Earnings Watch For April 16 (STJ, AXP, GOOG, IBM, SNDK)

(RTTNews) - Credit-card issuer American Express Co. (AXP) is expected to report results for the first quarter after the close of trading. The New York-based company is expected to earn $1.30 per share, higher than the prior year's $1.15 per share. Quarterly revenues are anticipated to climb to $8.36 billion from $7.88 billion last year. The company's shares closed Tuesday's session at $86.04. (52-wk H/L $94.35/$63.43)

Medical equipment maker St. Jude Medical, Inc. (STJ) is due to report its first quarter results before the opening bell. The earnings of the company are expected to grow to $0.95 per share from $0.92 per share last year. Revenues are projected at $1.36 billion, up from the $1.34 billion reported a year ago. The stock closed Tuesday's regular trading at $63.22. (52-wk H/L $68.79/$40.31)

Search engine giant Google, Inc. (GOOG, GOOGL) is scheduled to report first quarter results. For the quarter, the Mountain View, California-based company's earnings are expected to increase to $6.40 per share from the $5.79 per share reported a year earlier, while quarterly revenues are anticipated at $15.52 billion, higher than last year's $13.97 billion. On the Nasdaq,GOOGL closed Tuesday's trade at $548.70. (52-wk H/L $615.05/$381.01)

Information technology giant International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) will post its first quarter results after the close of trading. The earnings of the Armonk, New York-based company are expected to decline to $2.54 per share from the previous year's $3.00 per share and revenues are projected to decrease to $22.91 billion from $23.41 billion a year ago. The stock closed Tuesday's regular trading at $197.02. (52-wk H/L $211.98/$172.19)

Flash memory card maker SanDisk Corp. (SNDK) is slated to report results for the first quarter. The earnings of the Milpitas, California-based company are expected to be rise to $1.25 per share from the $0.84 per share reported a year earlier, while quarterly revenues are anticipated to increase to $1.49 billion from last year's $1.34 billion. The shares closed Tuesday at $75.34. (52-wk H/L $85.37/$50.68)

Abbott Laboratories (ABT), PNC Financial Services (PNC), WW Grainer (GWW), Capital One Financial (COF), Noble Corp. (NE), SLM Corp. (SLM), Steel Dynamics (STLD) and United Rentals (URI) are also scheduled to release their results.