Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 1

Quarterly reports of note scheduled for this week include those from Archer Daniels Midland ADM, General Motors GM, MasterCard MA, Procter & Gamble PG and Time Warner TWX, all of which are expected to post earnings growth, as well as Pfizer PFE and Kraft Foods KFT, which are projected to report earnings declines. Here's a day-by-day rundown of some of the most anticipated quarterly reports of the week. Monday Insurance giants Allstate ALL and Humana HUM are scheduled to report their second quarter results on Monday. But analysts predict that the former will post a net loss of $1.56 per share, and the latter will see earnings 19.2% lower year over year to $2.06 per share, but revenues up 7.7% to $9.3 billion. Companies anticipated to post double-digit EPS growth on Monday include FMC FMC, Innophos Holdings IPHS, Principal Financial Group PFG, Rogers ROG and Sohu.com SOHU. Tuesday Duke Energy DUK and Marathon Oil MRO are on deck Tuesday, but both are expected to post per-share earnings that are marginally lower than in the same period a year ago. Analysts are looking for Pfizer PFE to report earnings of $0.59 per share and revenues of $16.9 billion, which is down from $0.62 and $17.3 billion a year ago. Coach COH earnings are expected to be about the same as a year ago, but plenty of companies are forecast to report earnings growth on Tuesday, including:

• Archer Daniels Midland ADM: EPS up 18.8% to $0.85
• Buckeye Technologies BKI: EPS up 63.9% to $0.72
• CBS CBS: EPS up 46.7% to $0.46
• Franklin Resources BEN: EPS up 27.2% to $2.17
• Genessee & Wyoming GWR: EPS up 28.6% to $0.70
• Parker Hannifin PH: EPS up 25.0% to $1.80

Wednesday Another busy day on the earnings front, including:

• Comcast CMCSA: EPS up 19.5% to $0.41
• MasterCard MA: EPS up 17.3% to $4.22
• Pioneer Natural Resources PXD: EPS up 48.2% to $0.83
• Prudential Financial PRU: EPS up 41.3% to $1.55
• Southeby's BID: EPS up 19.2% to $1.56
• Tesoro TSO: EPS up 77.4% to $1.33
• Time Warner TWX: EPS up 10.7% to $0.56
• Williams Companies WMB: EPS up 28.9% to $0.38

Also look for earnings growth from Allergan AGN, Constellation Energy CEG, Devon Energy (DVN), IntercontinentalExchange ICE and Molex MOLX. Analysts expect to see smaller earnings from Clorox CLX, Garmin GRMN, Nicor GAS and TRW Automotive TRW. Thursday Thursday's highlights include:

• American International Group AIG: EPS down 35.7% to $0.92
• Kraft Foods KFT: EPS down 3.4% to $0.58
• Southwest Airlines LUV: EPS down 31.4% to $0.20

Kraft and Southwest are also forecast to report higher revenues, though. Others expected to post earnings declines Thursday include CIGNA CI, CVS Caremark CVS, Dean Foods DF, First Solar FSLR and Sunoco SUN. Earnings expectations are high for coal producer Alpha Natural Resources ANR and fertilizer producer CF Industries CF. Analysts are looking for the former to report per-share earnings of $1.12 and revenues of $1.5 billion, which is up from $0.62 and $1.0 billion a year ago. The consensus forecast for the latter calls for $5.87 per share earnings (up 57.8%) and revenues of $1.8 billion (up 34.8%). Thursday's other anticipated double-digit earnings gainers include:

• Apache APA: EPS up 21.0% to $3.09
• Cardinal Health CAH: up 13.8% to $0.58
• DirecTV DTV: EPS up 29.4% to $0.85
• Discovery Communications DISCA: up 19.7% to $0.61
• Priceline.com PCLN: EPS up 36.6% to $4.87

Friday General Motors GM and Procter & Gamble PG will highlight Friday reports. Analysts are looking for the automaker to report per-share earnings of $1.20 (the third straight quarterly EPS increase since last year's IPO) and revenues of $36.7 billion. The consensus forecast for the consumer goods giant calls for per-share earnings up 13.4% from a year ago to $0.82 and revenues up 9.0% to $20.6 billion. Also look for earnings growth from Imperial Sugar IPSU, Viacom VIA, Washington Post WPO and Weight Watchers WTW as well.