Pfizer, GM earnings and jobs report top week ahead

U.S. employers likely added 978,000 jobs in April a Friday report may show

The upcoming week will be jam-packed with earnings from big names including Pfizer, Moderna, CVS Health, Under Armour, Uber, Lyft and General Motors. 

Jobs will also take center stage this week with the ADP unemployment report on Wednesday and non-farm payrolls on Friday.

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I:DJI DOW JONES AVERAGES 44296.51 +426.16 +0.97%
I:COMP NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX 19003.651134 +31.23 +0.16%
SP500 S&P 500 5969.34 +20.63 +0.35%

This as U.S. stocks sit near record highs after pulling back last week. 

FOX Business takes a look at the upcoming events that are likely to move financial markets in the coming days. 

Monday 5/3

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Estee Lauder, and Loews will kick off the week's earnings before the opening bell.

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
ALXN NO DATA AVAILABLE - - -
EL THE ESTÉE LAUDER COMPANIES INC. 69.99 +3.12 +4.67%
L LOEWS CORP. 86.07 +0.89 +1.04%

As for economic data, investors will be paying close attention to the Markit manufacturing index and the Institute of Supply Management's manufacturing purchasing managers index for the month of April, as well as construction spending for the month of March. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
CME CME GROUP INC. 229.04 +2.48 +1.09%

Monday will also be a big day for bitcoin as the CME launches a "micro bitcoin" futures contract, expanding its suite of crypto derivatives. According to the CME, micro bitcoin futures will be one-tenth the size of one bitcoin and will provide market participants with "one more tool to hedge their spot bitcoin price risk or execute bitcoin trading strategies in an efficient, cost-effective way, all while retaining the features and benefits of CME Group's standard Bitcoin futures." 

This after Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's right-hand man, trashed the cryptocurrency at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting over the weekend. 

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AAPL APPLE INC. 229.87 +1.35 +0.59%

The ongoing legal battle between Epic Games and Apple will also come to a head on Monday as a weeks-long antitrust trial begins over the tech giant's decision to pull Epic and its popular video game Fortnite from the App Store. The move came in response to the video game maker's decision last year to implement a direct payment system in Fortnite to avoid Apple's fees. 

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Tuesday 5/4

On Tuesday, investors will have earnings from ConocoPhillips, CVS Health, Pfizer, and Under Armour all before the opening bell, while Activision Blizzard, Allegiant Travel, Caesars Entertainment, Denny's, Lyft, T-Mobile, Virgin Galactic and Zillow will be among the top names to watch after the bell. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
COP CONOCOPHILLIPS 111.73 -0.15 -0.13%
CVS CVS HEALTH CORP. 58.01 +0.91 +1.59%
PFE PFIZER INC. 25.63 +0.49 +1.95%
UAA UNDER ARMOUR INC. 9.52 +0.28 +3.03%
ATVI NO DATA AVAILABLE - - -
ALGT ALLEGIANT TRAVEL CO. 79.09 +3.92 +5.21%
CZR CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT INC. 37.60 +0.04 +0.11%
DENN DENNY'S CORP. 6.25 -0.14 -2.19%
LYFT LYFT INC. 16.79 +0.50 +3.07%
TMUS T-MOBILE US INC. 238.28 +1.70 +0.72%
SPCE VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS INC. 7.16 +0.44 +6.55%
ZG ZILLOW GROUP INC. 80.79 +1.53 +1.93%

Meanwhile, investors will also receive data on the trade deficit and factory orders for the month of March. 

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In legal news on Tuesday, disgraced former Theranos CEO and founder Elizabeth Holmes and former president and chief operating officer Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani will be in court. Holmes and Balwani are charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and nine counts of wire fraud.

According to the Department of Justice's indictment, the charges stem from allegations that Holmes and Balwani engaged in a multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud investors, and a separate scheme to defraud doctors and patients. The indictment alleges that Holmes and Balwani defrauded doctors and patients by making false claims concerning Theranos’s ability to provide accurate, fast, reliable, and cheap blood tests and test results, and by omitting information concerning the limits of and problems with Theranos’s technologies. 

"The defendants knew Theranos was not capable of consistently producing accurate and reliable results for certain blood tests," federal prosecutors wrote. 

In addition, the executives also allegedly made numerous misrepresentations to potential investors about Theranos’s financial condition and its future prospects, including that the healthcare company would generate over $100 million in revenues and break even in 2014 and was expected to generate approximately $1 billion in revenues in 2015. 

If convicted, the defendants face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000, plus restitution, for each count of wire fraud and for each conspiracy count.

Also on Tuesday, Taco Bell will kick off its first global campaign with a free taco promotion. According to the company, the date of May 4th was chosen because of a lunar event which the restaurant chain has dubbed "The Taco Moon."

Over 20 markets will participate in the event, including the United Kingdom, Australia, India, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Puerto Rico. Taco Bell will give away the free tacos from 8 p.m. until 11:59 p.m., which will reportedly be the time when the Taco Moon is the "largest and brightest object in the night sky."

Wednesday 5/5

Jobs will be in focus on Wednesday as ADP releases its national employment report for the month of April. The U.S. economy added 517,000 private-sector jobs last month, the most at any point over the previous five months as the reopening of the economy boosted growth in the service sector. Other economic data to watch include mortgage applications, the Energy Information Administration's weekly crude stocks, and the ISM services index. 

