Earnings Watch For August 7 (EAT, CECO, WEN, CSC, NWS, NVDA)

(RTTNews) - Brinker International Inc. (EAT) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter results. The restaurant chain is expected to post earnings of $0.87 per share, higher than the year-ago quarter's $0.77 per share. Also, the company is expected to report revenues of $749.67 million, up from last year's $730.07 million. The company's shares closed Wednesday's session at $44.43. (52-wk H/L $55.45/$38.40)

Career Education Corp. (CECO) is scheduled to post second quarter results. The Schaumburg, Illinois-based company is expected to report a loss of $0.52 per share, wider than the prior year's loss of $0.31 per share, whereas revenues are projected at $233.64 million, down from $294.85 million reported a year ago. The company's shares closed Wednesday's regular trading at $5.30. (52-wk H/L $7.93/$2.46)

Fast-food chain Wendy's Co. (WEN) is due to post its second quarter results. The Dublin, Ohio-based company is expected to record earnings of $0.10 per share, up from $0.08 last year. However, revenues are projected to decline to $518.11 million from $650.54 million reported a year ago. The shares of WEN closed Wednesday's trade at $7.98. (52-wk H/L $10.27/$7.50)

IT service provider Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) is due to report its first quarter results before the opening bell. The earnings of the Falls Church, Virginia-based company are expected to rise to $0.94 per share from $0.91 per share reported last year. However, revenues are anticipated at $3.19 billion, down from last year's $3.26 billion. CSC closed Wednesday's regular trading at $62.10. (52-wk H/L $65.52/$46.80)

News Corp. (NWS, NWSA), which owns the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post among others, is scheduled to post fourth quarter results after the close of trading. The earnings of the New York-based company are expected to decline sharply to $0.03 per share from the year earlier's $1.06 per share and revenues are anticipated to fall to $2.17 billion from $2.26 billion in the prior year. The shares of NWSA closed Wednesday's trade at $17.63. (52-wk H/L $18.53/$15.44)

Graphics chipmaker NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) will report its second quarter results. The company is expected to earn $0.20 per share, higher than the previous year's $0.16 per share. However, revenues are expected to rise to $1.10 billion from $977.24 million generated a year ago. The company's shares closed Wednesday's session at $17.64. (52-wk H/L $19.73/$13.11)

AES Corp. (AES), Duke Energy (DUK), IntercontinentalExchange Group Inc. (ICE), NRG Energy Inc (NRG), Consolidated Edison Inc. (ED), DeVry Inc (DV), Emulex Corp. (ELX), Monster Beverage Corp. (MNST) and Zynga Inc. (ZNGA)are also scheduled to report their results today.