Which Stocks Look Ready to Pop and Drop with Earnings This Week?

Stocks tend to be most volatile around earnings season, when a good or bad report can make or break it. However, a good or even great earnings report doesn't necessarily translate into a huge pop for a stock.

During earnings season, BullMarket.com publishes a comprehensive 20- to 30-page Earnings Preview report for the week ahead each Friday.

Over the past year, BullMarket.com used the data it has collected to correctly predict investor reactions for approximately two-third of the stocks it's previewed.

In its latest earnings preview, BullMarket.com looks at several popular stocks, including Panera Bread (Nasdaq: PNRA - News), OpenTable (Nasdaq: OPEN - News), Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM - News), Whole Foods (Nasdaq: WFM - News), Groupon (Nasdaq: GRPN - News), Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO - News), Visa (NYSE:V - News), Nuance (Nasdaq: NUAN - News), LinkedIn (Nasdaq: LNKD - News), and Yum Brands (NYSE: YUM - News).

Here is just a tiny sample of what BullMarket.com wrote about Visa: "Visa has topped EPS estimates seven of the last eight quarters, meeting the consensus once. During that period, the stock has risen the next session two of eight quarters. Seasonally, the stock has risen once in three years. ...

"Outside of earnings, fiscal 2012 will still be a bit of a transition year for the company as it sees some pushback from the change in swipe fee rules. However, it should return to its solid growth path in FY13 off of a new base, driven by the global secular shift of consumers moving away from cash payments in favor of electronic payments. It's also worth reminding investors that Visa, unlike rival MasterCard (NYSE: MA - News), isn't exposed to the world's weakest region, Europe, as Visa Europe is a separate entity owned and governed by its European member financial institutions. It pays Visa an irrevocable and perpetual license of approximately $143 million per year, payable quarterly. ..." The full BullMarket.com earnings analysis includes a look at historical earnings data and EPS trends for the companies above and more; examines past investor reactions to earnings in various contexts; gives options activity analysis; reviews previous-quarter earnings; and gives an opinion on both what earnings will look like and how investors will react based on the aforementioned data points.

Just a few of the correct calls BullMarket.com has made for Q4 so far were: to be bearish on Google (Nasdaq: GOOG - News) ahead of earnings. to be bullish on Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL - News) ahead of earnings. to be bearish on Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN - News) ahead of earnings. to be bullish on Green Mountain (Nasdaq: GMCR - News) ahead of earnings. to be bullish on eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY - News) ahead of earnings. A daily investment service that is committed to creating long-term wealth for its members, BullMarket.com's Recommended List of stocks is up 33.3% from 2008-2011 versus a -14.4% return for the S&P, topping the benchmark each year since the start of the Great Recession. Subscribers receive actionable market commentary, access to 40+ stock ideas on the Recommended List, and real-time trade alerts. Plus, sign up for a free trial today to view Bull Market's in-depth Special Reports - including its annual High Yield and MLP reports - and its timely Earnings Previews, which are published every Friday during the heart of earnings season. Get a Risk-Free Trial to Bull Market Today! (Please note returns are unaudited.)