Stocks To Watch: Wednesday January 27, 2010
Canadian National Railway Company (CNI) a transportation company is scheduled to release its earnings on Tuesday January 26, 2010 after market close. Market is expecting a profit of 87 cents a share for the quarter ended December 2009, a drop of 5 cents compare to its actual profit of 92 cents a share it posted in the same quarter a year ago. The company posted profits of 51 cents, 65 cents and 86 cents in the quarters ended March 2009, June 2009 and September 2009 respectively. Shares are trading at $52.25 with an average volume of under 1 million shares per trading day.
Gild Sciences Inc (GILD) is scheduled to release its earnings on Tuesday January 26, 2010 after market close. Market is expecting a profit of 85 cents a share for the quarter ended December 2009, a jump of 40 cents compared to its actual profit of 45 cents a share it posted in the same quarter a year ago. The company posted profits of 66 cents, 69 cents and 78 cents in the quarters that ended March 2009, June 2009 and September 2009 respectively. Stocks are currently trading at $45.71 with an average volume of about 7.8 million shares per trading day.
Yahoo Inc (YHOO) is scheduled to release its earnings on Tuesday January 26, 2010 after market close. Market is expecting a profit of 11 cents for the quarter ended December 2009, a drop of 6 cents compared to its actual profit of 17 cents a share it posted in the same quarter a year ago. The company posted profits of 8 cents, 10 cents and 13 cents in the quarters ended March 2009, June 2009 and September 2009 respectively. Yahoo is currently trading at $15.86 with an average volume of about 18.9 million shares per trading day.
St. Jude Medical Inc (STJ) is scheduled to release it earnings on Wednesday January 27, 2010 before market open. Market is expecting a profit of 62 cents a share for the quarter ended December 2009, a jump of 2 cents compared to its actual profit of 60 cents a share it posted in the same quarter a year ago. The company posted profit of 58 cents, 63 cents and 59 cents in the quarter ended March 2009, June 2009 and September 2009 respectively. STJ is currently trading at $37.98 with an average volume of just over 3.5 million shares per trading day.
United Technologies Corporation (UTX) is scheduled to release it earnings on Wednesday January 27, 2010 before market open. Market is expecting a profit of $1.14 a share for the quarter ended December 2009, a drop of 9 cents compared to its actual profit of $1.23 it posted in the same quarter a year ago. The company posted profit of $0.78, $1.05 and $1.14 in the quarters that ended March 2009, June 2009 and September 2009 respectively. UTX is currently trading at around $68.59 with an average volume of about 4.3 million shares per trading day.
Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) is scheduled to release earnings on Wednesday January 27, 2010 before market open. Market is expecting a loss of 49 cents for the quarter ended December 2009, a drop of $1.49 compared to its actual profit of $1.00 a share in the same quarter a year ago. The company posted a profit of 59 cents in the quarter ended March 2009, a loss of 48 cents in the quarter ended June 2009 and a loss of 39 cents in the quarter ended September 2009. VLO is currently trading at around $18.35 with an average volume of 10.6 million shares per trading day.
