5 Stocks To Watch For August 26, 2021

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

• Wall Street expects Dollar General Corp. DG to report quarterly earnings at $2.57 per share on revenue of $8.59 billion before the opening bell. Dollar General shares rose 0.1% to $235.01 in after-hours trading.
• salesforce.com, inc. CRM reported better-than-expected results for its second quarter and boosted its FY22 guidance. Salesforce shares gained 1.8% to $265.50 in the after-hours trading session.
• Analysts are expecting HP Inc HPQ to have earned $0.84 per share on revenue of $15.91 billion for the latest quarter. The company will release earnings after the markets close. HP shares gained 0.8% to $29.63 in after-hours trading.

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• Williams-Sonoma, Inc. WSM reported upbeat results for its second quarter. The company announced a $1.25 billion buyback and also raised its dividend from $0.59 to $0.71 per share. Williams-Sonoma shares jumped 12.7% to $192.35 in the after-hours trading session.
• Analysts expect Dollar Tree, Inc. DLTR to report quarterly earnings at $1.01 per share on revenue of $6.44 billion before the opening bell. Dollar Tree shares rose 1.6% to $108.02 in after-hours trading.