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Top 6 Earnings Previews for the Coming Week

24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of some of the major companies reporting their quarterly results this week. We are just about done with earnings season, and these are some of the major companies wrapping it up. We have included the consensus earnings estimates from Thomson Reuters and the stock price and trading history, as well as added some additional color on each.

Be advised that the earnings and revenue estimates may change ahead of the formal reports, and some companies may change reporting dates as well.

GameStop

GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) will share its most recent quarterly results on Monday. The consensus estimates call for earnings per share (EPS) of $0.59 and $2.15 billion in revenue. GameStop operates as a multichannel video game retailer. It sells new and pre-owned video game hardware; physical and digital video game software; pre-owned and value video game products; and video game accessories, such as controllers, gaming headsets, memory cards and other add-ons for use with video game hardware and software.

Shares were trading at $39.26 at the close on Friday, in a 52-week trading range of $31.69 to $47.83. The stock has a consensus analyst price target of $50.90.

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Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks Inc. (NYSE: PANW) is set to report its fiscal second-quarter results on Monday. The analysts’ consensus estimates call for EPS of $0.32 and $284.40 million in revenue. Palo Alto provides enterprise security platform to enterprises, service providers and government entities worldwide. Its platform includes Next-Generation Firewall that delivers application, user and content visibility and control, as well as protection against network-based cyber threats.

Shares were changing hands at $170.97 on Friday’s close. The consensus price target is $201.63, and the stock has a 52-week trading range of $110.53 to $200.55.

Dollar Tree

Dollar Tree Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) is scheduled to report its fiscal third-quarter results on Tuesday. The consensus analyst estimates call for $0.55 in EPS and revenue of $4.84 billion. Dollar Tree operates discount variety stores in the United States and Canada. Its stores offer merchandise at the fixed price of $1.00. The company’s stores provide consumable merchandise, which includes candy and food, health and beauty care products and everyday consumables.

Shares of Dollar Tree ended the week at $68.42. The consensus price target is $80.44. The 52-week trading range is $60.31 to $84.22.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (NYSE: HPE) is expected to share its latest quarterly earnings on Tuesday. The consensus estimates call for $0.52 in EPS and $13.52 billion in revenue. Note that this will be the first quarter that Hewlett Packard reports as a split company. This company provides technology solutions to business and public sector enterprises. It operates through Enterprise Group, Software, Enterprise Services and Hewlett Packard Financial Services segments.

Shares were at $14.21 on Friday’s close, in a 52-week trading range of $13.12 to $18.50. The stock has a consensus analyst price target of $17.08.

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HP

HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) is set to report its fiscal fourth-quarter results on Tuesday. The analysts’ consensus estimates call for EPS of $0.44 and $12.84 billion in revenue. HP provides products, technologies, software, solutions and services to individual consumers and small- and medium-sized businesses, as well as to the government and health and education sectors worldwide.

Shares of HP were changing hands at $14.06 as last week came to a close. The consensus price target is $15.45, and the stock has a 52-week trading range of $11.04 to $18.66.

Deere

Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) is scheduled to reveal its fiscal fourth-quarter results on Wednesday. The consensus estimates call for $0.75 in EPS, as well as $6.15 billion in revenue. Deere manufactures and distributes agriculture and turf, and construction and forestry equipment worldwide. The company’s Agriculture and Turf segment provides agriculture and turf equipment and related service parts.

Shares were trading at $75.48 as Friday’s trading concluded. The consensus price target is $77.19. The stock has a 52-week trading range of $71.85 to $98.23.

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