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By Rebecca L. McClay, MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Tuesday's session are BP PLC, Lockheed Martin Corp. and Aflac Inc.
Lockheed /quotes/comstock/13*!lmt/quotes/nls/lmt (LMT 75.00, +0.12, +0.16%) is expected to report earnings of $1.79 per share and revenue of $11.5 billion for the second quarter of 2010, according to FactSet Research.
Aflac /quotes/comstock/13*!afl/quotes/nls/afl (AFL 51.04, +0.53, +1.05%) is expected to report earnings of $1.33 per share and revenue of $4.9 billion for the second quarter of 2010.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. /quotes/comstock/13*!oxy/quotes/nls/oxy (OXY 82.92, +0.78, +0.95%) is expected to report earnings of $1.37 per share and revenue of $5 billion for the second quarter of 2010.
Alcoa Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!aa/quotes/nls/aa (AA 11.23, +0.18, +1.63%) said Monday it priced $1 billion in notes to buy back notes with upcoming maturity dates. Alcoa intends to sell $1 billion in 6.15% notes due Aug. 15, 2020. Expected proceeds of $993 million will be used to pay off its 6.5% notes due 2011, 6% notes due 2012 and 5.375% notes due 2013.
Sanmina-SCI Corp. /quotes/comstock/15*!sanm/quotes/nls/sanm (SANM 14.95, -0.91, -5.74%) shares were down 6.7% to $14.80 in after hours trading and light volume of less than 50,000 shares exchanged, but had been down by as much as 12%. Analysts polled by FactSet Research had been looking for 34 cents a share. Sanmina-SCI swung to a profit $22 million, or 26 cents a share, from a net loss of $42 million or 52 cents a share a year ago.
Fluor Corp. /quotes/comstock/13*!flr/quotes/nls/flr (FLR 48.60, +0.75, +1.57%) reported late Monday second-quarter net income fell to $157 million, or 87 cents a share, from $169 million, or 93 cents a share, a year ago. The company cited weaker results from its oil and gas division for the decline. Revenue for the three months ended June 30 fell 2.7% to $5.15 billion. The results nevertheless topped the 71 cents a share analysts polled by FactSet Research had expected.
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!dwa/quotes/nls/dwa (DWA 31.10, -0.58, -1.83%) is expected to report earnings of 22 cents per share and revenue of $140 million for the second quarter of 2010.
E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. /quotes/comstock/13*!dd/quotes/nls/dd (DD 39.10, +0.11, +0.28%) is expected to report earnings of 93 cents per share and revenue of $7.1 billion for the second quarter of 2010.
AmerisourceBergen Corp. /quotes/comstock/13*!abc/quotes/nls/abc (ABC 30.50, -0.02, -0.07%) is expected to report earnings of 49 cents per share and revenue of $19.3 billion for the second quarter of 2010.
CIT Group Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!cit/quotes/nls/cit (CIT 39.00, +0.01, +0.03%) is expected to report earnings of 33 cents per share and revenue of $529 million for the second quarter of 2010.
L-3 Communications /quotes/comstock/13*!lll/quotes/nls/lll (LLL 76.28, -0.37, -0.48%) is expected to report earnings of $1.93 per share and revenue of $4 billion for the second quarter of 2010.
Supervalu Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!svu/quotes/nls/svu (SVU 11.66, +0.08, +0.69%) is expected to report earnings of 43 cents per share and revenue of $11.7 billion for the second quarter of 2010.
Nasdaq Group Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!ndaq/quotes/nls/ndaq (NDAQ 19.20, +0.20, +1.05%) is expected to report earnings of 49 cents per share and revenue of $3.8 million in the second quarter of 2010.
U.S. Steel Corp. /quotes/comstock/13*!x/quotes/nls/x (X 48.64, -0.25, -0.51%) is expected to report earnings of 62 cents per share and revenue of $4.6 billion for the second quarter of 2010.
Valero Energy Corp. /quotes/comstock/13*!vlo/quotes/nls/vlo (VLO 17.55, -0.01, -0.06%) is expected to report earnings of 65 cents per share and revenue of $21.6 billion for the second quarter of 2010.
Aetna Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!aet/quotes/nls/aet (AET 28.59, +0.01, +0.04%) is expected to report earnings of 73 cents per share and revenue of $8.4 billion for the second quarter of 2010.
Broadcom Corp. /quotes/comstock/15*!brcm/quotes/nls/brcm (BRCM 38.35, +0.14, +0.37%) is expected to report earnings of 63 cents a share and revenue of $1.6 billion for the second quarter of 2010.
Cephalon Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!ceph/quotes/nls/ceph (CEPH 59.51, -1.32, -2.17%) is expected to report earnings of $1.75 per share and revenue of $7 million for the second quarter of 2010.
Massey Energy Co. /quotes/comstock/13*!mee/quotes/nls/mee (MEE 31.80, +0.07, +0.22%) is expected to report earnings of 33 cents a share and revenue of $793 million for the second quarter of 2010.
Meritage Homes Corp. /quotes/comstock/13*!mth/quotes/nls/mth (MTH 18.20, +0.62, +3.53%) is expected to report earnings of 10 cents a share and revenue of $258 million for the second quarter of 2010.
Rebecca L. McClay is a MarketWatch reporter based in San Francisco.