Earnings to Watch Next Week: Microsoft, Apple, Tesla and Facebook in Focus

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Earnings Calendar For The Week Of January 25

Monday (January 25)

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: KIMBERLY-CLARK

Kimberly-Clark, an American multinational personal care corporation, is expected to report a profit of $1.62 in the fourth quarter of 2020, which represents a year-over-year decline of about 5.2% from the same quarter a year ago when the company reported $1.71 cents per share.

However, Wall Street forecasts the company’s revenue to grow over 3% to $4.7 from the same period year ago. For full-year 2020, revenue is expected to be at $19.1 billion.

“We maintain our Buy-rating and above-consensus EPS estimate into KMB’s 4Q report BMO on Monday. Kimberly Clark’s (KMB) shares have lagged staples as the market remains concerned about moderating POS trends in Dec/Jan and commodities; however, we see an upside to Street 4Q20 and ’21/’22 ests. w/commodity inflation reasonably reflected at current spots and view the bar as low into the print w/KMB trading at 16x P/E (30% discount to HPC peers vs. 20% hist. avg.),” noted Kevin Grundy, equity analyst at Jefferies, who rated the paper products giant “Buy” and set the price target at $152.

Florida-based insurance broker Brown & Brown will post earnings of $0.29 per share for last quarter of 2020.

TAKE A LOOK AT OUR EARNINGS CALENDAR FOR THE FULL RELEASES FOR THE JANUARY 25

Ticker

Company

EPS Forecast

CBU

Community Bank System

$0.76

BOH

Bank of Hawaii

$1.11

PHG

Koninklijke Philips

$1.04

KMB

Kimberly Clark

$1.62

WSFS

Wsfs Financial

$0.91

AUY

Yamana Gold USA

$0.11

CR

Crane

$1.10

HXL

Hexcel

-$0.20

BXS

BancorpSouth

$0.62

JJSF

J&J Snack Foods

$0.26

SFBS

ServisFirst Bancshares

$0.81

BRO

Brown & Brown

$0.29

GGG

Graco

$0.51

AGNC

American Capital Agency

$0.65

STLD

Steel Dynamics

$0.76

FUL

HB Fuller

$0.85

ACKAY

Arcelik ADR

$0.61

ASH

Ashland

$0.44

ELS

Equity Lifestyle Properties

$0.33

BKRKY

Bank Rakyat

$0.17

Tuesday (January 26)

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: MICROSOFT

MICROSOFT: The global technology giant is expected to report a profit of $1.64 in the fiscal second quarter, which represents year-over-year growth of about 8.6% from the same quarter last year when the company reported $1.51 per share.

The world’s largest software maker’s revenue is forecasts come at $40.23, up from the $36.91 billion reported the same quarter a year earlier.

“Q2 results likely highlight the durability of Microsoft‘s commercial businesses and conservatism in forward consensus expectations. After clearing tough Q2 product cycle comps and lingering COVID-19 impacts, strong secular positioning and an attractive multiple make Microsoft (MSFT) a top stock for the recovery,” said Keith Weiss, equity analyst at Morgan Stanley.