Earnings Watch For May 1 (CAH, XOM, COP, MA, VIAB, LNKD)

(RTTNews) - Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH) is slated to report third quarter results before the opening bell. The healthcare services provider is expected to report a profit of $1.01 per share, down marginally from $1.02 per share reported a year ago, while revenues are estimated to decline to $21.72 billion from $24.55 billion in the previous year. The stock closed Wednesday at $69.51. (52-wk H/L $74.40/$44.50)

Integrated oil company ConocoPhillips (COP) is due to post its first-quarter results. The Houston, Texas-based company is expected to earn $1.56 per share, an increase from $1.42 per share last year, and revenues are estimated at $15.13 billion, higher than the prior year's $14.65 billion. The company's shares closed Wednesday's regular trading at $74.31. (52-wk H/L $75.34/$58.71)

Irving, Texas-based Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) is also scheduled to report first quarter results before the markets open. The earnings of the oil and natural gas giant are expected to fall to $1.88 per share from $2.12 per share reported last year, but revenues are projected to rise marginally to $109.76 billion from $108.81 billion last year. The shares of Exxon Mobil closed Wednesday's trade at $102.41. (52-wk H/L $102.57/$84.79)

Mastercard Inc. (MA) is expected to post first-quarter results. The earnings of the New York-based payments company are expected to climb to $0.72 per share from $0.62 per share earned a year ago. Quarterly revenues are estimated to grow to $2.14 billion from the prior year's $1.91 billion. The company's shares closed Wednesday's regular trading at $73.55. (52-wk H/L $84.75/$53.38)

Media conglomerate Viacom, Inc. (VIAB) will report its first quarter results. The earnings for the quarter are expected to rise to $1.05 per share from $0.96 per share reported a year ago. The New York-based company is anticipated to record revenues of $3.20 billion, an increase from last year's $3.14 billion. The shares of VIAB closed Wednesday's trade at $84.98. (52-wk H/L $89.27/$64.55)

Professional social network giant LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD) is due to report its first quarter results after the close of trading. The earnings of the Mountain View, California-based company are expected at $0.34 per share, down from the $0.45 per share reported in the previous year, while revenues are estimated at $466.57 million, an increase from $324.70 million in the prior year. The stock closed Wednesday at $153.47. (52-wk H/L $257.56/$143.26)

Avon Products (AVP), Beazer Homes (BZH), Cigna Corp. (CI), Clorox Co. (CLX), CME Group Inc. (CME), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Kellogg Company (K), Motorola Solutions Inc. (MSI), Mylan, Inc. (MYL), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (TEVA), T-Mobile US, Inc. (TMUS), Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM), BJ's Restaurants Inc. (BJRI), Fluor Corp. (FLR), Mondelez International, Inc. (MDLZ), PMC-Sierra Inc. (PMCS), Western Union Co (WU) and Wynn Resorts Ltd. (WYNN) are also due to report their results.