#brown calx

[nomelwelloy]

Oh- a tipsy Alhaitham running his fingers through the ends of Kaveh’s hair, his ministrations slow and thoughtful.

Kaveh has been rattling on about something, leaving his cup completely untouched. Maybe it’s about the newest Genius Invocation card deck- the topics are shuttling back and forth between him and his colleague and it’s too much of a hassle to keep up. Kaveh is animated, eyes glittering as he taps his card back repeatedly, as though completely unaware of Haitham’s actions.

Reclined in the booth’s divan with his arm propped along the seat back, Haitham curls a stray blonde lock and tucks it behind Kaveh’s ear, letting his fingers follow the length of hair as it’s laid over his shoulders. He continues weaving gold strands between his fingers, gaze tracing them to the tips that fade to brown.

“What do we have here…” the colleague sitting across him leans in with an ugly, teasing look. “Look at you, so docile…” he slurs, making the snark remark with a crooked grin. “Who knew the mighty scribe had such a side... Makes you wonder what he’s like in bed, huh?” He jokes to the others sitting around him, and this earns a smatter of howls and laughs in agreement.

Haitham has had a bit more to drink than he’d liked tonight, but despite feeling a little more than buzzed, he turns to him with a bored expression, “Where else am to look, if not at my lover?” Haitham replies in a flat tone. “You should worry less about my sex life, and more about how to keep yours out of everyone’s business. We don’t need your one-night stands showing up at lunch and screaming the roofs down now, do we?”

The table falls silent, and his colleague falters, blinking slowly before his face turns a bright red. Kaveh’s incessant chatter eventually trails off as he too grows aware of the sudden tension.

“How dare you,” his colleague snipes back with an acidic tone, lips pulled into an ugly scowl.

Haitham sighs like he’s bored, lifting his cup halfway to his lips when at this moment, his eyes suddenly light up. “How dare I?”

Without warning, his hand still in Kaveh’s hair snakes up the back of his head as he guides Kaveh to meet his lips in a slow, passionate kiss. Hot, open-mouthed and absolutely debauched, Haitham slides his tongue over Kaveh’s, gently tugging his head back to gain deeper access into his warm mouth. He’s well aware of the outright stares, but it doesn’t stop him from sucking Kaveh’s tongue and running his own along the insides of his cheeks, and Haitham can only think of how much Kaveh tastes like fruit tea. Had he not had a single drop of wine since sitting down?

Haitham can feel Kaveh’s balled fists twisting his clothes in a silent and vehement protest, but Haitham sinks his teeth into Kaveh's lower lip to prevent him from escaping.

There’s a loud clatter and Haitham spies from the corner of his eye his colleague kicking the chair as he storms out of the tavern. A couple others follow him, stumbling over themselves.

It is only then that Haitham finally releases Kaveh’s mouth with a soft peck brushed over his now slightly swollen lips. But despite this gentling, Kaveh is incandescent with rage and embarrassment. His cheeks are flushed a henna berry crimson to the tip of his ears (cute, thinks a dazed Haitham) and he can only stare daggers at Haitham while their colleagues look on with equal parts envy and incredulousness.

“Alhaitham-”

“Cards! Cards- did you see Cyno’s latest deck? It’s amazing- I heard he commissioned Calx himself!” Someone pipes up and the table breaks into an uproar once more, discordant conversations picking up and overlapping one another. There’s more chattering and clinking of glasses and bottles while Haitham returns to the quiet of his mind again. He sinks back the rest of his drink and into the plush cushions. Kaveh reluctantly tears his eyes away from Haitham, attempting to ease back into the conversation he was so abruptly snatched from.

Haitham returns to his previous ministrations, and he carts two fingers loosely through the hair just above Kaveh’s ear, brushing against it as he coils gold over his shoulder.

This time, Kaveh’s cheeks are stained scarlet and his eyes keep straying towards Haitham. Haitham continues his movements, silently pleased at having won his attention. Now it was only a matter of how long Kaveh could resist.

