5 Stocks To Watch For October 19, 2020

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

• Wall Street expects Halliburton Company HAL to report quarterly earnings at $0.08 per share on revenue of $3.09 billion before the opening bell. Halliburton shares gained 0.7% to $12.33 in after-hours trading.
• Analysts are expecting IBM IBM to have earned $2.58 per share on revenue of $17.54 billion for the latest quarter. IBM will release earnings after the markets close. IBM shares declined 0.1% to $125.90 in after-hours trading.
• Canadian firm Cogeco Communications’s owners rejected an enhanced hostile takeover bid by Altice USA Inc ATUS. Altice USA shares rose 0.9% to $28.88 in the after-hours trading session.

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• Analysts expect Lennox International Inc. LII to report quarterly earnings at $3.10 per share on revenue of $981.94 million before the opening bell. Lennox shares slipped 0.1% to $287.98 in after-hours trading.
• After the closing bell, PPG Industries, Inc. PPG is projected to post quarterly earnings at $1.77 per share on revenue of $3.63 billion. PPG shares dropped 0.5% to $136.50 in after-hours trading.