Online retailer Amazon.com (AMZN) will get its chance to impress Wall Street this afternoon when it reports its first quarter results after the closing bell. Going into this afternoon's quarterly report, analysts are expecting to see Amazon post earnings of $0.61 per share on revenues of $9.55 billion. During the same period last year the company had earnings of $0.66 per share with earnings of $7.13 billion. Why Amazon Earnings Are Important: Since Amazon ...

Shares of financial giant State Street (STT) are trading sharply higher this morning after the company posted better than expected results for its first quarter this morning. Going into this morning's first quarter earnings report, analysts had been expecting to see State Street report earnings of $0.85 per share, but actual earnings came in above estimates at $0.88 per share. During the same period last year the company had earnings of $0.75. Revenues ...

Search engine giante Google Inc. (GOOG) will be reporting its first quarter results tomorrow following the market close, with analysts expecting to see the company report earnings of $8.11 per share. What makes tomorrow's conference call all the more interesting to investors is that it will mark the first time that Larry Page will make public comments since he assumed his original role as the company's CEO. Page, who was one of ...

The market is set for a lower open this morning following weaker than expected first quarter revenues from bellwether stock Alcoa (AA). Going into last night's first quarter earnings report, analysts had been expecting to see Alcoa report earnings of $0.27 per share, on revenues of $6.3 billion. Alcoa kicked off the earnings season by posting better than expected earnings of $0.28 per share, but revenues disappointed at just $6 billion. The company ...

The market is poised for another positive day as investors react to revised GDP numbers which show that the economy grew faster than previously thought at the end of last year. According to the Commerce Department, the economy grew at 3.1% during the fourth quarter, which is higher than analysts had been expecting to see. Going into today's report analysts had been expecting to see revised GDP output of 3.0%. Last month ...

A few more big names are going to get their chance to impress Wall Street when they report earnings tomorrow. Here are a few of the names that will be reporting tomorrow: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) : Bristol Myers will be reporting its first quarter results tomorrow. The company is expected to report earnings of $0.51 per share, verses $0.41 during the same period last year. The stock closed the day up ...

The earnings season continues to move along, and a couple big stocks are going to be reporting their earnings tomorrow. Here are a few of the stocks that are going to report earnings tomorrow: DuPont (DD) : DuPont is going to be reporting its first quarter numbers tomorrow. Analysts have forecast earnings of $1.06, verses $0.54 during the same period last year. The company will be announcing earnings before the market ...

Strong first quarter earnings from Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) have helped pushed the market higher to start off the week. Shares of Caterpillar are up 4.5% on the day to $71.91, up $3.13 following better than expected results this morning before the market opened. Analysts were forecasting $0.39 per share, and the company easily outpaced those estimates with a reported $0.50 per share. Revenues were a bit shy of analyst estimates, but the stock ...

Shares of Xerox (XRX) are soaring today, and set a new 52 week high today after posting better than expected first quarter numbers. Going into this mornings earnings report, analysts were forecasting $0.15 per share, verses $0.05 during the same period last year. Actual earnings came in well above estimates, at $0.18 per share excluding special items. Revenues were up by 33% during the quarter to $4.7 billion. Analysts had forecast revenues of ...

Some more big name companies are going to take their turn reporting earnings tomorrow. Here are a couple of the stocks to keep an eye out for tomorrow when they report earnings: Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) : Following tomorrow's market close, online auction giant Amazon is going to report its first quarter results. Analysts are forecasting earnings of $0.61 per share, verses $0.41 during the same period last year. American Express Co. (AXP) ...