[indilaras]

Silly lil self-indulgent Genshin Self Insert!

Geo Catalyst 4 Star

Constellation: Tigris

Born and raised in Sumeru, graduated from Haravatat, and then fucked off to Inazuma (before the Vision Hunt Decree) and became a Light Novel illustrator

She lost her Vision during the Hunt Decree and took a long time to recover even after it's retrieved

Canon connections include Alhaitham (old classmate; acquaintance), Yoimiya (friend!), the Arataki Gang (...friends?), and Kirara (acquaintance; delivers packages to her family in Sumeru often). Knows of Calx, Zhenyu, Yae, and Nilou but doesn't know them personally

ID: drawing of the artist's self insert drawn to resemble a Genshin Wish art. The self insert is a brown-skinned woman, holding a dark green sketchbook by her waist while her other hand makes a clawing gesture. Her eyes are brown with gold pupils; she is wearing rectangular glasses, and she has a pencil tucked behind her ear peeking out of her headscarf. Her outfit includes a light orange headscarf with the flowing back fabric patterned in tiger stripes; a pale green baggy-sleeved top with a long orange vest and a soft green belt over it; dark green fingerless gloves reaching her elbows and long pants of the same color; orange shoes with pointed tips; and a brown bag with colorful charms on it. Her Geo vision is a brooch on her chest. Behind her are textured brushstrokes in yellow depicting three claws and an eye; a similar "splashing" effect springs out from one foot. Around her are dark wisp effects, similarly textured. End ID.

[darkarfs]

music time!!! 1, 20, and 23!

Song with a color in the title Really could be a dick and put just Ephel Duath - the Painter's Palette on here (every song is named after an acrylic color) Aphex Twin - Yellow Calx Between the Buried and Me - White Walls Megumi Hayashibara - Midnight Blue Grotus - Brown Prince - Purple Rain 20. Song that has many meanings to you This one's a little harder. Do I have to explain the meanings or would that be a separate ask? Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell Fiona Apple - Daredevil Fear Factory - Self-Bias Resistor Goblin - Suspiria Theme Jaco Pastorius - Portrait of Tracy 23. A song I think everyone should listen to Squeeze - Pulling Mussels from the Shell Viagra Boys - Beijing Taxi John Martyn - Solid Air Kurt Vile - My Sympathy Open Mike Eagle - Airplane Boneyard

[angelinajhonson0]

Calcite Gemstone: Strength of spirit and brings healing

Adorable Calcite Gemstone is a carbonate mineral that comes in a wide range of colors varying from brown, red, orange, blue, green, yellow, and much more. The gem derives its meaning from the ancient Greek word Chalix and the Latin word Calx, which means lime. However, its meaning isn’t a representation of its color; instead, it nods to its makeup of crystallized limestone. It is a calcium carbonate mineral with various names, such as Calcspar, Clear calcite, and Iceland Spar.

[standardtitaniumu]

Titanium and also Watches

Titanium is a metallic element discovered in the planet's crust. It happens as a bright, shiny steel or a silver-gray or dark grey powder. Its substances are found in almost all igneous rocks and their sand deposits. Titanium has a number of features that make it important for commercial as well as business usage such as its toughness - Titanium is 30% stronger than steel. It's likewise light, virtually 50% lighter than steel. It resists deterioration much better as well. When exposed to the atmosphere, titanium forms a limited, steadfast oxide movie that withstands a variety of materials that corrode other metals. It is specifically resistant to seawater corrosion.

 Background

 The initial mention of titanium in clinical creating dates to 1791, when an amateur British scientist, William Gregor, assessed some sand from Comwall and located "a reddish brown calx" he couldn't identify. He asked yourself if it was a brand-new steel. 4 years later on an Austrian drug store, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, verified that Gregor had actually indeed found a brand-new aspect. Klaproth named the aspect "titanium" after the Titans, the initial children of the planet in Greek mythology. Their mommy was Gaea (Earth). They were a race of large divine beings who eventually were toppled by the Olympian gods. They are associated with fantastic dimension and also strength-- for this reason words "titanic." The name is ideal for a very strong aspect drawn from the planet.

