Earnings Calendar and Analysis for This Week (August 18-22)

Below is a weekly earnings calendar of the most important upcoming quarterly reports scheduled to be released by publicly traded companies. However, we have also provided expanded previews and recaps for select companies that are reporting earnings throughout the week.

Please check back often. This earnings calendar is updated regularly.

(Editor's note: Earnings dates in tables are tentative. However, companies featured in "Earnings Spotlights" have officially announced their earnings dates.)

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Karee Venema

I am the Senior Investing Editor at Kiplinger.com, having joined the publication in April 2021. I have over a decade of experience writing about the stock market and have covered corporate earnings reports and stock reactions over that time frame. I find corporate earnings to be so important because they allow investors a closer look into the strength of a company's fundamentals and how these may impact its share price down the road.

David Dittman

I am the former managing editor and chief investment strategist of Utility Forecaster, which was named one of "10 investment newsletters to read besides Buffett's" in 2015. A graduate of the University of California, San Diego, and the Villanova University School of Law, and a former stockbroker, I have been working in financial media for more than 20 years.

Earnings calendar highlights

Monday (8/18)

Tuesday (8/19)

Earnings calendar recap: Home Depot

Home Depot (HD) added 3.2% August 19 even though the retail stock missed the FactSet-compiled consensus forecast for its fiscal 2025 second-quarter sales and earnings per share.

Home Depot reported EPS of $4.68 (+0.2% year over year) on revenue of $45.3 billion (+4.9% YoY) vs estimates of $4.72 and $45.4 billion, respectively. Management reiterated guidance for total sales growth for the full fiscal year of 2.8% and a "slight decline" of approximately 2% for EPS.

CEO Ted Decker said in a statement that momentum from late 2024 "continued throughout the first half as customers engaged more broadly in smaller home improvement projects." Decker noted that Home Depot continues "to grow market share."

According to Louis Navellier of Navellier & Associates, "The shares initially dipped on the misses but rose on optimism that if and when mortgage rates fall that the company will benefit from pent-up demand from the housing market."

This is the first time Home Depot has missed on both the top and bottom line since 2014, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Jefferies analyst Jonathan Matuszewski reiterated his Buy rating and his $460 12-month target price for Home Depot, noting the slight EPS miss but citing reported gross margin of 33.4% vs a Wall Street estimate of 33.2%.

Wednesday (8/20)

Thursday (8/21)

Earnings calendar preview: Walmart

Walmart (WMT), the biggest retailer in the world and a compelling bellwether for President Donald Trump's tariffs, will attract attention from investors, traders and speculators everywhere when it reports fiscal 2026 second-quarter earnings before Thursday's opening bell.

Wall Street expects the Dow Jones stock to report earnings of 74 cents per share (+10.4% YoY) on revenue of $174.2 billion (+3.8% YoY).

"Given WMT's outsized role in the U.S. retail landscape," writes UBS analyst Michael Lasser in an August 6 research note, "the market will closely dissect its earnings print and commentary for any insights into pricing, behavior, and competitive dynamics in the second half."

Lasser, who has a Buy rating and a $110 12-month target price for WMT stock, expects Walmart's report will show the retailer "sustained its top-line momentum" in the second quarter despite tougher comparables in the U.S., helped by growth in grocery, health and wellness, and ecommerce.

"The market also will pay attention to the health of the consumer in light of recent price hikes across retail," Lasser observes. "Specifically, we think WMT's 2Q print will underscore that consumer demand has remained steady so far. It also should signal that tariff-related pricing was not a meaningful driver in the quarter."

Friday (8/22)

Reporting schedules are provided by Briefing.com and company websites. Earnings estimate data provided by Refinitiv, an LSEG business, via Yahoo! Finance, and S&P Global Market Intelligence via Briefing.com.

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