The final week of August brings a slate of high-profile earnings. Markets will be watching closely across tech, healthcare, and consumer sectors.
Monday (Today) is quiet. The action starts Monday night with PetroChina reporting in Hong Kong.
Tuesday is the first major test. Medtronic — a $115 billion medical device giant — posts results before the open. Short sellers are lightly positioned at just 1.1% of free float. Expectations are modest. Dell Technologies follows after Tuesday's close. The AI server boom has been a tailwind. Short interest sits at 4.7% of free float. Investors want confirmation that demand is holding.
Wednesday brings Brown-Forman and NetApp. Brown-Forman faces ongoing pressure from consumer trade-down trends. NetApp reports after the bell. The cloud storage firm is a useful read on enterprise IT spending.
Thursday is the busiest day. — the optical networking specialist — reports at the open. Short interest is a low 2.2% of free float. and both report, rounding out a week heavy with consumer and industrial names.
No major IPOs are scheduled in the next seven days.
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