Titanium Tube

 The growth of titanium alloys for industrial use, however, is fairly brand-new. Wilhelm Kroll of Luxembourg is identified as the dad of the modem titanium market. In the 1930s, he established a process to manufacture metallic titanium as well as refined the procedure in the 1940s. The Kroll technique of manufacturing titanium metal is still being used today.

 The titanium steel sector emerged in the 1950s in action to demand from the arising aerospace sector which utilized titanium to construct jet airplanes.

 Till the mid-1970s, more than 85% of titanium created was used in the aerospace sector. Titanium's one-of-a-kind residential or commercial properties-- thickness half that of steel, excellent toughness retention to 1,000 degrees F and climatic deterioration resistance superior to that of other metals-- made it perfect for the building and construction of the engines and also frameworks of jet airplanes, rockets and also area craft. The military makes use of the steel in tools like assisted missiles as well as recoil devices in weapons.

Considering that the 1970s, the cost of titanium mill products has lowered substantially and the steel has actually been made use of in a wide range of markets. One of the most prominent substance is titanium dioxide, common in the manufacturing of paint pigment, paper, plastics, glass and also porcelains. Jewelers might be interested to understand that the "stars" in star rubies and sapphires result from the presence of titanium dioxide. Shipbuilders value titanium's remarkable resistance to salt water and utilize it to make ship props, shafts and other parts. The Navy utilizes it on submarines.

 Schedule

 Titanium is the nine most bountiful element in the planet's crust. There is at least a 10,000 year supply of titanium ore. Titanium has actually additionally been located in meteorites and moon rocks and also is present in the sunlight as well as various other celebrities. The extraction of titanium from its ores is a relatively sluggish as well as pricey process, which makes the steel pricey. For years the high expense of titanium limited its usage to army and also aerospace purposes.

 Titanium Watches

 Titanium's uncommon features present some distinctive advantages to see owners. Invicta Watch Co., one of the world's largest makers of titanium watches, uses it particularly in sports as well as dive watches.

Titanium Sheet

 - Titanium watches are fairly comfortable due to the fact that they are surprisingly light on the wrist. You can really feel the difference contrasted to a steel watch.

 - Titanium is hypoallergenic. It's nickel-free. Titanium watches can be used comfortably even when the skin perspires.

 - Because the steel is stronger than steel, titanium watches are a lot more long lasting.

[gantzgraf]

[xilyks]

First Meet

Characters used: Yae Miko, Ei/Raiden Shogun, Amber(separate) x gender-neutral reader.

cw: Hunting(amber)

a/n: If you want to request click {here} and read the rules before requesting.

The first time you and amber met was..

When she accidentally glided into you!

You were in a forest finding ingredients for a commission. Everything was going smoothly until somebody crashed into you.

You headed out into the woods to fetch some ingredients for Sara, as Good Hunter's stocks have been running low due to a party that is hosted for the acting grandmaster. Sara handed you a list of items that you needed to fetch. It contains fowls, a lot of sweet flowers, meat and carrot.

Before all this, you were just walking towards Good Hunter to order food. Until Sara told you that there was a bizzare order and was running out a lot of ingredients, therefore no more orders could be made. You decided to offer her your aid as you have nothing much to do and felt bad for the massive orders that were placed on her shoulders.

Now in the woods, you found carrots and sweet flowers already. Those were the easy ingredients to gather, now comes to hard part. Hunting for food, you weren't really experience with this part. It was the first time you ever held a bow and arrow. You began going deeper into the forest to find a boar.

