Most Anticipated Releases for the Week Beginning January 16, 2017
Netflix, Inc. $133.70
Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 4:05 PM ET on Wednesday, January 18, 2017. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.13 per share on revenue of $2.46 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.16 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 62% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of approximately $0.13 per share. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 85.71% with revenue increasing by 34.92%. Short interest has decreased by 27.1% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 14.6% from its open following the earnings release to be 28.5% above its 200 day moving average of $104.03. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 there was some notable buying of 3,912 contracts of the $100.00 put expiring on Friday, June 16, 2017. Option traders are pricing in a 9.8% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 11.9% move in recent quarters.
Earnings Whispers Chart for NFLX
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. $244.30
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 7:35 AM ET on Wednesday, January 18, 2017. The consensus earnings estimate is $4.76 per share on revenue of $7.43 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $4.98 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 63% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 1.71% with revenue increasing by 2.16%. Short interest has increased by 52.2% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 42.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 38.7% above its 200 day moving average of $176.16. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Friday, January 13, 2017 there was some notable buying of 2,254 contracts of the $247.50 put expiring on Friday, January 20, 2017. Option traders are pricing in a 3.5% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 1.9% move in recent quarters.
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. $161.80
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (UNH) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 5:55 AM ET on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. The consensus earnings estimate is $2.07 per share on revenue of $46.77 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $2.10 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 62% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 47.86% with revenue increasing by 7.27%. Short interest has decreased by 17.2% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 16.2% from its open following the earnings release to be 14.6% above its 200 day moving average of $141.16. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Friday, December 30, 2016 there was some notable buying of 1,563 contracts of the $155.00 call expiring on Friday, February 17, 2017. Option traders are pricing in a 3.7% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 2.6% move in recent quarters.
Citigroup, Inc. $59.63
Citigroup, Inc. (C) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 8:00 AM ET on Wednesday, January 18, 2017. The consensus earnings estimate is $1.12 per share on revenue of $17.11 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $1.15 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 62% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 5.66% with revenue decreasing by 19.89%. Short interest has increased by 18.6% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 20.2% from its open following the earnings release to be 23.7% above its 200 day moving average of $48.22. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Wednesday, December 28, 2016 there was some notable buying of 19,776 contracts of the $68.00 call expiring on Friday, January 20, 2017. Option traders are pricing in a 3.2% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 2.6% move in recent quarters.
Morgan Stanley $43.81
Morgan Stanley (MS) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 6:55 AM ET on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.65 per share on revenue of $8.49 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.71 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 69% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 51.16% with revenue increasing by 3.35%. Short interest has increased by 18.4% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 33.4% from its open following the earnings release to be 38.3% above its 200 day moving average of $31.69. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Thursday, December 22, 2016 there was some notable buying of 4,084 contracts of the $44.00 call and 4,000 contracts of the $44.00 put expiring on Friday, January 20, 2017. Option traders are pricing in a 3.4% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 1.7% move in recent quarters.
General Electric Co. $31.36
General Electric Co. (GE) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 6:30 AM ET on Friday, January 20, 2017. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.46 per share on revenue of $34.15 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.47 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 62% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 11.54% with revenue increasing by 0.76%. Short interest has decreased by 33.9% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 10.3% from its open following the earnings release to be 2.1% above its 200 day moving average of $30.71. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Friday, January 6, 2017 there was some notable buying of 10,461 contracts of the $32.00 call and 10,017 contracts of the $29.50 put expiring on Friday, February 3, 2017. Option traders are pricing in a 2.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 1.3% move in recent quarters.
International Business Machines Corp. $167.34
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 4:10 PM ET on Thursday, January 19, 2017. The consensus earnings estimate is $4.91 per share on revenue of $21.66 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $4.96 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 33% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 1.45% with revenue decreasing by 1.81%. Short interest has decreased by 0.2% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 11.5% from its open following the earnings release to be 7.3% above its 200 day moving average of $155.89. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Thursday, December 22, 2016 there was some notable buying of 14,126 contracts of the $160.00 put expiring on Friday, January 20, 2017. Option traders are pricing in a 4.1% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 4.2% move in recent quarters.
Comerica, Inc. $69.92
Comerica, Inc. (CMA) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 6:45 AM ET on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.95 per share on revenue of $728.82 million. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 62% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 33.80% with revenue increasing by 0.25%. Short interest has increased by 7.1% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 41.4% from its open following the earnings release to be 40.2% above its 200 day moving average of $49.88. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Wednesday, December 28, 2016 there was some notable buying of 2,491 contracts of the $55.00 put expiring on Friday, January 19, 2018. Option traders are pricing in a 6.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 3.6% move in recent quarters.
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. $53.46
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (OZRK) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 6:00 AM ET on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.69 per share on revenue of $216.61 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.72 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 55% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 21.05% Short interest has decreased by 7.8% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 25.2% from its open following the earnings release to be 30.5% above its 200 day moving average of $40.97. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Friday, January 13, 2017 there was some notable buying of 938 contracts of the $55.00 call expiring on Friday, January 20, 2017. Option traders are pricing in a 7.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 3.5% move in recent quarters.
U.S. Bancorp $51.69
U.S. Bancorp (USB) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 6:45 AM ET on Wednesday, January 18, 2017. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.81 per share on revenue of $5.36 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.82 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 55% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 2.53% with revenue decreasing by 2.47%. Short interest has increased by 21.1% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 17.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 17.5% above its 200 day moving average of $44.01. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Tuesday, December 27, 2016 there was some notable buying of 11,100 contracts of the $45.00 call expiring on Friday, January 20, 2017. Option traders are pricing in a 2.4% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 2.0% move in recent quarters.
