Stocks to Watch: Disney, Groupon, Qualcomm
NEW YORK --
Walt Disney
(DIS) - Get Report
is slated to report its fiscal fourth-quarter results after Thursday's closing bell and analysts are calling for earnings of 68 cents a share in the September-ended period on revenue of $10.92 billion.
Goldman Sachs
reiterated its buy rating on Disney shares this week and lifted earnings estimates for fiscal 2013 and 2014 by 1%.
Shares of Disney have risen 33% so far in 2012.
Groupon
(GRPN) - Get Report
, the online deals company, is forecast by analysts Thursday to post a profit of 3 cents a share in the third quarter on revenue of $590.1 million.
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Also reporting earnings Thursday are
Dean Foods
(DF) - Get Report
,
Kohl's
(KSS) - Get Report
,
Scotts Miracle-Gro
(SMG) - Get Report
,
Wendy's
(WEN) - Get Report
,
Lions Gate Entertainment
(LGF)
,
Nordstrom
(JWN) - Get Report
and
Nvidia
(NVDA) - Get Report
.
Activision Blizzard
(ATVI) - Get Report
on Wednesday topped Wall Street's profit view on the strength of its latest "World of Warcraft" release, "The Mists of Pandaria" and its "Skylanders" franchise.
Qualcomm
(QCOM) - Get Report
, the chipmaker, easily beat Wall Street's consensus profit view on Wednesday and forecast non-GAAP earnings of $1.08 to $1.16 a share on revenue ranging from $5.6 billion to $6.1 billion for its fiscal first quarter.
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Whole Foods Market
(WFM)
reported an in-line profit for its fiscal fourth quarter and announced Wednesday it raised its quarterly dividend by 40% to 20 cents a share.
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