After walking for approximately 10 minutes, you had finally spotted one. You began to charge your bow and arrow at the boar, but felt really puzzled on how to shoot it. You were panicking a little as for some reason you could not shoot the bow and your positioning was quite uncomfortable. 'How do I shoot this thing- Did I charge it ri-' "Look out!"

THUD! Someone crashed into you and you lost your balance and fell, dropping your bow and arrow in the process. You quickly got back up to check if the boars were still there, and thankfully, they didn't run away yet! "Hey are you o-" You quickly cover the mouth of whoever had crashed into you earlier. They seem to got your message when you took your hand away from their mouth to pick back your bow and arrow to try aiming at the boars again.

You somehow felt even more uncomfortable with the position you were using to aim than last time. "Pfft.." The person tried to stifle a giggle. "H-hey! What's so funny?!" You whisper-yelled turning your attention back to the person who crashed into you. She had brown hair, amber eyes and was wearing all red. She also had a bow on her head, she kind of reminds me of a bunny cause of her head accessory. "Nothing, it's nothing. I am outrider amber! It kind of seemed like you do not know how to use a bow. Want me to show you?" She offered to help me learn how to shoot with a bow and I gladly took the offer. Would be pretty embarrassing only coming back with 2 out of the 4 ingredients in the list.

After Amber showed you how to use the bow. You both began hunting cranes and boars together. Once you got plenty of meat and fowls. You said your farewells to her before going back to Good Hunter to give Sara the goods you had collected.

The first time you and Miko met was..

At Yae's Publishing House!

You were bored and your friend suggested a novel called "A Legend of Sword" and you decided to finally check it out today, but there was a huge commotion at Konda Village.

It was a fine day and you decided to take a stroll around the city. Upon strolling around you remembered a particular novel that your friend had suggested for you. It was called "A Legend of Sword" made by Zhenyu. You haven't read it before, but it was quite popular around Inazuma. You also heard it was drawn by Calx. Who people say that the artwork was amazing. You began heading to Yae's Publishing House to find this so-called "A Legend of Sword" novel.

While walking to Yae's Publishing House, you heard a lot of people talking about a new book called "A Firsthand Guide to Summoning Spirits" which got you interested, as you had never heard of a novel like that. From ritou, you are in Konda Village now. It was quite a walk as you only just arrived. You decided to take a small break as it is still sunrise. You were having a peaceful break till you heard commotion near the waterfall.

You decided to investigate and approach the area without making a sound. It was quite a scene, seeing person get possessed by a samurai. It was fortunate that the legendary traveller was there to take it out. The samurai looked pretty happy to lose and the two people who had fainted had woken back up. Yikes, it seems like they were getting scolded by a shrine maiden. I heard that they got possessed by that summoning spirits guide, I better not mess with that novel. You began leaving the scene, careful to not alert any of them that you were eavesdropping.

You had finally arrived at Inazuma City. You decided to ask for locations to Yae's Publishing House as you were not familiar with Inazuma City much as you had lived most your life just at Ritou or Konda Village.

You finally arrive at Yae's Publishing House. It was bigger than you anticipated. It was decorated well with this.. Mascot? Of a brown hair girl with white hair highlights, wearing a beautiful green dress with a black ribbon attached to the front. She also had dog ears and a tail. You didn't think to much of it and began searching for "A Legend of Sword."

You finally found the novel you were looking for but encountered a lot of weird novels you haven't seen before like 'Shogun Almighty: Reborn as Raiden with Unlimited Power.' Or 'The Chaotic Epic That is the Tale of My Youthful Love Life'

"Interesting novels aren't they?" You turned around to see a familiar person. The pink haired lady who was reprimanding the two brothers for summoning a spirit. If you had recalled, she was the Guuji Yae of the Narukami Shrine too. You heard she was pretty but you haven't seen her in person before. She had fox ears, along with purple eyes. "Are you just going to stay there and stare at me?" She asks. As you both locked eyes with each other.

The first time you and Raiden met was..

