Earnings Preview: Ford Motor, General Dynamics, Moody's, NASDAQ OMX

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE:GD), Moody's Corporation (NYSE:MCO), NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) are each scheduled to report its financial earnings result for the second quarter of the current fiscal year on Wednesday, July 24.

Earnings Preview

Ford Motor Company (F)

The consensus mean is 36 cents a share, a gain of 6 cents (16.7 percent) from 30 cents during the corresponding quarter last year. Analysts' estimates this quarter range from 26 cents, to a high of 43 cents per share.

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