Stocks To Watch: Friday January 29, 2010
Amazon Inc (AMZN): Market is expecting a profit of 72 cents a share for the quarter ended December 2009, a jump of 20 cents compared to its actual profit of 52 cents a share it posted in the same quarter a year ago. The company posted profits of 41 cents, 32 cents and 45 cents a share in the quarters ended March 2009, June 2009 and September 2009 respectively. AMZN is currently trading at around $124.00 with an average volume of about 9.6 million shares per trading day. Watch for earnings on Thursday January 28, 2010 after market close.
Federated Investors Inc (FII): Market is expecting a profit of 53 cents a share for the quarter ended December 2009, a drop of 1 cents compared to its actual profit of 54 cents a share it posted in the same quarter a year ago. The company posted profit of 34 cents, 52 cents and 56 cents in the quarters ended March 2009, June 2009 and September 2009 respectively. FII is currently trading at around $26.50 with an average volume of about 1 million shares per trading day. Watch for earnings on Thursday January 28, 2010 after market close.
Genworth Financial Inc (GNW): Market is expecting a profit of 10 cents a share for the quarter ended December 2009, a jump of 58 cents compared to its actual loss of 48 cents a share in the same quarter a year ago. The company posted profit of 3 cents, 2 cents and 18 cents in the quarters ended March 2009, June 2009 and September 2009 respectively. GNW is currently trading at around $13.37 with an average volume of 15 million shares per trading day. Watch for earnings on Thursday January 28, 2010 after market close.
Juniper Networks Inc (JNPR): Market is expecting a profit of 26 cents a share for the quarter ended December 2009, a drop of 6 cents compared to its actual profit of 32 cents a share it posted in the same quarter a year ago. The company posted profit of 17 cents, 19 cents, and 23 cents in the quarters ended March 2009, June 2009 and September 2009 respectively. JNPR is currently trading at around $25.02 with an average volume of about 7 million shares per trading day. Watch for earnings on Thursday January 28, 2010 after market close.
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): Market is expecting a profit of 59 cents a share for the quarter ended December 2009, a jump of 12 cents compared to its actual profit of 47 cents a share in the same quarter a year ago. The company posted a profit of 39 cents, 36 cents and 40 cents in the quarters that ended March 2009, June 2009 and September 2009 respectively. MSFT is currently trading at around $29.67 with an average volume of about 51.8 million shares per trading day. Watch for earnings on Thursday January 28, 2010 after market close.
SanDisk Corporation (SNDK): Market is expecting a profit of 69 cents a share for the quarter ended December 2009, a jump of $2.34 compared to its actual loss of $1.65 a share it posted in the same quarter a year ago. The company posted a loss of 48 cents a share in the quarter ended March 2009, a profit of 36 cents a share in the quarter ended June 2009 and a profit of 75 cents a share in the quarter ended September 2009. SNDK is currently trading at around $29.94 with an average volume of about 8.6 million shares per trading day. Watch for earnings on Thursday January 28, 2010 after market close.
Arch Coal Inc (ACI): Market is expecting a profit of 17 cents a share for the quarter ended December 2009, a drop of 27 cents a share compared to its actual profit of 44 cents a share it posted in the same quarter a year ago. The company posted a profit of 27 cents a share in the quarter ended March 2009, a loss of 11 cents a share in the quarter ended June 2009 and a profit of 16 cents a share in the quarter ended September 2009. ACI is currently trading at around $25.13 with an average volume of about 4.6 million shares per trading day. Watch for earnings on Friday January 29, 2010 before market open.
Honeywell International Inc (HON): Market is expecting a profit of 90 cents a share for the quarter ended December 2009, a drop of 7 cents compared to its actual profit of 97 cents a share it posted in the same quarter a year ago. The company posted profit of 54 cents, 60 cents and 80 cents in the quarter ended March 2009, June 2009 and September 2009 respectively. HON is currently trading at around $40.26 with an average volume of about 5 million shares per trading day. Watch for earnings on Friday January 29, 2010 before market open.
Provident Financial Services Inc (PFS): Market is expecting a profit of 17 cents a share for the quarter ended December 2009, a jump of 4 cents compared to its actual profit of 13 cents a share it posted in the same quarter a year ago. The company posted profit of 16 cents, 11 cents and 15 cents in the quarters ended March 2009, June 2009 and September 2009 respectively. PFS is currently trading at around $11.71 with an average volume of under half a million share per trading day. Watch for earnings on Friday January 29, 2010 before market open.