When you were selling sweets

You were just a normal person selling sweets. You didn't expect to see Raiden out strolling through the city.

Yesterday, your business wasn't doing quite well. As there was barely any customers that queued at your store. You decided to change location to Inazuma city. As at Ritou, there were too many stores to compete with. Well it is not like Inazuma does not have much store, the store areas at Ritou are quite close to each other. Which lowers your chance of people buying from you.

You were a merchant selling snacks from different regions. You had rice buns which were originated from Liyue. Hash browns from Mondstadt and many more. Since you were at inazuma you will definitely have snacks that have originated from there. Although so far you only have snacks from 3 regions only, as you had no been to sumeru, fontaine, natlan and snezhnaya.

You had finally reach inazuma city. You quickly began setting up your stand and waiting patiently.

Business was better at Inazuma City. There were many people queueing at your store. Mostly for the other regions snacks. You were happy that you finally had customers. The line to your stand was really long now! About 10 people in line and people who were considering if they would want to buy something from your store.

Night came by and your line had died off. You were about to close the stand till a voice stopped you. "Is.. This stand still open?" You then stop packing up and set the stand up again nodding your head without looking at the customer. After you finish setting up again you looked up "What would you like to or..der.." Your eyes widen. A person with purple braided hair was in front of you. "Your the Raiden Shogun?! Apologies ma'am. What would you like to order?" Your eyes glistening like stars in the sky.

[reichant]

The American young scientist, Calx deploys his chemical anchors and hidden beacons to get advantages on the fight ground. He perfectly secures flanks while being in the heat of the battle. He is here, but everywhere.

Original name: Klinton Brown

His genuine health problems and unfeigned interest made him to improve his knowledges in different aspects of science. Viper is his current teacher but they have different outlooks on chemistry. Being afraid of death Calx is pacifist. He reaches to keep anyone and anything alive by all means.

Calx is way too silent and pinched, but tenderhearted and warm at the same time. He tries to be nice with everybody and enjoy everyone’s company.

Here is my little sick buddy

I dunno why but he literally took my heart when I figured out his character and image. I love him.

[liibertus]

The Muse’s Mother

General Information:

Full Name: Sylva Vivus Ostium

Maiden Name:  Ditis

Nickname(s): Syl,  Vi.

Date of Birth: im rly bad with canon time records ok ya got me

Nationality: Galahdan

Ethnicity: the same

Occupation: originally an apprentice to a textile merchant but due to circumstances spent most of her time managing and assisting in woodworking and similar trades

Religion: Raised to follow the Six, but grew to believe in seemingly unstructured beliefs.

Sexuality: heteroflexible, though generally impassive

Appearance:

Face Claim: n/a

Height: 5′6″

Weight: ‎usually was about the 200 lbs ballpark, in part to diet but also from somewhat bulky muscle mass.

Hair Color: ashy brown, grew paler over the years.

Eye Color: hazel

Distinguishing Features: generally “hard” features, constantly pursed lips and a cutting glare, like she knows every bad thing you’ve done since you learned to walk and she isn’t afraid of telling your momma, your momma’s momma, and all the kids (which to her is everyone under the age of 55) in the district.

Background:

Hometown: A medium sized unincorporated village in Galahd.

Current Residence: deceased a nice knoll overlooking the rebuilding of her home.  

Financial Status: Relatively wealthy, upper middle class in general. A lot of her work was management, but most of her wealth was also given back to the community in one way or another.

Education Level: Less than high school

Father:  Fidens Tutis Ditis

Mother: Adamas Sapphiri (Calx) Ditis

Siblings: Scio Valen  (older brother), Thya Alitura (younger sister), Robur Perennis (younger brother), Decano Saltus (younger brother), Hastile Silex (youngest brother).

Spouse: Tempus “Tem” Ostium

Children: Libertus Ostium

Tagged by: @totustuumegosum​ Tagging: the dash?

