Earnings Due Today....

COMPANIES REPORTING EARNINGS

• Chesapeake Energy (CHK). Projected to report Q4 earnings of $0.81 a share, according to analysts polled by Thomson Financial. This is a decline of 10.11% from $0.90 earned per share same time the previous year.

• Chemed (CHE). Estimated to post Q4 earnings of $0.88 a share, up 20.14% from $0.73 earned per share same time last year.

• DTE Energy (DTE). Forecast to report earnings of $0.78 a share, which is largely unchanged from $0.77 earned per share same time the year previous.

• Eaton Vance (EV). Projected to report q1 earnings of $0.49 a share, up 88.85% from $0.26 earned per share same time last year.

• Emcor (EME). Likely report Q4 earnings of $0.66 a share, up 64.25% from $0.40 earned per share same time the previous year.

• Esterline Technologies (ESL). Forecast to report Q1 earnings of $0.59 a share.

• Express Scripts (ESRX). Expected to post Q4 earnings of $0.64 a share, an increase of over 26% from $0.51 earned per share same time the previous year.

• Intuit (INTU). Estimated to post Q2 earnings of $0.36 a share, down 19.33% from $0.45 earned same time the previous year.

• JC Penney (JCP). Forecast to post Q4 earnings of $1.77 a share, a decline of 11.45% from $2.00 earned per share same time the previous year.

• MGM Mirage (MGM). Projected to post Q4 earnings of $0.56 a share, up 5.47% from 40.53 per share earned same time the previous year.

• Odyssey Re Holdings (ORH). Expected to report Q4 earnings of $0.92 a share against $0.92 earned per share same time the previous year.

• OSI Pharmaceuticals (OSIP). Likely to report a Q4 profit of $0.29 a share, against a loss of $0.01 per share same time last year.

• Roper Industries (ROP). Expected to post Q4 earnings of $0.75 a share, an increase of 16.72% from $0.64 earned same time previous year.

• Safeway (SWY). Expected to report Q4 profit of $0.68 a share, which is a rise of 11.47% from $0.61 earned per share same time the previous year.