Earnings to Watch: Week of April 20 to April 24, 2026
Markets Face a Full-System Check as Industrials, Financials, AI, and Consumer Giants All Report.
This is one of those weeks where earnings stop being company-specific and start becoming macro.
The setup is broad. Industrials open the week with names like Steel Dynamics, then aerospace, healthcare, and financials take over Tuesday.
By midweek, the focus shifts to AI infrastructure and enterprise tech through Tesla, Lam Research, Texas Instruments, and ServiceNow.
Thursday expands into a full-system read with Intel, American Express, Blackstone, and Freeport-McMoRan.
Friday closes with consumer staples, energy, and transport.
What ties this together is simple: this is a read on credit, capex, and demand across the entire economy.
You have capital markets exposure through IBKR, COF, and BX. You have industrial and infrastructure demand through GE, BA, HON, and UNP. You have semis and AI through LRCX, TXN, INTC. And you have consumer signals through AXP, PG, and CMCSA.
If last week was about financial conditions, this week is about whether real economic activity is keeping up.
Here’s how to think about each day:
Monday April 20
The week starts quietly, but not without signal.
Steel Dynamics offers an early read on industrial demand, pricing power, and margins in a higher-cost environment. This is less about steel itself and more about construction, autos, and manufacturing activity. If volumes hold and margins stabilize, it supports the idea that industrial demand is not rolling over.
AGNC adds a rate-sensitive angle. Mortgage REIT commentary around spreads, funding costs, and portfolio performance will reflect how higher rates are flowing through housing and credit markets.
This is a tone-setting day. Not loud, but important.
STLD 0.00%↑ (Steel Dynamics, Inc.)
Earnings release: After market close
Earnings call: 11:00 AM ET on Tuesday April 21
PAC 0.00%↑ (Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, S.A.B. de C.V.)
Earnings release: After market close
Earnings call: TBD
AGNC 0.00%↑ (AGNC Investment Corp.)
Earnings release: After market close
Earnings call: 8:30 AM ET on Tuesday April 21
Tuesday April 21
Tuesday is where the week really begins.
GE Aerospace, RTX, and Northrop Grumman give a clean read on global defense spending, aerospace demand, and long-cycle industrial visibility. These are backlog-driven businesses, so guidance matters more than the print.
UnitedHealth and Danaher bring healthcare into focus. Watch for procedure volumes, pricing, and demand stability. These tend to be defensive, so any weakness here stands out.
Then you have the financial layer. Interactive Brokers and Capital One will show trading activity, consumer credit health, and loan performance. This ties directly into whether financial conditions remain supportive or start tightening beneath the surface.
Tuesday answers one question: is the system still stable across industrials, healthcare, and credit?
GE 0.00%↑ (GE Aerospace)
Earnings release: Before earnings call
Earnings call: 7:30 AM ET
UNH 0.00%↑ (UnitedHealth Group Incorporated)
Earnings release: Before earnings call
Earnings call: 8:00 AM ET
RTX 0.00%↑ (RTX Corporation)
Earnings release: Before earnings call
Earnings call: 8:30 AM ET
ISRG 0.00%↑ (Intuitive Surgical, Inc.)
Earnings release: After market close
Earnings call: 4:30 PM ET
IBKR 0.00%↑ (Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.)
Earnings release: 4:00 PM ET
Earnings call: 4:30 PM ET
DHR 0.00%↑ (Danaher Corporation)
Earnings release: Before earnings call
Earnings call: 8:00 AM ET
CB 0.00%↑ (Chubb Limited)
Earnings release: After market close
Earnings call: 8:30 AM ET on Wednesday April 22
COF 0.00%↑ (Capital One Financial Corporation)
Earnings release: 4:05 PM ET
Earnings call: 5:00 PM ET
NOC 0.00%↑ (Northrop Grumman Corporation)
Earnings release: Before market open
Earnings call: 9:30 AM ET
MMM 0.00%↑ (3M Company)
Earnings release: Before market open
Earnings call: 9:00 AM ET
Wednesday April 22
This is the pivot day.
Tesla, Lam Research, and Texas Instruments shift the focus squarely to AI, semiconductors, and capex cycles. Investors will be watching for signs of continued demand strength versus early normalization. Order trends, backlog, and forward guidance matter more than headline numbers.
ServiceNow adds enterprise software exposure. This is one of the cleanest reads on corporate IT spending and workflow automation demand.
On the macro side, Boeing and Vertiv provide industrial and infrastructure context, while AT&T and CME give insight into telecom demand and trading activity.
If semis and enterprise software guide well, it reinforces the idea that capex is still intact. If not, it raises questions about how sustainable the AI-driven cycle really is.
TSLA 0.00%↑ (Tesla, Inc.)
Earnings release: After market close
Earnings call: 5:30 PM ET
LRCX 0.00%↑ (Lam Research Corporation)
Earnings release: After market close
Earnings call: 5:00 PM ET
GEV 0.00%↑ (GE Vernova Inc.)
Earnings release: Before earnings call
Earnings call: 7:30 AM ET
PM 0.00%↑ (Philip Morris International Inc.)
