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Fourth quarter earnings season is entering the final stretch.
In the week ahead, the consumer will be in focus, with results from Walmart before the open on Thursday the headline event.
This report will be the first under its new CEO, John Furner, and the first since the company joined the trillion-dollar market cap club.
Other notable companies reporting results include Booking Holdings (BKNG), DoorDash (DASH), and eBay (EBAY) all of which are set to report on Wednesday.
Data from FactSet published Friday noted some 74% of S&P 500 companies have reported results through the end of the week. Blended earnings growth for the quarter — meaning actual reported results and forecasted earnings from analysts — has the pace of growth at 13.2% for the fourth quarter.
This puts the index on track to record a fifth-straight quarter of double-digit profit gains.
Here’s the full calendar for the week ahead. And note that US markets are closed on Monday for President’s Day, but a few companies are still expected to report results.
Monday: BHP Group (BHP), Sonoco Products Company (SON), Otter Tail Corporation (OTTR), ReNew Energy Global (RNW)
Tuesday: Medtronic (MDT), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Constellation Energy (CEG), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Republic Services (RSG), Energy Transfer (ET), Vulcan Materials (VMC), EQT Corporation (EQT), Kenvue (KVUE), DTE Energy Company (DTE), FirstEnergy Corp. (FE), Devon Energy (DVN), Expand Energy (EXE), Leidos Holdings (LDOS), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Genuine Parts Company (GPC), Sunoco (SUN)
Wednesday: Analog Devices (ADI), Booking Holdings (BKNG), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), CRH (CRH), Moody’s Corporation (MCO), Carvana (CVNA), DoorDash (DASH), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Kinross Gold Corporation (KGC), Garmin (GRMN), eBay (EBAY), Nutrien (NTR), Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL), Edison International (EIX), American Water Works Company (AWK), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Pan American Silver Corp. (PAAS), Royal Gold (RGLD), Global Payments (GPN), Reliance (RS), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), Equinox Gold Corp. (EQX), Figma (FIG), HF Sinclair (DINO), Molson Coors (TAP), Wingstop (WING), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH)
Thursday: Walmart (WMT), Rio Tinto (RIO), Deere & Company (DE), Newmont Corporation (NEM), The Southern Company (SO), Quanta Services (PWR), Targa Resources (TRGP), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Consolidated Edison (ED), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Copart (CPRT), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Teck Resources (TECK), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Alliant Energy Corporation (LNT), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Guardant Health (GH), DT Midstream (DTM), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH)
Friday: AngloGold Ashanti (AU), PPL Corporation (PPL), Lamar Advertising Company (LAMR), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Portland General Electric Company (POR), Balchem Corporation (BCPC), Array Digital Infrastructure (AD), The Western Union Company (WU)