Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Tomorrow's Earnings/Economic Releases of Note; Market Movers

Earnings of Note 
Company/Estimate 

Before the Open:
  • (CHH)/1.54
  • (ETSY)/.85
  • (LMND)/-.39
  • (POOL)/.97
  • (PWR)/3.02
  • (SO)/.56
  • (TECK)/.74
  • (VC)/2.09
  • (WMT)/.73
  • (W)/.69
  • (YETI)/.88 
  • (BABA)/11.62 
  • (DE)/2.02
  • (SATS)/-.73
  • (METC)/-.25 
After the Close: 
  • (AKAM)/1.76
  • (FIX)/6.75
  • (ED)/.86
  • (CPRT)/.39
  • (DBX)/.67
  • (GH)/-.77
  • (NEM)/2.05
  • (RNG)/1.14
  • (SFM)/.89
  • (RIG)/.08
  • (OLED)/1.28
  • (VICR)/.44
Economic Release 

8:30 am EST

  • The Trade Balance for Dec. is estimated at -$55.5B versus -$56.8B in Nov. 
  • The Advance Goods Trade Balance for Dec. is estimated at -$86.0B.
  • Wholesale Inventories MoM for Dec. is estimated to rise +.2% versus a +.2% gain in Nov. 
  • Retail Inventories MoM for Dec. is estimated to rise +.2%
  • The Philly Fed Business Outlook for Feb. is estimated to fall to 7.8 versus 12.6 in Jan.
  • Initial Jobless Claims for last week is estimated to fall to 225K versus 227K the prior week.
  • Continuing Claims is estimated to fall to 1860K versus 1862K prior.

10:00 am EST

  • The Leading Index for Dec. is estimated to fall -.3% versus a -.3% decline in Nov.
  • Pending Home Sales MoM for Jan. is estimated to rise +2.0% versus a -9.3% decline in Dec. 

10:30 am EST

  • Bloomberg consensus estimates call for a weekly crude oil inventory gain of +673,750 barrels versus a +8,530,000 barrel gain the prior week. Gasoline supplies are estimated to fall by -366,000 barrels versus a +1,160,000 barrel gain prior. Distillate inventories are estimated to fall by -1,785,500 barrels versus a -2,703,000 barrel decline prior. Finally, Refinery Utilization is estimated to rise by +2.78% versus a -1.1% decline prior.

Upcoming Splits

  • None of note
Other Potential Market Movers
  • The Fed's Kashkari speaking, Fed's Bowman speaking, Fed's Goolsbee speaking, Fed's Bostic speaking, Atlanta Fed GDPNow Q4 update, weekly EIA natural gas inventory report, (RJF) annual meeting and the Citi Industrial Tech/Mobility Conference could also impact global trading tomorrow.
US Equity Market Hours
  • 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EST

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