS estimates of 44 cents, compared to 31 cents in prior-year quarter.
SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ: SODA) (Q4) EPS estimates of 20 cents, compared to three cents in prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Royal Bank of Canada (T.RY) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.58, compared to $1.47 in prior-year quarter.
Element Financial Corporation (T.EFN) (Q4) EPS estimates of 19 cents, compared to nine cents in prior-year quarter. Late last year, Element projected approximately $6.5 billion of new equipment loans and leases during 2015 across the Company's four North American market verticals representing an increase of 35% over the $4.8 billion Element estimates it will originate in 2014. Approximately 75% of this new business volume is expected to originate in the United States.
Magna International Inc. (T.MG) (Q4) EPS estimates of $2.28, compared to $2.33 in prior-year quarter. Early in February, Magna acquired the head-up display and electronic components business units of Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions (PLDS) in Wetzlar, Germany, as well as PLDS' ultrasonic sensor business in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
National Bank of Canada (T.NA) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.12, compared to $1.09 in prior-year quarter.
Thursday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Consumer Price Index (Jan.)
Durable Goods Orders (Jan.)
Weekly jobless claims (Feb. 16-22)
Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index. This weekly, random-sample survey tracking Americans' views on the condition of the U.S. economy, their personal finances and the buying climate.
Featured Earnings
Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: BUD) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.44, compared to $1.46 in prior-year quarter.
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) (Q4) EPS estimates of 74 cents, compared to 68 cents in prior-year quarter.
Kohls Corp. (NYSE: KSS) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.80, compared to $1.56 in prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Consumer Price Index (Jan.) Consumer prices rose 1.5% in the 12 months to December, following a 2.0% increase in November.
Featured Earnings
Stantec Inc. (T.STN) (Q4) EPS estimates of 46 cents, compared to 38 cents in prior-year quarter.
Pason Systems Inc. (T.PSI) (Q4) EPS estimates of 42 cents, compared to 29 cents in prior-year quarter.
Toronto-Dominion Bank (T.TD) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.12, compared to $1.06 in prior-year quarter.
Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce (T.CM) (Q1) EPS estimates of $2.28, compared to $2.31 in prior-year quarter.
Loblaw Companies Limited (T.L) (Q4) EPS estimates of 87 cents, compared to 65 cents in prior-year quarter.
Catamaran Corporation (T.CCT) (Q4) EPS estimates of 61 cents, compared to 56 cents in prior-year quarter.
Friday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Gross Domestic Product (Q4, 2014; preliminary)
Chicago PMI (Feb.) The Institute For Supply Management - Chicago compiles a survey and a composite diffusion index of business conditions in the Chicago area. Readings above 50 percent indicate an expanding business sector.
Consumer Sentiment (Feb.) The University of Michigan's Consumer Survey Centre questions 500 households each month on their financial conditions and attitudes about the economy
Pending Home Sales Index (Jan.) This is a leading indicator of existing home sales, not new home sales.
Featured Earnings
Horizon Pharma Plc (NASDAQ: HZNP) (Q4) EPS estimates of 23 cents, compared to a loss of 25 cents in prior-year quarter. The Irish-based Horizon announced mid-February that it has opened a Chicago office, which will primarily house commercial, corporate analytics and business development staff.
KBR (NYSE: KBR) (Q4) EPS estimates of 22 cents, compared to 52 cents in prior-year quarter.
NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE: NRG) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.22, compared to 22 cents in prior-year quarter.