Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Stocks to Watch: Stocks to watch Monday: Citigroup, Gannett

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) � Among the stocks that could see active trade in Monday�s session are Citigroup Inc., Gannett Co. and J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.

Citigroup C �is slated to report its second quarter earnings before the opening bell. The banking giant is expected to earn 89 cents a share on revenue of $18.89 billion, according to the average estimate of analysts polled by FactSet Research.

Click to Play U.S. Week Ahead: Citi, Google, Goldman earnings

A flood of large-cap companies release results next week, including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Google, Microsoft and IBM. U.S. economic data also picks up, with June retail sales and industrial production, and the July Philly Fed.

Gannett GCI �is also on tap post quarterly results. The media company will post a profit of 53 cents a share on revenue of $1.32 billion if Wall Street�s best guesses are on the mark.

And J.B. Hunt JBHT �will earn 67 cents a share with sales of $1.31 billion if the trucking firm meets analyst expectations.

Other firms reporting quarterly numbers include Cintas Corp. CTAS , First Bancorp Inc. FNLC �and Human Genome Sciences Inc. HGSI .

United Continental Holdings Inc. UAL �could get a lift: Late Friday, the Association of Flight Attendants and the company announced they had reached a tentative deal on a contract extension for 10,000 workers.

But Emerson Radio Corp. MSN �might be in the crosshairs. On Friday, it reported sharp drops in both profit and revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter and full year.

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