Stocks to Watch: Disney, Groupon, Qualcomm

Walt Disney and Groupon report earnings after Thursday's closing bell.
By Joseph Woelfel ,

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.

Qualcomm Soars on Strong Smartphone Demand

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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-- Written by Joseph Woelfel

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