Consumer companies the focus of next week's earnings

With two-thirds of the S&P 500 companies having reported earnings, the broad effects on stock markets are waning quickly.

Next week's earnings are interesting though, as many consumer companies are on tap. It is always interesting to read management's outlook on consumer spending, as it offers additional insight alongside the official retail sales figures released in many countries.

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Monday

• L'Oreal is expected to report EPS of 4.24 up 4.9 percent YoY

Wednesday

• Puma is expected to report EPS of 15.00 unchanged YoY
• Danone is expected to report EPS of 2.93 up 12.8 percent YoY
• Peugeot is expected to report EPS of 3.02 down 39.7 percent YoY
• Heineken is expected to report EPS of 2.69 down 10.2 percent YoY
• Comcast is expected to report EPS of 0.42 up 20.9 percent YoY

Thursday

• Nestle is expected to report EPS of 3.08 down 5.1 percent YoY
• Pernod-Ricard is expected to report EPS of 3.11 up 12.4 percent YoY
• PPR is expected to report EPS of 7.96 up 8.1 percent YoY

Friday

• Heinz is expected to report EPS of 0.85 up 1.5 percent YoY