Earnings Watch For April 10 (CBSH, FDO, PIR, RAD, SJR)

(RTTNews) - Discount retailer Family Dollar Stores Inc. (FDO) is expected to report second quarter results before the markets open. The Matthews, North Carolina-based company is expected to earn $0.90 per share, lower than the prior year's $1.21 per share. Quarterly revenues are anticipated to decline to $2.77 billion from $2.89 billion last year. The shares closed Wednesday at $59.07. (52-wk H/L $75.29/$57.28)

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (PIR), a specialty retailer of decorative home furnishings and gifts, is slated to report fourth-quarter results. The earnings of the company are expected to decline to $0.41 per share from $0.60 per share earned a year earlier. Also, the Fort Worth, Texas based company is anticipated to generate revenues of $512.76 million, down from $551.62 million reported a year ago. On the NYSE, the shares closed Wednesday at $18.22. (52-wk H/L $25.29/$17.32)

Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (CBSH), the holding company for Commerce Bank, is scheduled to report first quarter results before the opening bell. The Kansas City, Missouri-based company is expected to post earnings of $0.68 per share, an increase from $0.64 per share reported a year earlier. Revenues are anticipated at $268.70 million, up from $250.22 million last year. The company's shares closed Wednesday's session at $45.63. (52-wk H/L $47.45/$36.63)

Retail drugstore chain operator Rite Aid Corp. (RAD) will post its fourth quarter results. The earnings of the company are expected to decline sharply to $0.04 per share from the prior year's $0.13 per share, whereas revenues are anticipated to rise to $6.54 billion from $6.46 billion reported a year earlier. The stock closed Wednesday at $6.40. (52-wk H/L $7.05/$1.96)

Diversified Canadian communications company Shaw Communications, Inc. (SJR ,SJR.B.TO) is due to post its second-quarter results. The company is expected to record a profit of $0.41 per share, an increase from the previous year's $0.38 per share. Revenues are anticipated to grow to $1.29 billion from the year-ago's $1.25 billion. The shares of SJR closed Wednesday's trade at $24.28. (52-wk H/L $25.46/$21.32)