[idance2silence]

Genshin impact Hues of the Violet Garden thoughtson the Itadori Festival

Spoilers for the story quest

Day 1

I was squealing reading through the itinerary because Albedo and Klee were coming day 1 and Venti was absolutely going to make an appearance. I was so hyped for more Albedo content XD

Albedos pen name Calx reminds me of chalk and I love that he kept his names *thematic* and I'm proud of myself for recognizing Xingqui's pen name to put Albedo's into context to figure it out before Albedo said it

Watching Klee run around in the background while talking to Albedo upon their arrival is the funniest and cutest thing

It was so nice to see Albedo's big brother-ing I feel like their interactions are always off screen. Not me taking notes on his parenting style for fanfic later lmao. He's so laid back and he is straight up trusting her to behave and she complies because she knows he will actively make sure she's happy and I think that's cool. Even though she's explosive he doesn't raise his voice really. Like gentle. I don't have the words for it but it's so much calmer than what I expected. He really doesn't raise his voice and he doesn't sound sure of himself but he is? Someone who understands people analyze this I can't do it lol

Albedo paints stupid fast and I love this fact. I love more insights about his illustration side hustle and how small the turn around time is its so well fleshed out. Like it's fun to see this side of him. Also he really showed up with zero plan and I love the chaos

It was nice to see Ayato make an appearance.

Seeing who Klee finds most important is so telling not just about her relationships but also Albedo's. I love that Kaeya is always mentioned. I love that Klee and Albedo always put their own parents first and I'm really glad they parallel each other with this I feel like it's more realistic and less cheesy idk. It's precious.

Klee and Yoimiya! There's so much fantastic fanart of them because they would be the perfect friends and its in cannon!!!

I was absolutely bothered by Yoimiya taking Klee away without talking to Albedo first but that may be the stranger danger and years of babysitting kicking in. I know the travler trusts Yoimiya but it didn't sit right. I was very glad we stayed to eavesdrop it really was nice to know we were watching Klee still

Klee is so so so bad at using Albedo's pen name around people even though he specifically asked the traveler to use it while in Inazuma and it was funny. Like there's a book of Albedo's picture with his name and not his pen name and everyone at this event can connect who he is now lol

Alice and Klee having a book together is so precious

Yae is amazing we stan.

I really feel like Venti is hiding these poems or someone else who is old. Like I feel like someone who was there back then is actively trying to preserve the memory. *cries in osmanthus wine*

I would like to see the printer they're using. It's printing text and color but they don't have computers. They have cameras though so maybe they're taking pictures of the manuscript on repeat? I don't understand their tech and I desperately want to.

Day 2

Albedo and Xingqui meet! It's so fun to see them on screen together!

I love Albedo doing his job as Captain of the Invesigation team while everyone thinks he's just some painter lol

Xingqui was not prepared for interrogation and I love Albedo scheming it's fantastic

Xingqui stealing his own books is so in character. I was betting that he made a bad mistype and was desperately trying to fix it but his signature is even funnier

Xingqui churning out writing that fast has me mad jealous lol

I would laugh so hard if Chongyun comes by later but I doubt it lol

I no longer think Venti is hiding these poems. I don't know who those pants belong to. They are brown and puffy

Day 3

Kazduha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taking a moment to appreciate the characterization of each person. Kazduha hearing the footsteps, Albedo puzzling out a solution to the signature ordeal

I'm beginning to think the Uruu restaurant is the only affordable one because they walked a long long way from the festival to the restaurant and they keep going there. Like it's everyone's go-to place

Who is watching Klee. All the adults are in a room together I'm concerned

Signature crisis averted of course Albedo volunteers to draw things. Kazduha being able to carve is a cool thing I didn't know

Venti and Ayaka, fun combo. I agree with Paimon, very unexpected

The poem drama is utterly fascinating. I'm so glad Venti spelled it out because I did not realize person 5 was the bad guy. Like no thoughts

