Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta Lead The Charge As Investors Bank On Tech Cheer For Rally's Reacceleration: Week Ahead In Earnings
The earnings reports of last week were a mixed bag, with some Tesla, Inc. 
TSLA, Alphabet, Inc. 
GOOGL GOOG and STMicroelectronics N.V. 
STM, among companies disappointing to the downside. As the focus shifts to the unfolding week, more tech companies are lined up to disclose their quarterly results, potentially offering cues regarding the health of the sector.
The Week That Was: Most on Wall Street viewed Tesla’s earnings as lacking quality because a significant portion of them came from one-time regulatory credits. On the other hand, Google-parent Alphabet alienated investors by flagging higher capex that will likely weigh down on margins and in turn the bottom line.
Franco-Italian chipmaker, which is a key supplier to the automotive market, cut its full-year guidance. But not all tech tidings were received with pessimism. International Business Machines Co. 
IBM rose as investors cheered the company’s strong artificial intelligence bookings.
Healthy Trend: Data from financial data analytics company FactSet showed that about 14% of the S&P 500 companies have reported their quarterly results so far. The percentage of S&P 500 names that reported upside earnings surprise is 80%, above the one-year average (78%), five-year average (77%), and 10-year average (74%). But the percentage of upside was sub-part at 5.5%, below the one-year average (+6.5%), five-year average (+8.6%), and 10-year average (+6.8%).
The blended earnings of S&P 500 companies are expected to grow by 9.7%, the fastest pace since the fourth quarter of 2021. Eight of the 11 S&P 500 companies are on track to report year-over-year earnings growth for the June quarter, with communication Services, healthcare, IT, and financials likely reporting double-digit growth.
On the other hand, the materials space is expected to witness the steepest earnings decline.
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The Week Ahead: According to FactSet, this week will feature earnings reports from 138 S&P 500 companies, including seven components of the Dow 30. Some heavily-weighted companies such as Apple, Inc. 
AAPL, Microsoft Corp. 
MSFT and Meta Platforms, Inc. 
META are all in the mix.
Meta is expected to be the largest contributor to earnings per share growth, given the consensus models nearly 60% increase.
After last week’s brutal tech sell-off, a bullish analyst is optimistic concerning the the sector, its prospects and the stock trajectory. “We believe the tech sell-off seen last week will be short-lived as the Street better digests results and commentary from the broader tech sector over the coming weeks during 2Q earnings season,” Wedbush’s Daniel Ives said in a note published Sunday.
“This is the start....not the end of this tech bull run we expect the next few years,” he said, adding that companies, utilities,
governments will spend over $1 trillion combined in AI capex over the coming years fueling this AI Revolution.
The analyst said investors will likely look for clues around the pace of AI revolution from the earnings reports of Microsoft, Amazon, Inc. 
AMZN, Meta and Apple and others.
Tech stocks extended their weekly declines in the week ended July 26 amid the disappointment from early tech reporters. The Invesco QQQ Trust 
QQQ, an index that tracks the performance of the Nasdaq 100 Index, ended Friday’s session down 1.03% to $462.97, according to Benzinga Pro data. The ETF is trading off its record close of $502.96 reached on July 10. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 
SPY climbed 1.12% on Friday before closing at $5544.44. The QQQ and SPY climbed 0.48% and 0.25%, respectively, in premarket trading Monday.
Notable among the companies reporting this week are:
Monday
Before market open:
After close:
- F5, Inc.
FFIV - Rambus Inc.
RMBS - Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
LSCC - Chesapeake Energy Corporation CCHK
- Sanmina Corporation
SANM - Tilray Brands, Inc.
TLRY
Tuesday
Before market open:
- American Electric Power Company, Inc.
AEP - Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
ADM - BP p.l.c.
BP - Illinois Tool Works Inc.
ITW - JetBlue Airways Corporation
JBLU - LGI Homes, Inc.
LGIH - Logitech International S.A.
LOGI - Merck & Co., Inc.
MRK - PayPal Holdings, Inc.
PYPL - Pfizer Inc.
PFE - Procter & Gamble Company
PG - Restaurant Brands International Inc.
QSR - SoFi Technologies, Inc.
SOFI
After close:
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
AMD - Arista Networks, Inc.
ANET - Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
CZR - DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.
DV - Electronic Arts Inc.
EA - First Solar, Inc.
FSLR - Freshworks Inc.
FRSH - Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
LYV - Match Group, Inc.
MTCH - Microsoft
- Mondelez International, Inc.
MDLZ - Pinterest, Inc.
PINS - Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
SWKS - Starbucks Corporation
SBUX - Qorvo, Inc.
QRVO
Wednesday
Before market open:
- Altria Group, Inc.
MO - AutoNation, Inc.
AN - Barrick Gold Corporation GGOLD
- Bausch + Lomb Corporation
BLCO - Boeing Company
BA - DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
DD - Garmin Ltd.
GRMN - GSK plc
GSK - Humana Inc.
HUM - KKR & Co. Inc.
KKR - Kraft Heinz Company
KHC - Oshkosh Corporation
OSK - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
TEVA - Marriott International, Inc.
MAR - Wingstop Inc.
WING - T-Mobile US, Inc.
TMUS - Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.
NCLH
After close:
- Albemarle Corporation
ALB - American International Group, Inc.
AIG - Arm Holdings plc
ARM - C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
CHRW - Carvana Co.
CVNA - eBay Inc.
EBAY - Etsy, Inc.
ETSY - Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
HST - Lam Research Corporation
LRCX - Meta
- MGM Resorts International
MGM - NETGEAR, Inc.
NTGR - QUALCOMM Incorporated
QCOM - Teladoc Health, Inc.
TDOC - Western Union Company
WU
Thursday
Before market open:
- Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
BUD - Bausch Health Companies Inc.
BHC - Biogen Inc.
BIIB - ConocoPhillips
COP - Dominion Energy, Inc.
D - EVgo, Inc.
EVGO - Hershey Company
HSY - Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
HTZ - Mobileye Global Inc.
MBLY - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
REGN - Sirius XM Holdings Inc.
SIRI - Cigna Group
CI - Wayfair Inc.
W
After close:
- Amazon
- Apple
- Beazer Homes USA, Inc.
BZH - BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc.
BBAI - Block, Inc. SSQ
- Booking Holdings Inc.
BKNG - Cloudflare, Inc.
NET - Clorox Company
CLX - Coinbase Global, Inc.
COIN - DraftKings Inc.
DKNG - Intel Corporation
INTC - Microchip Technology Incorporated
MCHP - MicroStrategy Incorporated
MSTR - Opendoor Technologies Inc.
OPEN - RingCentral, Inc.
RNG - Roku, Inc.
ROKU - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
VRTX - Twilio Inc.
TWLO - United States Steel Corporation
X
Friday
Before market open:
- Chevron Corporation
CVX - Exxon Mobil Corporation
XOM - Magna International Inc.
MGA - Cinemark Holdings, Inc.
CNK - Fluor Corporation
FLR
After close:
- AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
AMC
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