Stocks to Watch: GE, Google, Microsoft

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NEW YORK -- General Electric GE is expected by analysts Friday to post second-quarter profit of 37 cents a share in the June-ended period on revenue of $36.79 billion.

The industrial conglomerate and Dow component has topped Wall Street's consensus view in seven of the past eight quarters, beating the estimate by an average of 8.6% in those instances.

GE: More Dividend Gravy, Please


Google GOOG , the Internet search giant, reported Thursday second-quarter non-GAAP earnings of $3.35 billion, or $10.12 a share, on revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs of $8.36 billion. Analysts were looking for a profit of $10.04 a share on revenue of $8.41 billion.

Google Delivers Above-Consensus Profit


Microsoft MSFT posted Thursday a non-GAAP quarterly profit of $6.93 billion, or 73 cents a share, for its fiscal fourth quarter on revenue of $18.06 billion. Analysts were looking for earnings of 62 cents a share on revenue of $18.13 billion.

Microsoft saw strong growth in its server and tools business in the quarter.

Microsoft Beats on Strength in Servers Business


SanDisk SNDK , the flash memory specialist, on Thursday reported non-GAAP earnings of $51 million, or 21 cents a share, for the second quarter on revenue totaling $1.03 billion.

The performance topped the average estimate of analysts for a profit of 18 cents a share on revenue of $1.02 billion.


Schlumberger SLB is expected by analysts Friday to post second-quarter earnings of $1 a share on revenue of $10.47 billion.


-- Written by Joseph Woelfel

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