Goldman Sachs analyst Joe Ritchie does not see the setup as favorable for the Americas Multi-Industry sector into the Q2 reporting season with the exception of Buy-rated Honeywell (HON). The analyst says fiscal 2020 consensus expectations are too high for a third of the companies he covers while the setup is tough for the second half of 2019 as comps are only easier for five out of 27 stocks "at a time when growth is decelerating." As a result, Ritchie downgraded three cyclical stocks to Sell, namely Cognex (CGNX) and Parker-Hannifin (PH) from Neutral and Kennametal (KMT) double downgraded from Buy. He also upgraded Timken to Buy from Neutral as he believes expectations are more appropriately calibrated and its relative valuation is "compelling."

Parker Hannifin has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.63 per share of common stock to shareholders of record as of May 10, payable June 7.

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Notable companies reporting before tomorrow's open, with earnings consensus, include Merck (MRK), consensus $1.87... Caterpillar (CAT), consensus $5.14... Comcast (CMSCA), consensus 99c... Honeywell (HON), consensus $2.17... Bristol-Myers (BMY), consensus ($4.44)... Altria (MO), consensus $1.15... Keurig Dr. Pepper (KDP), consensus 35c... GE Vernova (GEV), consensus (37c)... Royal Caribbean (RCL), consensus $1.33... Tractor Supply (TSCO), consensus $1.72... Mobileye (MBLY), consensus (6c)... Textron (TXT), consensus $1.23... LabCorp (LH), consensus $3.48... Southwest Airlines (LUV), consensus (34c)... American Airlines (AAL), consensus (29c)... Harley-Davidson (HOG), consensus $1.51.