Stocks To Watch For March 2 (SPLS, COST, MDR, JOYG, MET)

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Staples Inc SPLS to report its Q4 EPS at $0.40 on revenue of $6.48 billion. SPLS shares dropped 2.07% to close at $20.86 yesterday. Analysts are expecting Costco Wholesale Corp COST to have earned $0.78 per share on revenue of $20.52 billion in the fiscal second quarter. COST shares gained 0.04% to $73.65 in after-hours trading. McDermott International Inc MDR reported its Q4 earnings from continuing operations at $44.9 million, or $0.19 per share, down from $98.7 million, or $0.43 per share, in the year-earlier period. The company's revenue dropped to $539.6 million from $756.8 million. However, analysts were expecting earnings at $0.29 per share on revenue of $732.79 million. MDR shares fell 1.74% to $22.00 in the after-hours trading session. Analysts expect Joy Global Inc JOYG to report its FQ1 earnings at $1.07 per share on revenue of $881.12 million. JOYG shares rose 0.13% to $97.30 in after-hours trading. MetLife Inc MET announced its plans to sell 68,570,000 shares to the public. MET shares dipped 4.19% to $44.11 in the after-hours trading session. Trading Ideas.