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Reports Tuesday, July 7

Reports Wednesday, July 8 

Reports Thursday, July 9

The Container Store Group (TCS)

The Container Store Group (TCS) reports its FQ1 ’15 results after market close on Tuesday. Wall Street is predicting a large fall in EPS QoQ to reach a negative value of -$0.05 and a revenue number of $203.5M. The Estimize community are expecting EPS of -$0.01 and revenues to come in at $196.74M

Since debuting on the New York Stock Exchange in 2013, The Container Store’s share price has fallen circa 54.34%. The retailer has struggled to stimulate growth in sales as competitors offer discounts to steal market share. Management have recently announced a strategy in which they aim to capitalize on social media to drive sales and to also offer financing arrangements and in-home consultants as a way to differentiate themselves from their competitors. With expectations so low for the upcoming report, any positive surprise in the report could have a material impact on The Container Store’s share price.

Alcoa (AA)

Alcoa (AA) unofficially kicks off the reporting season this Wednesday when they release their FQ2 ’15 result. Alcoa’s share price has continued to deteriorate leading into its result. Year-to-date (YTD) Alcoa’s stock has fallen -29.13% compared to the S&P 500 index which has appreciated 0.87%. Estimize predicts an EPS figure of $0.27 and a revenue number of $5.918B. Wall Street analysts however, predict an EPS figure of $0.23 and forecast a revenue total of $5.843B.

Alcoa has pursued an aggressive cost cutting campaign and continue to reduce capacity as alumina prices continue to remain depressed. Recently, Alcoa announced to the market that they are permanently closing their Poços de Caldas primary smelter in Brazil. This closing of this smelter reduces Alcoa’s overall capacity by 96,000 metric tons to 3.4 million metric tons.

Investors will want to obtain managements outlook and guidance on the important challenges facing Alcoa at present including low cost chinese competitors and softening commodity prices. 

PepsiCo (PEP)

PepsiCo (PEP) also reports its FQ1 ’16 results this week before the market opens on Thursday. Both Estimize and Wall Street are predicting a solid lift in EPS and revenues QoQ. PepsiCo’s stock has tracked sideways YTD with a capital return of 0.29% compared to the broader S&P 500 index which has risen 0.87%.

Estimize are predicting EPS of $1.27 and revenues of $16.052B. Wall Street estimates an EPS figure of $1.23 and a revenue number of $15.813B.

The carbonated drinks industry is facing some headwinds as volumes continue to fall due changing demand patterns. The US consumer continues to become increasingly aware of the harmful effects associated with drinking carbonated soft drinks and therefore are beginning to turn to alternative healthier products. It has been recently reported that U.S. per capita consumption of soda drinks has reached its lowest level since 1986. Investors will be interested to hear how management plans to manage the deterioration in volumes and other growth options available to the company. 

Wallgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) 

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is scheduled to report FQ3’15 earnings before the market opens this Thursday. The Estimize consensus is set at $0.89, only 1 cent higher than the Wall Street consensus. In terms of revenue forecasts, the Estimize consensus is also marginally higher than Wall Street’s at $30.315B.

Walgreens, the largest drug retailing chain in the United States, merged with Switzerland-based Alliance Boots in 2014 to form Wallgreens Boots Alliance. The stock has been trading on the NASDAQ since, switching from the ticker WAG to WBA as it has soared to new highs. Year-to-date, the stock has risen 12.85%. The S&P 500 has paled in comparison year-to-date, returning only 0.87%.

PriceSmart (PSMT) 

PriceSmart (PSMT) will also report on Thursday after the closing bell when they release to the market their FQ3 ’15 results. Year-to-date (YTD) PriceSmart has performed relatively poorly providing investors with a slight capital gain of 0.55% relative to the NASDAQ index which has appreciated 5.72%.

For the upcoming quarter, the Estimize community is predicting an EPS figure of $0.74 and a revenue target of $688.84M which is similar to Wall Street’s predictions of EPS coming in at $0.74 and a revenue figure of $688.02M.