Monday
Just in time for the rainy season, Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) will kick off the new trading week with a heaping bowlful of quarterly earnings. Analysts expect fiscal third-quarter earnings to come in at $0.35 a share, flat with last year's showing. Anything better than that and it would be M'm, M'm, Good.
Tuesday
The housing market has been shaky lately, and that's why Tuesday's earnings report out of Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL) is so important. Since most of the real estate developers have a few quarters' worth of backlog orders to fill, one won't be able to gauge the state of the industry so much by the actual quarterly financials as by the company's outlook and the health of its current backlog of new homes to be delivered.
I'm not convinced that the real estate bubble will burst badly, though I do have my concerns with Toll in particular, even singling it out as one of the three stocks to sell in 2006 back in December.
Wednesday
Thanks to a better-than-expected showing from Rule Breakers pick NetEase (NASDAQ:NTES) this past week, we know that the state of online gaming in China remains healthy. That should bode well come Wednesday when it's The9's (NASDAQ:NCTY) turn to report. As the company behind the Chinese version of the popular World of Warcraft game, The9 is the welcome beneficiary of a hot franchise in one of the fastest-growing economies. We will see how it played out over the course of its March quarter.
You may also want to set your TiVo (NASDAQ:TIVO) to record the digital video recorder pioneer's quarterly report. No one is expecting the Motley Fool Stock Advisor recommendation to turn a profit as it continues to build out its base of users with costly hardware rebates. That hasn't stopped investors from warming up to the stock lately, as content distribution deals, the prospects of interactive advertising, and new models are keeping the company in the headlines.
Thursday
Hate spam but love SPAM (the canned ham)? Hormel (NYSE:HRL) thanks you. It's not just about the SPAM at Hormel, of course. The company is a supermarket staple with its pork, turkey, beef products, and even a few frozen food lines. On Thursday, Wall Street is looking for Hormel to earn $0.45 a share in its fiscal second quarter. That would be a 13% improvement from the $0.30 per share it earned a year earlier. If it misses, crack open a SPAM and see if you hear some canned laughter.
Friday
Heading into the long holiday weekend, don't expect too many earnings reports to be released. Companies realize that traders like to duck out early, especially with a four-day trading week on the horizon. You should do the same. Catch one of the summer blockbusters. Read a book. Dive into a newsletter trial subscription or two.
Until next week, I remain,
Rick Munarriz
Longtime Fool contributor Rick Munarriz recommends windshield wiper fluid when trying to look forward. He does not own shares in any of the companies in this story. The Fool has a disclosure policy. Rick is also part of the Rule Breakers newsletter research team, seeking out tomorrow's ultimate growth stocks a day early.
