Equities Close to Announcing their Earnings -- Research on Patterson-UTI Energy, Nucor, Hershey, and Alliance Fiber Optic Pro...

LONDON, April 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

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Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. will announce its first-quarter FY 2014 earnings on Thursday, April 24, 2014, before the market opens. The company Q1 FY 2013 net earnings stood at $0.38 per share. During the previous quarter, Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. had surprised the market with net profit of $0.27 per share, which came in above the analysts' estimate of $0.22 per share. In the last one year, the company's earnings per share has declined 34.18%. In the current quarter, Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. is expected to report earnings of $0.24 a share. At the last close on Thursday, April 17, 2014, the company's P/E ratio stood at 23.21. Sign up today to read free research on PTEN at:

http://www.earningssource.com/1437-PTEN-21Apr2014.pdf

On Thursday, April 24, 2014, Nucor Corp. will report its first-quarter FY 2014 earnings before the market opens. The company is expected to post net earnings of $0.38 a share, above the reported earnings of $0.25 a share in the year-ago same quarter. In the last quarter, the company posted earnings of $0.53 a share, which was above the analysts' projection of $0.40 a share. The Nucor Corp.'s EPS has fallen by 3.80% in the last one year. Shares of the company were trading at a P/E ratio of 33.66 on Thursday, April 17, 2014. Sign up today to read free research on NUE at:

http://www.earningssource.com/1437-NUE-21Apr2014.pdf

The Hershey Co. is scheduled to release its first-quarter FY 2014 results on Thursday, April 24, 2014. The Hershey Co.'s earnings per share has improved 21.59% in the last one year. Analysts have predicted net earnings for the company at $1.14 a share, above $1.09 a share reported in the year-ago quarter. As of Thursday, April 17, 2014, the company's shares were trading a P/E ratio of 27.15. The company had announced net income of $0.86 per share in the last quarter, which was in-line with the market consensus forecast. Sign up today to read free research on HSY at:

http://www.earningssource.com/1437-HSY-21Apr2014.pdf

On Thursday, April 24, 2014, Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. will be releasing its Q1 FY 2014 earnings report after the market closes. The company reported earnings of $0.11 a share in the year-ago same quarter. In the previous quarter, the company recorded earnings of $0.28 a share, below the market expectation of $0.32 a share. During the last one year, Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc.'s EPS has grown 69.09% and analysts at Wall Street have projected an EPS of $0.30 for the reporting quarter. As of Thursday, April 17, 2014, the company's P/E ratio was at 19.46. Sign up today to read free research on AFOP at:

http://www.earningssource.com/1437-AFOP-21Apr2014.pdf


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