Monday
U.S.
Featured Earnings
Brown & Brown (NYSE: BRO) (Q1) EPS estimates of 40 cents, compared to 41 cents in the prior-year quarter. In March, the company announced the purchase of rival insurance firm Spain Agency.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) (Q1) EPS estimates of 84 cents, compared to 78 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) (Q1) EPS estimates of 48 cents, compared to 73 cents in the prior-year quarter.
International Business Machines Corp (NYSE: IBM) (Q1) EPS estimates of $2.88, compared to $2.54 in the prior-year quarter. This past week, “Big Blue” announced it was buying Phytel, a leading provider of integrated population health management software.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Canadian National Railway Company (T.CNR) (Q1) EPS estimates of 85 cents, compared to 66 cents in the prior-year quarter. This week, Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) Corp. named CN its 2014 Railroad Company of the Year in recognition of CN's "consistent high level of performance."
Rogers Communications Inc. (T.RCI.B) (Q1) EPS estimates of 65 cents, compared to 66 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Tuesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Redbook (Weekly)
Featured Earnings
Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) (Q1) EPS estimates of 57 cents, compared to 84 cents in the prior-year quarter. Early in April, Baker Hughes announced it has suspended the quarterly publication of the U.S. onshore well count, in a bid to cut costs.
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (NYSE: DD) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.33, compared to $1.58 in the prior-year quarter.
Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE: HOG) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.25, compared to $1.21 in the prior-year quarter.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: VZ) (Q1) EPS estimates of 95 cents, compared to 84 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Wholesale Trade (Feb.) In January, StatsCan tells us, wholesale sales recorded the largest monthly decline since January 2009, decreasing 3.1% to $53.7 billion, which more than offset the gain in December.
Featured Earnings
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (T.CP) (Q1) EPS estimates of $2.17, compared to $1.44 in the prior-year quarter.
Teck Resources Limited (T.TCK.B) (Q1) EPS estimates of 17 cents, compared to 18 cents in the prior-year quarter. This week, Teck reached agreement with Gibson Energy Inc. for the construction of a 500,000-barrel dedicated storage tank at the Gibson terminal in Hardisty, Alberta.
Celestica Inc. (T.CLS) (Q1) EPS estimates of 21 cents, compared to 26 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
FHFA House Price Index (Feb.) The Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index covers single-family housing, using data provided by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Existing Home Sales (Mar.) This provides a gauge of not only the demand for housing, but the economic momentum. People have to be feeling pretty comfortable and confident in their own financial position to buy a house.
EIA Petroleum Status Report (April 11-17)
Featured Earnings
AT&T (NYSE: T) (Q1) EPS estimates of 64 cents, compared to 71 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.88, compared to $1.76 in the prior-year quarter.
Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE: BK) (Q1) EPS estimates of 60 cents, identical to the prior-year quarter.
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) (Q1) EPS estimates of 24 cents, compared to 25 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Metro Inc. (T.MRU) (Q2) EPS estimates of 42 cents, compared to 36 cents in the prior-year quarter.
TransForce Inc. (T.TFI) (Q1) EPS estimates of 30 cents, compared to 20 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Toromont Industries Ltd. (T.TIH) (Q1) EPS estimates of 27 cents, compared to 24 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Exco Technologies Limited (T.XTC) (Q2) EPS estimates of 24 cents, compared to 18 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Thursday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
PMI Manufacturing Index Flash (Apr.)
New Home Sales (Mar.)
Weekly jobless claims (April 11-17)
Featured Earnings
3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.92, compared to $1.79 in the prior-year quarter.
Cabelas Inc. (NYSE: CAB) (Q1) EPS estimates of 37 cents, compared to 36 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.36, compared to $1.61 in the prior-year quarter.
Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) (Q1) EPS estimates of 76 cents, compared to 70 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Employment Insurance (Feb.) The number of people receiving regular EI benefits totaled 496,600 in January, virtually unchanged from the previous month. Compared with January 2014, the number of beneficiaries decreased by 14,200 or 2.8%.
Friday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Durable Goods Orders (Mar.) Durable goods orders reflect the new orders placed with domestic manufacturers for immediate and future delivery of factory hard goods.
Featured Earnings
Aarons Inc. (NYSE: AAN) (Q1) EPS estimates of 54 cents, compared to 53 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Biogen Inc (NASDAQ: BIIB) (Q1) EPS estimates of $3.90, compared to $2.45 in the prior-year quarter.
DTE Energy Co. (NYSE: DTE) (Q1) EPS estimates of $1.36, compared to $1.69 in the prior-year quarter.
Xerox Corp. (NYSE: XRX) (Q1) EPS estimates of 21 cents, compared to 27 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Capital Power Corporation (T.CPX) (Q1) EPS estimates of 34 cents, compared to 31 cents in the prior-year quarter. Early this month, Capital Power and EPCOR Utilities Inc. completed a sale of 9,450,000 common shares of Capital Power at an offering price of $23.85 per common share for aggregate gross proceeds to EPCOR Power Development Corporation of $225.3 million.
Canam Group Inc. (T.CAM) (Q1) EPS estimates of 10 cents, compared to one cent in the prior-year quarter.
