Top 5 Dow Stocks Reporting Earnings This Week

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Top 5 Dow Stocks Reporting Earnings This Week

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[cnxvideo id=”509734″ placement=”ros”]Earnings season for the fourth quarter of the calendar year is underway, and 24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of some of the major Dow Jones Industrial Average companies scheduled to report their quarterly results this week. Overall, one-sixth of the Dow is reporting next week, and this has the potential to sustain the run that the Dow has made since the Trump rally.

We included the consensus earnings estimates from Thomson Reuters and the stock price and trading history, as well as added some additional color on each.

For more previews of the big earnings in the week ahead, see 5 Must-See Earnings Coming This Week.

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

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UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) will share its most recent quarterly results on Tuesday. The consensus estimates call for earnings per share (EPS) of $2.07 and $47.13 billion in revenue. Shares were at $161.80 at the close on Friday, in a 52-week trading range of $107.79 to $164.00. The stock has a consensus analyst price target of $181.90.

On Wednesday, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is scheduled to reveal its second-quarter results. The consensus estimates call for $4.82 in EPS, as well as $7.72 billion in revenue. Shares were trading at $244.30 on Friday’s close. The consensus price target is $240.04. The stock has a 52-week range of $138.20 to $247.77.

Second-quarter results from American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) are due on Thursday. The analysts’ consensus estimates call for EPS of $0.98 and $7.92 billion in revenue. Shares were changing hands at $76.62 on Friday’s close. The consensus price target is $77.32, and the stock has a 52-week range of $50.27 to $78.00.

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is expected to report its fourth-quarter results on Thursday as well. The consensus analyst estimates are $4.89 in EPS and revenue of $21.69 billion. Shares closed at $167.34 on Friday. The consensus price target is just $159.00. The 52-week trading is $116.90 to $169.95.

And General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) will to share its latest quarterly earnings on Friday. The consensus estimates are $0.46 in EPS and $33.66 billion in revenue. Shares traded at $31.36 as Friday’s session ended, in a 52-week range of $27.10 to $33.00. The consensus price target is $34.21.

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Chris Lange is a writer for 24/7 Wall St., based in Houston. He has covered financial markets over the past decade with an emphasis on healthcare, tech, and IPOs. During this time, he has published thousands of articles with insightful analysis across these complex fields. Currently, Lange's focus is on military and geopolitical topics.

Lange's work has been quoted or mentioned in Forbes, The New York Times, Business Insider, USA Today, MSN, Yahoo, The Verge, Vice, The Intelligencer, Quartz, Nasdaq, The Motley Fool, Fox Business, International Business Times, The Street, Seeking Alpha, Barron’s, Benzinga, and many other major publications.

A graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, Lange majored in business with a particular focus on investments. He has previous experience in the banking industry and startups.

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