Earnings to watch before the opening bell on Wednesday include AmerisourceBergen, General Motors, Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Lumber Liquidators, Sinclair Broadcast, and Tupperware.

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ABC NO DATA AVAILABLE - - -
GM GENERAL MOTORS CO. 58.53 +2.85 +5.12%
HLT HILTON WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS INC. 253.00 +1.17 +0.46%
LL NO DATA AVAILABLE - - -
SBGI SINCLAIR 17.29 +0.12 +0.70%
TUP NO DATA AVAILABLE - - -

After the bell, Fox Corporation, parent of FOX Business and Fox News, GoDaddy, Marriott Vacations Worldwide, Metflife, Rocket Companies, Uber, WW International and Zynga will report earnings. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
FOXA FOX CORP. 46.85 +0.21 +0.45%
GDDY GODADDY INC. 196.39 +3.29 +1.70%
VAC MARRIOTT VACATIONS WORLDWIDE CORP. 94.10 +2.19 +2.38%
MET METLIFE INC. 86.59 +1.38 +1.62%
RKT ROCKET COMPANIES INC. 13.74 +0.13 +0.96%
UBER UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC. 71.51 +1.87 +2.69%
WW WW INTERNATIONAL INC. 1.04 +0.03 +2.97%
ZNGA NO DATA AVAILABLE - - -

In auto news, NASCAR will also unveil its lineup of three models for the sports Next Generation Cup Series vehicle set to debut in 2022. The three models took their first turn on Martinsville Speedway's racetrack earlier this year as part of a closed test. In addition to the bodies of the race cars, specifications and additional elements of the vehicles will also be announced. 

Thursday 5/6

On Thursday, Allstate, Blue Apron, Moderna, Kellogg, Papa John's, Penn National Gaming, Seaworld, ViacomCBS, and Wayfair will be among the major players reporting earnings before the opening bell. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
ALL THE ALLSTATE CORP. 203.73 +0.29 +0.14%
APRN NO DATA AVAILABLE - - -
MRNA MODERNA INC. 41.11 +2.86 +7.48%
K KELLANOVA 81.17 +0.15 +0.19%
PZZAPENN NO DATA AVAILABLE - - -
SEAS NO DATA AVAILABLE - - -
VIAC NO DATA AVAILABLE - - -
W WAYFAIR INC. 44.03 +1.40 +3.28%

After the bell, investors will also take in earnings from a slew of names including Beyond Meat, Dropbox, Expedia, Live Nation, News Corp, Peloton, Planet Fitness, Roku, ShakeShack, Square, TripAdvisor, and Yelp.

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
BYND BEYOND MEAT INC. 4.89 -0.12 -2.40%
DBX DROPBOX INC. 27.99 +0.35 +1.27%
EXPE EXPEDIA GROUP INC. 184.92 +1.41 +0.77%
LYV LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT INC. 140.22 +1.65 +1.19%
NWSA NEWS CORP. 29.49 -0.05 -0.17%
PTON PELOTON INTERACTIVE INC. 9.54 +0.48 +5.30%
PLNT PLANET FITNESS INC. 101.50 +1.47 +1.47%
ROKU ROKU INC. 69.20 +0.52 +0.76%
SHAK SHAKE SHACK 123.00 +0.65 +0.53%
SQ BLOCK INC. 92.28 -0.49 -0.53%
TRP TC ENERGY CORP. 49.85 -0.38 -0.76%
YELP YELP INC. 36.12 +0.54 +1.50%

Economic data to watch on Thursday includes the latest data on initial and continuing jobless claims which have fallen to the lowest levels of the pandemic. 

Friday 5/7

AMC Networks, Cigna, Cinemark, DraftKings, EW Scripps, and Ruth Hospitality Group, and Nikola will wrap up earnings for the week. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
AMCX AMC NETWORKS INC. 9.41 -0.41 -4.18%
CI THE CIGNA GROUP 328.45 -1.62 -0.49%
CNK CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC. 32.62 +0.38 +1.18%
DKNG DRAFTKINGS INC. 43.09 -0.46 -1.06%
SSP THE E.W. SCRIPPS CO. 2.10 +0.13 +6.60%
RUTH NO DATA AVAILABLE - - -
NKLA NIKOLA CORP. 2.02 -0.01 -0.49%

Investors will also take in the latest data jobs for April. Economists forecast U.S. employers added 978,000 a rise from the 916,000 added in March.  The unemployment rate is expected to tick down to 5.8% from 6%.

 Wholesale inventories, wholesale sales, and consumer credit are also on tap.  

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
AMZN AMAZON.COM INC. 197.12 -1.26 -0.64%

In addition, the National Labor Relations Board will hear the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union’s challenge to the Amazon union election in Alabama. 

Amazon warehouse employees in Bessemer held a vote in early April to decide whether the RWDSU would represent them. In the end, only 738 of approximately 3,000 votes were in favor of representation, killing the most high-profile union push in the e-commerce giant's history.

The RWDSU responded by filing an objection with the NLRB that alleged Amazon interfered in the process, creating "an atmosphere of confusion, coercion and/or fear of reprisals" during the run-up to the vote.