LIVE MARKETS-Walmart earnings coming up; other retailers still to report

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WALMART EARNINGS COMING UP; OTHER RETAILERS STILL TO REPORT
The fourth quarter of 2025 U.S. reporting season is winding down, but a handful of top retailers are soon to report results, with Walmart WMT.O scheduled to release earnings this week and expected to grab investors' attention.
Investors are likely to focus on what these companies say about consumer spending as economic data in recent weeks has been mixed.
Retailers due to report results next week are Home Depot HD.N and Lowe's LOW.N. Target TGT.N is scheduled to report results on March 3, while Dollar General DG.N is also due to report in March.
With results in from 369 of the S&P 500 .SPX companies as of Friday, overall S&P 500 earnings growth is seen at 13.6% for the fourth quarter, up from 8.9% at the start of January, according to LSEG.
That is on track to be below the 14.9% growth in the third quarter of last year, but above the 12.2% growth seen for the first quarter of 2026, the data showed.

(Caroline Valetkevitch)

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