Big earnings week ahead
Mar 23–27 brings heavyweight reports: BYND, CHWY, CCL, PDD, GME, CTAS and PAYX are lined up, while BMO highlights upcoming previews from BABA, ACN and DRI. ( ) Traders will watch these releases against commodity volatility and geopolitical risk to reprice EPS and guidance expectations. ( )
GameStop will report fourth-quarter and fiscal 2025 results before the market opens on March 24, 2026, according to the company’s press release. (lasvegassun.com) PDD Holdings, Chewy and Paychex have confirmed pre‑market earnings releases on March 25, 2026, with PDD hosting its conference call at 7:30 a.m. ET and Chewy at 8:00 a.m. ET. (finviz.com) Beyond Meat said it will report its fourth‑quarter and full‑year 2025 results after the close on March 25 and disclosed a delay to its 10‑K while it reviews inventory balances, flagging a material weakness and preliminary Q4 net revenue of roughly $61 million and FY2025 net revenue of about $275 million. (publicnow.com) Street consensus ahead of the week shows Chewy’s non‑GAAP EPS around $0.28 and revenue near $3.26 billion, GameStop’s quarter is pegged roughly at $0.31–$0.37 in EPS on about $1.47 billion of sales, and Paychex’s consensus EPS prints appear elevated relative to last year (TipRanks shows a Q3 fiscal‑2026 consensus near $1.67). (zacks.com) Carnival is expected to report around $0.18 in Q1 EPS with roughly $6.1 billion of revenue, a print traders will weigh against recent crude moves and the company’s sensitivity to fuel costs highlighted by analysts. (benzinga.com) BMO Capital Markets has been active on names investors watch this week—issuing recent notes and target updates on Accenture and Darden—and market previews for large caps including Alibaba have been circulated ahead of their reports. (ca.investing.com) Oil benchmarks have jumped this month (Brent near roughly $101–112 per barrel in mid‑March) and the World Economic Forum flags geoeconomic and interstate conflict as elevated risk themes for 2026, both factors traders cite when repricing guidance and EPS sensitivity for travel, payroll and China‑exposed names. (tradingeconomics.com)
