McDonald’s

McDonald’s was among the 154 companies publishing their earnings on Monday. The fast-food chain’s decision to add a range of high-end (and high-margin) gourmet burgers to its food offering is one of the changes that led to the better-than-expected results.

McDonald’s shares went up nearly 5% - making it the top gainer on the Dow Jones - and Reuters reports that excluding items, the company earned $1.79 per share, thus beating the forecast of $1.67.


Apple Inc.

On Tuesday, Apple publishes its (highly anticipated) earnings. A lot has been said about the expected disappointing sales of the iPhone X which means that this bad news is probably already priced in.

Earlier, CNBC already reported that several Apple suppliers predicted a weak smartphone market, something that got investors worried and made the tech giant’s shares lose 4% last week.


Snap Inc.

Also on Tuesday, earnings from technology and social media company Snap (probably best known as the parent company behind Snapchat). The latter had a few hits to process over the past quarter.

One of them being the infamous Tweet by reality TV star Kylie Jenner in February. Jenner asked her 24.5M Twitter followers if she was the only one not to open the Snapchat app anymore. The micro-message wiped out $1.3 billion of Snap’s market value.

Following Jenner’s Tweet several (big) advertisers wondered if Snapchat still was the right platform for them with Maybelline asking its social media followers whether or not it should continue to stay on Snapchat.

Analysts expect Snap’s first-quarter earnings to report a loss of $0.17 per share.


Tesla Inc.

On Wednesday, Tesla announces its first-quarter results. After a series of setbacks, however - a fatal crash and a big recall of Model S sedans in March, failure to meet Model 3 production targets -  investors could start wondering whether or not the California-based electric car builder is going to live up to its promises.

According to an article by City A.M., analysts at S&P Global Market Intelligence expect Tesla to report a loss of $3.52 per share for the first quarter.


Spotify Technology SA

Spotify is set to publish its first quarterly results since it became a publicly traded company last month on the 3rd of April. Analysts expect Spotify to report a loss of $0.34 per share on a revenue of $1.4 billion. According to an article by Investor’s Business Daily, investors will be particularly focussing on the company’s subscriber growth.


Alibaba Group Holding Ltd

On Friday, it’s up to the Chinese e-commerce (among other things) conglomerate Alibaba to publish its first quarterly earnings of 2018. EPS is expected to be $0.86 on a revenue of $9.2 billion. Analysts from Baird expect online spending trends in China to stay positive but also note that Alibaba keeps spending a lot on key growth initiatives such as retail, media and the cloud, according to Investor’s Business Daily.