Monday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
PMI Manufacturing Index – Flash (Oct.)
Featured Earnings
Crane Company (NYSE: CR) (Q3) EPS estimates of $1.02, compared to $1.03 in the prior-year quarter.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) (Q3) EPS estimates of $1.54, compared to $1.51 in the prior-year quarter.
Sonic Corp. (NASDAQ: SONC) (Q4) EPS estimates of 44 cents, compared to 43 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Wholesale Trade (Aug.) Wholesale sales rose 0.3% to $56.5 billion in July, a fourth consecutive monthly gain. Increases were recorded in five of seven subsectors.
Featured Earnings
Rogers Communications Inc. (T.RCI.B) (Q3) EPS estimates of 88 cents, compared to 92 cents in the prior-year quarter.
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (T.WFT) (Q3) EPS estimates of 98 cents, compared to 45 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Tuesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
FHFA House Price Index (Aug.)
S&P Corelogic Case-Shiller HPI (Aug.)
Consumer Confidence (Oct.)
Redbook (Weekly)
Featured Earnings
3M Company (NYSE: MMM) (Q3) EPS estimates of $2.14, compared to $2.05 in the prior-year quarter. This week, Propeller Health, the leading digital solution for respiratory medicine, announced the closing of its $21.5-million Series C financing. The funding round included new investors 3M Ventures, S.R. One, Limited and Hikma Ventures, and existing investors Safeguard Scientifics and Social Capital.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) (Q4) EPS estimates of $1.65, compared to $1.96 in the prior-year quarter.
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: BLDP) (Q3) EPS estimates for loss of three cents, identical to the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Canadian National Railway Company (T.CNR) (Q3) EPS estimates of $1.22, compared to $1.26 in the prior-year quarter.
PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. (T.PSK) (Q3) EPS estimates of five cents, compared to nine cents in the prior-year quarter.
DH Corporation (T.DH) (Q3) EPS estimates of 61 cents, compared to 62 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Restaurant Brands International Inc. (T.QSR) (Q3) EPS estimates of 40 cents, compared to 34 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Wednesday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
International Trade in Goods (Sept.)
PMI Services Flash (Oct.)
New Home Sales (Sept.)
EIA Petroleum Report (Oct. 11-17)
Featured Earnings
AXT Inc (NASDAQ: AXTI) (Q3) EPS estimates of four cents, compared to breakeven in the prior-year quarter.
Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) (Q3) EPS estimates of $2.63, compared to $2.52 in the prior-year quarter. The aircraft maker said this week it would shut a small defense plant that had been earmarked to make parts for the 747-8 jumbo jet, although the head of the 747-8 program tells employees the move is not a sign that the company plans to end jumbo production "in the near term."
Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) (Q3) EPS estimates of $2.63, compared to $2.52 in the prior-year quarter. This week, the corporation announced that Coca-Cola and Regal Cinemas would be teaming up to announce the return of a student filmmaking initiative now called the Coca-Cola and Regal Films program. The premier program invites aspiring, up-and-coming filmmakers from more than 20 top university and college film schools across the country to participate.
Canada
Featured Earnings
Open Text Corporation (T.OTC) (Q1) EPS estimates of 88 cents, compared to 84 cents in the prior-year quarter. In mid-October, the City of Madrid, Europe's fifth largest city, selected OpenText to manage its citizen service portals which serve the needs of more than 3.2 million residents and intranet which serves more than 23,000 staff.
Suncor Energy Inc. (T.SU) (Q3) EPS estimates of nine cents, compared to 28 cents in the prior-year quarter. Reports circulated in early in October from Reuters that Suncor was considering a sale of its Petro-Canada retail gasoline station business, which could fetch upwards of $8.4 billion.
Barrick Gold Corporation (T.ABX) (Q3) EPS estimates of 20 cents, compared to 11 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Thursday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Durable Goods Orders (Sept.)
Pending Home Sales Index (Sept.)
Jobless Claims (Oct. 18-24)
Federal Balance Sheet
Money Supply
Featured Earnings
Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) (Q3) EPS estimates of $2.02, compared to $1.90 in the prior-year quarter.
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) (Q3) EPS estimates of 86 cents, compared to 17 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE: CL) (Q3) EPS estimates of 73 cents, compared to 72 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Canada
Economic lookahead
Weekly Earnings (Aug.) Average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $955 in July, down 0.2% from the previous month and 0.1% from 12 months earlier.
Featured Earnings
Winpak Ltd. (T.WPK) (Q3) EPS estimates of 38 cents, compared to 34 cents in the prior-year quarter.
Teck Resources Limited (T.TCK.B) (Q3) EPS estimates of 26 cents, compared to five cents in the prior-year quarter. In late September, Teck submitted the Social and Environmental Impact Assessment (SEIA) for its Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 Project (QB Phase 2) in northern Chile to the Region of Tarapacá Environmental Authority
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (T.POT) (Q3) EPS estimates of nine cents, compared to 34 cents in the prior-year quarter
Husky Energy Inc. (T.HSE) (Q3) EPS estimates for loss of six cents, compared to a loss of 10 cents in the prior-year quarter
Friday
U.S.
Economic lookahead
Gross Domestic Product (Q3a)
Consumer Sentiment (Oct.)
Featured Earnings
Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (NYSE: BUD) (Q3) EPS estimates of $1.19, compared to $1.02 in the prior-year quarter
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) (Q3) EPS estimates of 40 cents, compared to $1.09 in the prior-year quarter
Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) (Q3) EPS estimates of 98 cents, compared to 91 cents in the prior-year quarter
Canada
Featured Earnings
Imperial Oil Limited (T.IMO) (Q3) EPS estimates of 31 cents, compared to 53 cents in the prior-year quarter
