With US stock futures trading slightly lower this morning on Monday ahead of earnings reports from several big companies, some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are as follows:
- Uber Technologies Inc on Friday accepted responsibility for covering up a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million passengers and drivers, as part of a settlement with U.S. prosecutors to avoid criminal charges.
- Tesla Inc. is trying to tap into public funding to build electric-vehicle chargers, as it moves to open some of its U.S. Supercharger network to EVs made by other manufacturers.
- Royal Philips NV on Monday reported a swing to a net loss for the second quarter, which it blamed on a number of issues including pandemic-related lockdowns, inflationary pressures and the Russia-Ukraine war.
- Friedman Industries posted a Q4 loss of $1.11 per share, versus a year-ago profit of $1.50 per share. The company’s sales, however, climbed to $75.09 million from $49.21 million. Friedman Industries shares jumped 14.2% to $9.47 in the after-hours trading session.
- Analysts expect Packaging Corporation of America to report quarterly earnings at $2.85 per share on revenue of $2.14 billion after the closing bell. Packaging Corporation of America shares fell 0.2% to close at $141.60 on Friday.