United Technologies 1Q earnings seen rising

By Valuentum: On Tuesday, United Technologies (UTX) reported weak third-quarter results. Sales advanced 6%, but earnings dropped by a similar amount, excluding restructuring costs. Organic sales fell 2% as negative foreign currency fluctuations adversely impacted expansion by 3 percentage points.

By Jeff Williams:Looking at profitability is a very important step in understanding a company. Profitability is essentially why the company exists, and a key component of deciding to invest or to remain invested in a company.

By Valuentum: Industrial conglomerate, United Technologies (UTX), posted mixed first-quarter results that showed strength in its residential HVAC and commercial aerospace businesses but weakness in its Otis elevator division. Though we weren't pleased by order trends in China and Europe, we are sticking with our fair value estimate for the firm.

By Matthew Potter:Two of the larger U.S. aerospace and defense corporations reported for the 4th Quarter of 2011 Wednesday and both posted similar results.

United Technologies Corp. (UTX) Q3 2010 Earnings Call Transcript October 20, 2010 9:00 am ETComplete Story »

Zacks.com submits: Big Lots Inc. (BIG), which operates as a broad line closeout retailer in the United States, posted better-than-expected first-quarter 2010 results on May 27, 2010, buoyed by strong sales and effective inventory management, prompting management to raise the outlook.

Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: The average stock that has released earnings this reporting period has gained 0.84% on the first trading day following its report. (For companies reporting in the morning, we use that day's change, and for companies that report in the evening, we use the next day's change.)