Monday 13 May
- First-half results from Diploma, Victrex and Cerillion
- German wholesale price inflation
- In Japan, quarterly results from Softbank, Suzuki Motor, Suntory and Bridgestone
- In Asia, quarterly results from Tencent Music
- In Europe, quarterly results from Ferrovial and Hochtief
Tuesday 14 May
- Full-year results from DCC
- First-half results from Treatt and On The Beach
- Trading statements from Flutter Entertainment, Greggs, Virgin Money UK and Currys
- UK unemployment, job vacancies and wage growth
- German ZEW economic sentiment survey
- US NFIB smaller companies survey
- US producer price inflation
- In Japan, quarterly results from Sony, Asahi, Rakuten, Dentsu and Samsonite
- In Asia, quarterly results from Tencent, Alibaba and Hon Hai Precision
- Europe, quarterly results from Bayer and Rheinmetall
- In the US, quarterly results from Home Depot, Nu, Sea and Seadrill
Vodafone will release its full-year results on 14 May, currently ranking 92nd in the FTSE 100 and with a share price that has dropped by over half in the past five years.
The declining share price is chalked up to a number of factors, including increased competition, stringent regulation, an indebted balance sheet and dividend cuts, according to Russ Mould, AJ Bell investment director, Danni Hewson, AJ Bell head of financial analysis, and Dan Coatsworth, AJ Bell investment analyst.
“If there is any good news here, it is that the share price seems to be stabilising, albeit at very low levels, and this may be down to the restructuring plan initiated by chief executive Margherita Della Valle,” the AJ Bell team said.
Since Della Valle began in the role, she has attempted to merge the UK assets with Three, and sell its Italian and Spanish businesses.
“Such dramatic surgery is a welcome admission that the firm is (or was) fighting on too many fronts in too many markets, especially given its net debt position,” Mould, Hewson, and Coatsworth said.
“The cash inflows will reduce borrowing, which is welcome, although the disposals mean the full-year results will be trickier to read than normal. Vodafone habitually used underlying, adjusted, non-statutory financial metrics as its benchmarks for financial performance and it will also report Spain and Italy as discontinued operations, so comparisons with the past and forward guidance will not be easy either.”
Headline numbers for the full-year results will be adjusted free cash flow and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortisation and lease costs (EBITDAaL). The latter is expected to reach around €13bn, a drop from last year’s €14.7bn. Adjusted free cash flow is also expected by analysts to fall from €5.3bn in last year’s results to €3.1bn for this year.
Wednesday 15 May
- Full-year results from Compass, Experian and Vertu Motors
- First-half results from Imperial Brands and Britvic
- Trading updates and quarterly results from Spirax-Sarco and Keller
- US consumer price inflation
- US retail sales
- US NAHB housebuilding industry survey
- US oil inventories
- In Asia, quarterly results from JD, Singapore Airlines and Grab
- Europe, quarterly results from Allianz, E.ON, Hapag-Lloyd, RWE, Commerzbank, ABN Amro, Ageas, Telecom Italia, TUI, ThyssenKrupp, Ubisoft and Tod’s
- In the US, quarterly results from Cisco
Burberry will release its full-year results on Wednesday after shares dropped over 50% over the year.
“A weak recovery in the important Chinese market and broader concerns over luxury goods demand and so-called premiumisation strategies (and perhaps whether companies are starting to accidentally price the more aspirational customer out of the market) have a big role to play,” Mould, Hewson, and Coatsworth said.
“Those worries crystallised in a disappointing outlook statement alongside November’s interim results and then a full-blown profit warning alongside January’s third-quarter and Christmas trading update.”
Following the warning, analysts anticipate a 13% year-on-year decline of retail sales and an adjusted operating profit £405bn. Total sales are expected near £2.9bn.
“Analysts and investors will also look to compare momentum in the third quarter compared to that shown earlier in the year,” the AJ Bell team said.
“In the second quarter, comparable store sales rose 10% year-on-year in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, advanced by 2% in Asia and fell 10% in the Americas. Analysts will no doubt also look for a progress report across retail, wholesale and licensing, as well as additional colour on online versus physical sales, pricing and input costs.”
Thursday 16 May
- Full-year results from United Utilities and Premier Foods
- First-half results from Sage, easyJet, Grainger, Future, Auction Technology and Tritax Eurobox
- Trading updates and quarterly results from Convatec, Vistry, Helios Towers, Restore and Vanquis Banking
- Japanese GDP growth
- US housing starts
- US industrial production and capacity utilisation rates
- US weekly initial unemployment claims
- In Asia, quarterly results from Baidu and Galaxy Entertainment
- In Europe, quarterly results from Siemens, Deutsche Telekom, Zurich, Pernod Ricard, Swiss Re, Iliad, Vallourec and Aegon
- In the US, quarterly results from Wal-Mart, Applied Materials, Deere, Take-Two Interactive and Under Armour
Friday 17 May
- Full-year results from Land Securities
- Chinese monthly industrial production, retail sales and fixed asset investment
- EU inflation
