Earnings Watch For July 24 (BA, CAT, F, FB, V, CA)

(RTTNews) - Defense and aerospace giant Boeing Co. (BA) is due to post its second quarter results before the markets open. The earnings of the company are expected to rise to $1.58 per share from $1.27 per share reported a year earlier, while quarterly revenues are anticipated to increase to $20.78 billion from last year's $20.00 billion. The shares of BA closed Tuesday's trade at $107.79. (52-wk H/L $108.15/$69.03)

Social networking giant Facebook, Inc. (FB) is slated to report second quarter results after the markets close. The Menlo Park, California-based company is expected to report a profit of $0.14 per share, higher than the $0.12 per share reported a year earlier and revenues are projected at $1.62 billion, up from $1.18 billion last year. The stock closed Tuesday at $26.13. (52-wk H/L $32.51/$17.55).

Earth-moving equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) is scheduled to results for the second quarter before the markets open. The earnings of the company are expected to decline to $1.70 per share from the year-ago quarter's $2.54 per share. The company is anticipated to generate revenues of $14.92 billion, down from $17.37 billion in the prior-year quarter. The stock closed Tuesday at $85.52. (52-wk H/L $99.70/$79.49)

Automaker Ford Motor Co. (F) is expected to report second quarter results. The earnings and revenue for the quarter are expected to be $0.37 per share and $35.24 billion, respectively. In the previous year, the Dearborn, Michigan-based company posted earnings of $0.30 per share on revenues of $31.33 billion. The stock closed Tuesday at $16.94. (52-wk H/L $17.29/$8.82)

Visa, Inc. (V) is scheduled to report third-quarter results. The company is expected to post earnings of $1.80 per share, higher than the year-ago quarter's $1.56 per share. Also, the company is anticipated to generate revenues of $2.89 billion compared to $2.56 billion in the prior-year quarter. The company's shares closed Tuesday's session at $188.58. (52-wk H/L $192.77/$121.54)

Application software solutions provider CA Technologies (CA) is expected to post first quarter results after the close of trading. The Islandia, New York-based company is expected to report earnings of $0.74 per share on revenues of $1.10 billion. A year earlier, earnings and revenue were $0.63 per share and $1.14 billion, respectively. On the Nasdaq, CA closed Tuesday's trade at $29.76. (52-wk H/L $30.00/$21.48)

Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL), Eli Lilly and Company (LLY), Motorola Solutions, Inc. (MSI), The Nasdaq OMX Group, Inc. (NDAQ), Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC), Pepsico, Inc. (PEP), Reynolds American Inc. (RAI), Seagate Technology Public Limited Co. (STX), WellPoint Inc. (WLP), Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM), Crocs, Inc. (CROX), E*TRADE Financial Corp. (ETFC), Knight Transportation Inc. (KNX), Swift Transportation Co. (SWFT), O'Reilly Automotive Inc. (ORLY), LSI Corp. (LSI), TripAdvisor Inc. (TRIP), Western Digital Corp. (WDC) and Zynga, Inc. (ZNGA) are also due to report their results.