Stocks Reporting Earnings -- Research on Synovus Financial , Lockheed Martin , Packaging Corp. of America, and Intuitive Surgical

LONDON, April 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

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Synovus Financial Corp. will announce its first-quarter FY 2014 earnings on Tuesday, April 22, 2014. The company's Q1 FY 2013 net earnings stood at $0.02 per share. During the previous quarter earnings release, Synovus Financial Corp. had reported net profit of $0.05 per share, which came in-line with the analysts' estimate. In the last one year, the company's earnings per share has declined 86.73%. In the current quarter, Synovus Financial Corp. is expected to report earnings of $0.05 a share. At the close of trading on Friday, April 11, 2014, the company's P/E ratio stood at 23.69. Sign up today to read free research on SNV at:

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Before the opening bell on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, Lockheed Martin Corp. will report its first-quarter FY 2014 earnings. The company is expected to post net earnings of $2.54 a share, below the reported earnings of $2.62 a share in the same quarter a year-ago. In the last quarter, the company posted earnings of $2.38 a share, which was above the analysts' projection of $2.13 a share. The Lockheed Martin Corp.'s EPS has risen by 8.37% in the last one year. Shares of the company were trading at a P/E ratio of 14.28 on Friday, April 11, 2014. Sign up today to read free research on LMT at:

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Packaging Corp. of America is scheduled to release its first-quarter FY 2014 results on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, after the close of trading. The company had reported net income of $1.04 per share in the last quarter, which was fifteen cents above the market consensus forecast of $0.89 per share. Packaging Corp. of America's earnings per share has surged 165.88% in the last one year. Analysts have predicted net earnings for the company at $1.01 a share, above $0.62 a share reported in the year-ago quarter. As of Friday, April 11, 2014, the company's shares were trading at a P/E ratio of 20.21. Sign up today to read free research on PKG at:

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On Tuesday, April 22, 2014, Intuitive Surgical Inc. will be releasing its Q1 FY 2014 earnings report. The company reported earnings of $4.56 a share in the year-ago same quarter. In the previous quarter, the company recorded earnings of $4.28 a share, above the market expectation of $4.02 a share. During the last one year, Intuitive Surgical Inc.'s EPS has grown 3.76% and analysts at Wall Street have projected an EPS of $3.21 for the reporting quarter. As of Friday, April 11, 2014, the company's P/E ratio was at 26.28. Sign up today to read free research on ISRG at:

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