Aloca (AA) Set to Kick-Off Q2 Earnings Season... What Kind of Tone Will Be Set?

Alcoa (NYSE: AA) will "officially" kick-off the Q2 earnings season after the close today, giving investors a glimpse into what could be in store for other big name companies which will report over the next month or two. While Alcoa has become a "serial over-promise, underperform" company, traders love to use this first report of the season to try to gauge just what the quarter will look like.

Shares of Alcoa are currently trading modestly higher ahead of the results. The stock most recently traded at $9.44, up 0.32% from yesterday's close.

The Street is looking for Aloca to report a Q2 loss of $0.38 on sales of $3.93 billion. According to our earnings records, Alcoa usually reports the results around 4:10pm ET, but not later than 4:30.

Below are some other popular stocks and the days they will report their quarterly results (ordered by date):

• Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) - July 14 before the open
  
• Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) - July 14
  
• Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) - July 16 after the close
  
• General Electric (NYSE: GE) - July 17 before the open
  
• Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) - July 17 before the open
  
• Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) - July 21 after the close
  
• Freeport McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) - July 21 before the open
  
• Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) - July 21 before the open
  
• Boeing (NYSE: BA) - July 22 before the open
  
• AT&T (NYSE: T) - July 23 before the open
  
• Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) - July 23 after the close
  
• UPS (NYSE: UPS) - July 23 before the open
  
• ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) - July 30 before the open
  
• Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) - August 5
  
• Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) - August 13

To stay up-to-date on all the market-moving earnings reports, stay tuned to our Earnings page.

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