Earnings release: Before market open
Earnings call: 9:00 AM ET
IBM 0.00%↑ (International Business Machines Corporation)
Earnings release: After market close
Earnings call: 5:00 PM ET
TXN 0.00%↑ (Texas Instruments Incorporated)
Earnings release: After market close
Earnings call: 4:30 PM ET
T 0.00%↑ (AT&T Inc.)
Earnings release: Before earnings call
Earnings call: 8:30 AM ET
BA 0.00%↑ (The Boeing Company)
Earnings release: Before market open
Earnings call: 10:30 AM ET
VRT 0.00%↑ (Vertiv Holdings Co)
Earnings release: Before market open
Earnings call: 11:00 AM ET
CME 0.00%↑ (CME Group Inc.)
Earnings release: Before earnings call
Earnings call: 8:30 AM ET
NOW 0.00%↑ (ServiceNow, Inc.)
Earnings release: After market close
Earnings call: 5:00 PM ET
Thursday April 23
This is the most important day of the week.
Intel and SAP anchor the technology narrative, offering insight into both hardware and enterprise software demand. This is where the AI story either broadens out or starts to show limits.
American Express is critical for the consumer. Spending trends, delinquencies, and forward guidance will shape expectations around high-income consumption and credit quality.
Blackstone adds another layer, giving a read on private markets, asset flows, and deal activity. Combined with Union Pacific and Honeywell, you get a strong signal on both capital allocation and real economic movement.
Then you have commodities. Freeport-McMoRan and Newmont reflect copper and gold demand, tying into global growth and defensive positioning.
Thursday is about alignment. If tech, consumer, and industrials all hold, the macro narrative stays intact. If they diverge, markets will have to reprice.
INTC 0.00%↑ (Intel Corporation)
Earnings release: After market close
Earnings call: 5:00 PM ET
AXP 0.00%↑ (American Express Company)
Earnings release: Before earnings call
Earnings call: 8:30 AM ET
SAP 0.00%↑ (SAP SE)
Earnings release: After market close
Earnings call: 5:00 PM ET
TMO 0.00%↑ (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.)
Earnings release: Before earnings call
Earnings call: 8:30 AM ET
NEE 0.00%↑ (NextEra Energy, Inc.)
Earnings release: Before market open
Earnings call: 9:00 AM ET
GILD 0.00%↑ (Gilead Sciences, Inc.)
Earnings release: TBD
Earnings call: TBD
SCCO 0.00%↑ (Southern Copper Corporation)
Earnings release: After market close
Earnings call: TBD
BX 0.00%↑ (Blackstone Inc.)
Earnings release: Before market open
Earnings call: 9:00 AM ET
UNP 0.00%↑ (Union Pacific Corporation)
Earnings release: 7:45 AM ET
Earnings call: 8:45 AM ET
HON 0.00%↑ (Honeywell International Inc.)
Earnings release: Before earnings call
Earnings call: 8:30 AM ET
LMT 0.00%↑ (Lockheed Martin Corporation)
Earnings release: Before earnings call
Earnings call: 8:30 AM ET
NEM 0.00%↑ (Newmont Corporation)
Earnings release: After market close
Earnings call: 5:30 PM ET
SNY 0.00%↑ (Sanofi)
Earnings release: Before earnings call
Earnings call: 7:00 AM ET
CMCSA 0.00%↑ (Comcast Corporation)
Earnings release: Before earnings call
Earnings call: 8:30 AM ET
FCX 0.00%↑ (Freeport-McMoRan Inc.)
Earnings release: Before market open
Earnings call: 10:00 AM ET
Friday April 24
Friday is about confirmation.
Procter & Gamble provides a clean read on consumer staples demand, pricing power, and margin resilience. This is where you see whether inflation pressures are still being passed through.
SLB and Eni bring energy into the picture, offering insight into upstream demand, capex, and commodity sensitivity.
Norfolk Southern adds a transportation angle, reflecting goods movement and economic throughput.
This day doesn’t usually change the narrative, but it confirms whether the signals from earlier in the week are consistent across sectors.
PG 0.00%↑ (The Procter & Gamble Company)
Earnings release: Before earnings call
Earnings call: 8:30 AM ET
HCA 0.00%↑ (HCA Healthcare, Inc.)
Earnings release: Before market open
Earnings call: 10:00 AM ET
SLB 0.00%↑ (SLB N.V.)
Earnings release: 7:00 AM ET
Earnings call: 11:00 AM ET
E 0.00%↑ (Eni S.p.A.)
Earnings release: 7:45 AM ET
Earnings call: 8:00 AM ET
NSC 0.00%↑ (Norfolk Southern Corporation)
Earnings release: Before earnings call
Earnings call: 8:30 AM ET
CHTR 0.00%↑ (Charter Communications, Inc.)
Earnings release: Before earnings call
Earnings call: 8:30 AM ET
NMR 0.00%↑ (Nomura Holdings, Inc.)
Earnings release: Before earnings call
Earnings call: 5:30 AM ET
Bottom Line
This is a layered week.
Industrials and defense test long-cycle demand. Financials and credit names show whether liquidity is still flowing. Semiconductors and enterprise software tell us if the AI and capex cycle remains intact. Consumer and staples close the loop on demand resilience.
If all of these hold together, the market narrative remains one of stability with selective growth. If cracks start to appear across credit, capex, or consumer spending, the tone shifts quickly.
Is the economy still moving forward, or just holding together? By Friday, the answer will be clearer.
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