2 paintings added! They're so dramatic too. Like passerby people who have no context of the poem that Albedo is referencing are probably so confused

Obsessed with the parallels to Kazduha. Like that's so neat

I wanna know who set this up because they're brilliant actually. I hope the person planting the poems gets to be the last inspiration as the schemer

Very excited for the rest of the drama tomorrow

Cutscene video is gorgeous

I just really love these two painting okay it's pretty

Surprised the painting of Kazduha doesn't have red seals on the papers in the background

The one of Ayaka is so dramatic

These make no sense out of context and I love that actually

Albedo really do be painting fast

Also Ayaka using Kazduhas first name is precious, actually

Day 4

I have realized Kaedahara is a family name bc that's how inazuma works and I feel dumb. I realized Ayaka and Arato have the same "first" name and the dots connected

Seriously who is watching Klee

Yae and Venti should never be alone together unsupervised

I feel like the main story just got overrun by a side quest but I have no complaints because it's Kazduha

Xingqui really just chilled and walked around with the squad and I support that so so much

I love Albedo the problem solver its fantastic

Great family drama, I always love more character backstory

They really thought I was gonna figure out who was hiding the poems yeet. I feel dumb. I really thought it was gonna be some NPC but noooo

Albedo painting with ink that shows up with water is the coolest thing. I want to know where he found the paints in different colors. I want to know where he painted this, like I had been assuming he was just painting in the streets clearly this was incorrect

Does this imply Albedo recognized the name? Like Albedo didn't have to ask around for who the name belonged to. I wanna know how they meet I feel like it'd be interesting. I wonder if there will be a spike in Albedo & Scaramouche fics after. Research will be conducted.

Ayato is a schemer and I support it. I love that hes buddies with Yae I think it's neat

[ericvick]

Microsoft, Apple, Tesla and Facebook in Focus

Monday (January 25)

Tuesday (January 26)

Wednesday (January 27)

Thursday (January 28)

Friday (January 29)

Earnings Calendar For The Week Of January 25

Monday (January 25)

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: KIMBERLY-CLARK

Kimberly-Clark, an American multinational personal care corporation, is expected to report a profit of $1.62 in the fourth quarter of 2020, which represents a year-over-year decline of about 5.2% from the same quarter a year ago when the company reported $1.71 cents per share.

However, Wall Street forecasts the company’s revenue to grow over 3% to $4.7 from the same period year ago. For full-year 2020, revenue is expected to be at $19.1 billion.

“We maintain our Buy-rating and above-consensus EPS estimate into KMB’s 4Q report BMO on Monday. Kimberly Clark’s (KMB) shares have lagged staples as the market remains concerned about moderating POS trends in Dec/Jan and commodities; however, we see an upside to Street 4Q20 and ’21/’22 ests. w/commodity inflation reasonably reflected at current spots and view the bar as low into the print w/KMB trading at 16x P/E (30% discount to HPC peers vs. 20% hist. avg.),” noted Kevin Grundy, equity analyst at Jefferies, who rated the paper products giant “Buy” and set the price target at $152.

Florida-based insurance broker Brown & Brown will post earnings of $0.29 per share for last quarter of 2020.

TAKE A LOOK AT OUR EARNINGS CALENDAR FOR THE FULL RELEASES FOR THE JANUARY 25

Ticker

Company

EPS Forecast

CBU

Community Bank System

$0.76

BOH

Bank of Hawaii

$1.11

PHG

Koninklijke Philips

$1.04

KMB

Kimberly Clark

$1.62

WSFS

Wsfs Financial

$0.91

AUY

Yamana Gold USA

$0.11

CR

Crane

$1.10

HXL

Hexcel

-$0.20

BXS

BancorpSouth

$0.62

JJSF

J&J Snack Foods

$0.26

SFBS

ServisFirst Bancshares

$0.81

BRO

Brown & Brown

$0.29

GGG

Graco

$0.51

AGNC

American Capital Agency

$0.65

STLD

Steel Dynamics

$0.76

FUL

HB Fuller

$0.85

ACKAY

Arcelik ADR

$0.61

ASH

Ashland

$0.44

ELS

Equity Lifestyle Properties

$0.33

BKRKY

Bank Rakyat

$0.17

Tuesday (January 26)

Story continues

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: MICROSOFT

MICROSOFT: The global technology giant is expected to report a profit of $1.64 in the fiscal second quarter, which represents year-over-year growth of about 8.6% from the same quarter last year when the company reported $1.51 per share.

