NRG Energy (NRG)
Analysts expect NRG Energy (NRG) to have a poor quarter and swing to a loss when it reports its first quarter earnings on Thursday, May 3, 2012. They are expecting NRG to come in at a loss of 14 cents per share, a reversal from earnings of 28 cents per share a year ago.The consensus estimate has increased over the past month, from a loss of 15 cents, but it’s below the estimate of a loss of 10 cents from three months ago. For the fiscal year, analysts are projecting earnings of 78 cents per share.
Revenue is expected to be $2.2 billion for the quarter, 10.3% higher than the year-earlier total of $2 billion. For the year, revenue is projected to roll in at $9.61 billion.Analyst Ratings: The majority of analysts (77.8%) rate NRG as a buy. This compares favorably to the analyst ratings of its nearest 10 competitors, which average 45.5% buys. Analysts have become more cautious about the stock in the last three months
Estee Lauder Cos (EL)
Analysts are projecting Estee Lauder to come in with earnings of 33 cents per share, 5.7% less than a year ago when it reported earnings of 35 cents per share. Despite not changing over the past month, the consensus estimate is down from three months ago when it was 41 cents. For the fiscal year, analysts are projecting earnings of $2.25 per share.
Revenue is expected to be $2.25 billion for the quarter, 3.9% higher than the year-earlier total of $2.17 billion. For the year, revenue is expected to come in at $9.65 billion. Analyst Ratings: The majority of analysts (62.5%) rate Estee Lauder as a buy. This compares favorably to the analyst ratings of its nearest 10 competitors, which average 60.3% buys. The average analyst rating of the stock has stayed unchanged from three months prior.
AES‘s (AES) : announcement of its first quarter earnings on Friday, May 4, 2012 analysts have become more wary as expectations have fallen over the past month to earnings of 29 cents per share from earnings of 32 cents per share.The consensus estimate has gone up from 28 cents over the past three months. For the fiscal year, analysts are projecting earnings of $1.28 per share.
Revenue is projected to eclipse the year-earlier total of $4.26 billion by 5.5%, finishing at $4.5 billion for the quarter. For the year, revenue is projected to come in at $19.04 billion. Analyst Ratings: All five analysts rate AES as a buy. That rating hasn’t budged in three months as the average analyst rating of the stock has remained unchanged
ITT Industries (ITT):
Wall Street is expecting lower profit for ITT (ITT) when the company reports its first quarter results on Friday, May 4, 2012. Analysts are expecting earnings per share of 31 cents after the company booked a profit of $1.96 a share a year earlier.Analysts are projecting earnings of $1.67 per share for the fiscal year.
A year after being $2.76 billion, analysts expect revenue to fall 79.9% year-over-year to $554.3 million for the quarter. For the year, revenue is expected to come in at $2.24 billion. Analyst Ratings: Analysts generally think investors should stand pat on ITT, with six of nine analysts rating it hold. Analysts have grown increasingly optimistic about the stock in the last three months.
Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) has a market cap of $28.61 billion and is expected to report first-quarter EPS of 37 cents on revenue of $3.60 billion, compared with a profit of 39 cents a share on revenue of $3.66 billion in the year-ago period. Duke Energy is currently trading around $21.38 a share. So far this year, the stock has lost about 3 percent in value.
Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. (NYSE: EL) has a market cap of $25.21 billion and is expected to report first-quarter EPS of 33 cents on revenue of $2.25 billion, compared with a profit of 71 cents a share on revenue of $2.17 billion in the year-ago period. Estee Lauder is currently trading around $65.02 a share. So far this year, the stock has gained 15.78 percent in value.
Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) has a market cap of $25.61 billion and is expected to report first-quarter EPS of 81 cents on revenue of $7.67 billion, compared with a profit of $1.17 a share on revenue of $5.05 billion in the year-ago period. Exelon is currently trading around $38.59 a share. So far this year, the stock has lost 11 percent in value.
Ameren Corp. (AEE) Thomas R. Voss, chairman, president and CEO of Ameren Corp. (NYSE:AEE), will join Martin J. Lyons, senior vice president and CFO of Ameren Corp., to discuss first quarter 2012 earnings and other matters related to the company in a conference call with financial analysts on Friday, May 4, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (9:00 a.m. Central Time).
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