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Investors Head into Holiday-Shortened Week


Monday

Markets closed for Family Day, Presidents Day

Tuesday

U.S.

Economic Lookahead

Home builder confidence index (Feb.)


Featured Earnings

Arista Networks Inc. (NYSE:ANET) (Q4) EPS of 51 cents, compared to 46 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) (Q3) EPS of $1.36, compared to $1.30 in the prior-year quarter.

Cadence Design Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) (Q4) EPS of $1.51, compared to $1.06 in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic Lookahead

Housing Starts (Jan.) Housing starts in Canada plunged by 13.35% month-over-month to 231,500 units in December 2024, the lowest level in three months and below market expectations of 245,000 units.

Canada's International Transactions in Securities (Dec.) Canadian investors increased their exposure to foreign securities by $17.8 billion in November, the highest investment since March 2024. Meanwhile, foreign investors acquired $16.4 billion of Canadian securities, led by an unprecedented investment in money market instruments.

CREAstats - MLS Sales (Dec.) National home sales fell 5.8% month-over-month. Actual (not seasonally adjusted) monthly activity came in 19.2% above December 2023.

Featured Earnings

Appili Therapeutics Inc. (T.APLI) (Q3) EPS for loss of one cent, identical to the prior-year quarter.

Gibson Energy Inc. (T.GEI) (Q4) EPS of 32 cents, compared to 33 cents in the prior-year quarter.

SSR Mining Inc. (T.SSRM) (Q4) EPS of 25 cents, compared to 42 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (T.SSL) (Q4) EPS of four cents, compared to three cents in the prior-year quarter.

Wednesday

U.S.

Economic Lookahead


Housing starts (Jan.)


Building permits (Jan.)

Minutes of Fed's January FOMC meeting



Featured Earnings

HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE:HSBC) (Q4) EPS of $1.41, compared to 57 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI) (Q4) EPS of $1.54, compared to $1.73 in the prior-year quarter.

Carvana Co. (NYSE:CVNA) (Q4) EPS of 24 cents, compared to $1.00 in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic Lookahead

Consumer Price Index (Jan.) CPI rose 1.8% on a year-over-year basis in December, down from a 1.9% increase in November. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.2% in December.

Featured Earnings

Alamos Gold Inc. (T.AGI) (Q4) EPS of 26 cents, compared to 19 cents in the prior-year quarter.

B2Gold Corp. (T.BTO) (Q4) EPS of seven cents compared to two cents in the prior-year quarter.

Bausch Health Companies Inc. (T.BHC) (Q4) EPS of $1.12, compared to $1.14 in the prior-year quarter.

CCL Industries Inc. (T.CCL.A) (Q4) EPS of $1.01, compared to $1.09 in the prior-year quarter.

Gildan Activewear Inc. (T.GIL) (Q4) EPS of 81 cents, compared to 85 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Hudbay Minerals Inc. (T.HBM) (Q4) EPS of 28 cents, compared to 13 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Thursday

U.S.

Initial jobless claims (February 15)

U.S. leading economic indicators (Jan.)

Featured Earnings

Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) (Q4) EPS of 64 cents, compared to 60 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) (Q4) EPS of $2.84, compared to $2.40 in the prior-year quarter.

Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG) (Q4) EPS of $35.75, compared to $32.00 in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic Lookahead

New Housing Price (Jan.) The national index declined 0.1% on a month-over-month basis in December.

Featured Earnings

Calibre Mining Corp. (T.CXB) (Q4) EPS of four cents, compared to breakeven in the prior-year quarter.

Eldorado Gold Corporation (T.ELD) (Q4) EPS of 48 cents, compared to 35 cents in the prior-year quarter.

First Majestic Silver Corp. (T.AG) (Q4) EPS for gain of six cents, compared to loss of three cents in the prior-year quarter.

Hydro One Limited (T.H) (Q4) EPS of 32 cents, compared to 62 cents in the prior-year quarter.

IAMGOLD Corporation (T.IMG) (Q4) EPS of 14 cents, compared to 18 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Loblaw Companies Limited (T.L) (Q4) EPS of $2.21, compared to $2.50 in the prior-year quarter.

Friday

U.S.

Economic Lookahead

S&P flash U.S. services PMI (Feb..)

S&P flash U.S. manufacturing PMI (Feb.)

Consumer sentiment (final) (Feb.)

Existing Home Sales (Jan.)

Featured Earnings

DT Midstream, Inc. (NYSE: DTM) (Q4) EPS of 91 cents, compared to $1.24, in the prior-year quarter.

United States Cellular Corporation (NYSE: USM) (Q4) EPS for loss of nine cents, compared to gain of 16 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Balchem Corporation (NASDAQ: BCPC) (Q4) EPS of $1.11, compared to 82 cents in the prior-year quarter.

Canada

Economic Lookahead

Retail Sales (Dec.) Retail sales were relatively unchanged in November. Sales were down in six out of nine subsectors, led by lower sales at food and beverage retailers.

Featured Earnings

Advantage Energy Ltd. (T.AAV) (Q4) EPS gain of 24 cents, compared to loss of four cents in the prior-year quarter.

Emera Incorporated (T.EMA) (Q4) EPS of 78 cents, compared to 81 cents in the prior-year quarter.

MCAN Mortgage Corporation (T.MKP) (Q4) EPS of 47 cents, compared to 70 cents in the prior-year quarter.

ONEX Corporation (T.ONEX) (Q4) EPS for loss of $5.90, compared to gain of $1.58 in the prior-year quarter.

Sprott Inc. (T.SII) (Q4) EPS of 56 cents, compared to 50 cents in the prior-year quarter.

CI Financial Corp. (T.CIX) (Q4) EPS of 96 cents, compared to 97 cents in the prior-year quarter.