Cramer Profiles Key Earnings Reports Out This Week

On Friday’s Mad Money show, host Jim Cramer profiled the key earnings reports that will be coming out this week. Here is a day-by-day breakdown of the themes that Cramer is looking for:

Monday
• Humana (HUM: 85.15 0.00%) – Cramer wants to see how people react to the report to see if health care reform has any life left.
• ExxonMobil (XOM: 85.32 0.00%) – Cramer hopes to hear an update on the future of natural gas in the U.S.
• Plum Creek Timber (PCL: 39.56 0.00%) – Cramer believes this will give us an idea if the real estate market has bottomed out.

Tuesday
• Whirlpool (WHR: 70.20 0.00%) – Cramer wants to see how the company is doing in Brazil.
• Dow Chemical (DOW: 33.95 0.00%) – Cramer is watching to see what demand is currently like for their chemicals.
• BEA Aerospace’s (BEAV: 45.78 0.00%) – Cramer is listening to see if he is too bullish on Boeing (BA: 75.46 0.00%).

Wednesday
• National Oilwell Varco’s (NOV: 81.77 0.00%) – Cramer believes this report will show how strong demand is for natural gas drilling rigs.
• International Paper’s (IP: 30.95 0.00%) – Cramer says this report will be a view of the health of the global economy.
• Polo Ralph Lauren (RL: 171.49 0.00%) – this report will indicate the health of the high end consumer.
• Several mobile internet stocks will also report on Wednesday afternoon, and Cramer wants to see their reaction to the iPad and the recent drop in Apple’s (AAPL: 476.68 0.00%) stock price.

Thursday
• Several dividend stocks including Clorox (CLX: 68.38 0.00%), Kellogg (K: 50.34 0.00%), Suburban Propane Partners (SPH: 41.98 0.00%), and Pitney Bowes (PBI: 19.50 0.00%) all report earnings on Thursday.
• Mastercard (MA: 394.91 0.00%) – Cramer hopes this will give us an idea about the number of transactions going on in the marketplace.

Friday
• Wyerhauser’s (WY: 20.56 0.00%) – Cramer is watching this report to get some insights into the new housing and land market.