Must Watch Stocks for May 18, 2016

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Lowe's Companies, Inc. LOW to report its quarterly earnings at $0.85 per share on revenue of $14.87 billion. Lowe's shares slipped 0.75 percent to $75.50 in after-hours trading. Analysts are expecting Target Corporation TGT to have earned $1.20 per share on revenue of $16.32 billion in the latest quarter. Target shares gained 0.04 percent to $73.64 in after-hours trading. Hormel Foods Corp HRL is estimated to report its quarterly earnings at $0.39 per share on revenue of $2.30 billion. Hormel Foods shares declined 0.34 percent to $38.67 in the after-hours trading session. Acxiom Corporation ACXM reported better-than-expected results for its fourth quarter, but issued a weak outlook for FY17. Acxiom shares fell 10.28 percent to $20.08 in the after-hours trading session. Find out what's going on in today's market and bring any questions you have to Benzinga's PreMarket Prep. Analysts expect salesforce.com, inc. CRM to post its quarterly earnings at $0.23 per share on revenue of $1.89 billion. salesforce.com shares gained 0.61 percent to $77.24 in after-hours trading. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation BAH is expected to report its quarterly earnings at $0.41 per share on revenue of $1.37 billion. Booz Allen Hamilton shares rose 0.07 percent to $27.53 in the after-hours trading session. Wall Street expects Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO to post its quarterly earnings at $0.55 per share on revenue of $11.97 billion. Cisco shares gained 0.38 percent to $26.75 in after-hours trading. Philip Falcone's HC2 Holdings Inc HCHC announced Tuesday, that it has sent a letter to Andersons Inc ANDE Chairman Michael J. Anderson, with an offer to acquire Andersons for $37 per share in cash or $1.043 billion in total, plus the assumption of $402 million in debt. Andersons shares surged 28.06 percent to $33.22 in the after-hours trading session. Urban Outfitters, Inc. URBN is projected to post its quarterly earnings at $0.25 per share on revenue of $759.80 million. Urban Outfitters shares dropped 2.45 percent to close at $25.44 on Tuesday. Analysts expect Staples, Inc. SPLS to report its quarterly earnings at $0.16 per share on revenue of $5.09 billion. Staples shares fell 1.57 percent to $8.15 in after-hours trading.