12 Stocks You Should Be Watching Today

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are:

• Wall Street expects Lockheed Martin Corporation LMT to report quarterly earnings at $3.06 per share on revenue of $13.03 billion before the opening bell. Lockheed Martin shares slipped 0.10 percent to close at $257.48 on Monday.
• Analysts are expecting Alcoa Corp AA to have earned $0.23 per share on revenue of $2.50 billion in the recent quarter. Alcoa will release earnings after the closing bell. Alcoa shares declined 0.06 percent to $36.27 in after-hours trading.
• Before the markets open, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd BABA is expected to report its quarterly earnings at $1.13 per share on revenue of $7.33 billion. Alibaba shares gained 1.06 percent to $99.45 in after-hours trading.
• Analysts expect Seagate Technology PLC STX to post quarterly earnings at $1.08 per share on revenue of $2.83 billion after the closing bell. Seagate shares gained 0.88 percent to $36.69 in the after-hours trading session.
• Wall Street expects Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ISRG to post quarterly earnings at $5.99 per share on revenue of $739.65 million after the closing bell. Intuitive Surgical shares rose 0.50 percent to $658.30 in after-hours trading.
• Before the opening bell, 3M Co MMM is estimated to report its quarterly earnings at $1.88 per share on revenue of $7.34 billion. 3M shares rose 0.05 percent to $178.60 in after-hours trading.

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• Yahoo! Inc. YHOO reported stronger-than-expected results for its fourth quarter. Yahoo stated the merger deal with Verizon will be delayed a quarter, but expects it to close in the second quarter in 2017. Yahoo! shares gained 1.13 percent to $42.88 in the after-hours trading session.
• Analysts expect Johnson & Johnson JNJ to report quarterly earnings at $1.56 per share on revenue of $18.26 billion before the opening bell. Johnson & Johnson shares slipped 0.14 percent to $113.75 in after-hours trading.
• After the closing bell, Discover Financial Services DFS is estimated to post its quarterly earnings at $1.38 per share on revenue of $2.33 billion. Discover Financial shares dropped 1.31 percent to close at $69.28 on Monday.
• Analysts are expecting Verizon Communications Inc. VZ to have earned $0.90 per share on revenue of $32.15 billion in the latest quarter. Verizon will release earnings before the markets open. Verizon shares gained 0.11 percent to $52.47 in after-hours trading.
• After the markets close, Capital One Financial Corp. COF is projected to post its quarterly earnings at $1.60 per share on revenue of $6.67 billion. Capital One Financial shares declined 0.54 percent to close at $86.87 on Monday.
• Analysts expect Texas Instruments Incorporated TXN to post quarterly earnings at $0.81 per share on revenue of $3.31 billion after the closing bell. Texas Instruments shares rose 0.12 percent to $75.82 in after-hours trading.