Earnings Watch For October 21 (HAL, MCD, NFLX, TXN, VMW)

(RTTNews) - Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co. (HAL) is slated to report third quarter results before the opening bell. The company is expected to post earnings of $0.82 per share, higher than the year-ago quarter's $0.67 per share. The Houston, Texas-based company is projected to report revenues of $7.50 billion, up from $7.11 billion last year. The company's shares closed Friday's session at $52.47. (52-wk H/L $52.93/$29.83)

Los Gatos, California-based Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) is expected to post third-quarter results after the market closes. The earnings of the internet television network service provider are expected to surge to $0.49 per share from $0.13 per share earned a year ago. Quarterly revenues are estimated to climb to $1.10 billion from $905.09 million reported a year earlier. The stock closed Friday at $333.50. (52-wk H/L $336.48/$57.40)

Hamburger chain McDonald's Corp. (MCD) is scheduled to report third quarter results before the markets open. The Oak Brook, Illinois-based company is expected to post earnings of $1.51 per share, an increase from $1.43 per share reported last year. Also, the company is anticipated to generate revenues of $7.34 billion, up from $7.15 billion generated a year ago. The company's shares closed Friday's regular trading at $95.20. (52-wk H/L $103.70/$83.31)

Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN), the world's largest maker of analog chips, is also due to report its third quarter results after the close of trading. The company is expected to earn $0.53 per share, up slightly from $0.52 per share a year ago, whereas quarterly revenues are anticipated to decline to $3.23 billion from last year's $3.39 billion. On the Nasdaq, TXN closed Friday's trade at $40.71. (52-wk H/L $40.94/$27.21)

VMware, Inc. (VMW) will report its third quarter results after the close of trading. The earnings of the virtualization software maker are expected to increase to $0.82 per share from $0.70 per share reported a year earlier. Quarterly revenues are anticipated to rise to $1.29 billion from $1.13 billion last year. The shares closed Friday at $81.43. (52-wk H/L $99.55/$64.86)

A.O. Smith Corp (AOS), Gannett Co. (GCI), Hasbro Inc. (HAS), Discover Financial Services LLC (DFS), Forward Air (FWRD), Illumina Inc. (ILMN), Rent-A-Center (RCII), Sonic Corp (SONC), Tuesday Morning (TUES), Volterra Semiconductor Corp. (VLTR) and Zions Bancorp (ZION) are also scheduled to report their results.