Alcoa (AA) To Kick Off Earnings Season, Big Names Report Next Week (INTC, GOOG, BAC, GS, JPM, More...)

Next week kicks off the earnings season for the first quarter of 2010. The traditional name to start it off is Alcoa (NYSE: AA), which is expected to report their Q110 after the market closes on Monday, April 12, 2010. Shares of the aluminum manufacturer are trading behind the market today, down about 3.56% to $14.34.

While Alcoa has "beat" the consensus over the past couple of quarters, the company has not been a great tell for the direction of the entire earnings season.

Many analysts are expecting another strong earnings season this quarter, but are worried that much of the good news is priced in.

Bank stock earnings, which kick off late in the week and into the next week, will be highly followed. This will be the quarter that the laggard-banks like Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) are expected to hit profitability.

Following Aloca...

Next Tuesday will see Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Fastenal (NASDAQ: FAST), CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX), and Infosys (NASDAQ: INFY) report. Intel is up marginally today, about 0.75% to $22.48. Catch our Q110 Intel preview Here. CSX is down 1%, while Fastenal and Infosys are still above the water.

Wednesday has J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM), down 0.25% to $45.64, Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) up 0.97% to $40.46, and Progressive (NYSE: PGR) among others.

Thursday will see Fairchild Semi (NYSE: FCS) up marginally at 0.09%, Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) down 0.32% to $9.39, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) down 0.34% to $565.55, and Cubist Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CBST) down 0.56% to $23.02.

Friday, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) down 0.51% to $18.56, General Electric (NYSE: GE) down 0.54% to $18.46, Mattel (NYSE: MAT) down 0.64% to $23.34, and Gannett (NYSE: GCI) up 0.56% to $17.89 will report, rounding out the week.

Coming up on April 19th, we have:

• IBM (NYSE: IBM) even today;and
  
  
• Citigroup (NYSE: C) up 1.34% to $4.53.

April 20th is:

• Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) down 1.08% to $177.67;
  
  
• Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) up 0.30% to $240.65; and
  
  
• Coca-Cola (NYSE KO) up 1.19% to $54.40.

On April 21st is:

• Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) down 0.39% to $30.76;
  
  
• Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) down 0.59% to $32.04;
  
  
• AT&T (NYSE: T) up 1.36% to $26.37.

April 22nd is:

• PepsiCo (NYSE PEP) up 0.27% to $66.15; and
  
  
• Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) up 1.14% to $30.26.

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