Stocks to Watch: AOL, Zillow, Nike

AOL reports third-quarter earnings on Tuesday; Zillow provides a soft revenue outlook.
By Joseph Woelfel ,

NEW YORK --

AOL

(AOL)

is expected to report its third-quarter results before Tuesday's opening bell, and analysts are calling for earnings of 17 cents a share in the September-ended period on revenue of $521.6 million.

Shares of the Web content company have more than doubled so far this year, hitting a 52-week high of $37.94 on Oct. 17. In late August, AOL announced plans to distribute a special cash dividend of $5.15 a share to stockholders before the end of the year.

Zillow

(Z) - Get Report

, the real estate information company, on Monday gave a soft revenue outlook for the final quarter of 2012.

The company also announced a small acquisition, spending $12 million in cash and 150,000 restricted shares to purchase

Mortech

, a Lincoln, Neb.-based mortgage software and services company.

Exclusive: Zillow CEO Talks Acquisition, Guidance

Nike

(NKE) - Get Report

is close to a deal to sell its Cole Haan brand to Apax Partners for about $500 million,

The New York Times

reported. A deal could be announced next week, according to two people briefed on the matter, the newspaper said.

Express Scripts

(ESRX)

reported Monday a 20% increase in third-quarter profit but warned that 2013 could bring a weaker business climate.

Stock exchange operator

NYSE Euronext

(NYX)

said Tuesday that third-quarter net revenue declined 21% to $559 million amid weaker trading in the U.S. and Europe. Net income fell 42%.

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Earnings are also expected Tuesday from

CVS Corp.

(CVS) - Get Report

,

Marsh & McLennan

(MMC) - Get Report

,

Office Depot

(ODP) - Get Report

,

OfficeMax

(OMX)

,

Cache

(CACH)

,

News Corp.

(NWS) - Get Report

,

Rackspace Hosting

(RAX)

and

Vitesse Semiconductor

(VTSS)

.

-- Written by Joseph Woelfel

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