The world’s largest software maker’s revenue is forecasts come at $40.23, up from the $36.91 billion reported the same quarter a year earlier.

“Q2 results likely highlight the durability of Microsoft‘s commercial businesses and conservatism in forward consensus expectations. After clearing tough Q2 product cycle comps and lingering COVID-19 impacts, strong secular positioning and an attractive multiple make Microsoft (MSFT) a top stock for the recovery,” said Keith Weiss, equity analyst at Morgan Stanley.

“At 26x CY22e GAAP EPS, MSFT trades at a premium to the S&P, warranted due to MSFT‘s premium return profile. Multiple expansion will likely come from gaining comfort in the durability of commercial business gross profit dollars.”

Johnson & Johnson, one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive manufacturers of healthcare products, will post earnings of $1.83 per share for last quarter of 2020.

TAKE A LOOK AT OUR EARNINGS CALENDAR FOR THE FULL RELEASES FOR THE JANUARY 26

Ticker

Company

EPS Forecast

NEE

NextEra Energy

$0.38

NEP

Nextera Energy Partners

$0.37

JNJ

Johnson & Johnson

$1.83

NVS

Novartis

$1.36

RTX

Raytheon Technologies Corp

$0.69

GE

General Electric

$0.09

AXP

American Express

$1.31

LMT

Lockheed Martin

$6.42

MMM

3M

$2.15

PLD

ProLogis

$0.39

FCX

Freeport-McMoran

$0.38

PCAR

PACCAR

$1.21

ROK

Rockwell Automation

$1.89

DHI

DR Horton

$1.68

WAT

Waters

$2.87

IVZ

Invesco

$0.57

ALV

Autoliv

$1.92

PII

Polaris Industries

$2.90

ALK

Alaska Air

-$2.86

SNV

Synovus Financial

$0.81

PPBI

Pacific Premier Bancorp

$0.56

GATX

GATX Corp

$0.87

SFNC

Simmons First National

$0.42

XRX

Xerox

$0.63

CIT

CIT

$0.57

ADM

Archer-Daniels Midland

$1.10

RNST

Renasant

$0.59

MSFT

Microsoft

$1.64

TXN

Texas Instruments

$1.34

SBUX

Starbucks

$0.56

AMD

Advanced Micro Devices

$0.47

CNI

Canadian National Railway USA

$1.42

COF

Capital One Financial

$2.80

MXIM

Maxim Integrated Products

$0.68

VAR

Varian Medical Systems

$1.05

BXP

Boston Properties

$0.60

CHRW

C.H. Robinson Worldwide

$0.97

FFIV

F5 Networks

$2.44

WRB

W.R. Berkley

$0.79

EHC

Encompass Health Corp

$0.85

RNR

Renaissancere

-$1.92

SLGN

Silgan

$0.53

UMBF

UMB Financial

$1.32

NAVI

Navient

$0.83

WSBC

WesBanco

$0.61

FMBI

First Midwest Bancorp

$0.26

RXN

Rexnord

$0.38

EBAY

eBay

$0.84

HOG

Harley Davidson

$0.10

Wednesday (January 27)

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: APPLE, TESLA, FACEBOOK

APPLE: The consumer electronics giant is expected to report profit growth of more than 12% of $1.41 in the fiscal first quarter of 2021 on sales of $102.61 billion, highlighted growth of over 11% from the year-ago quarter. That growth is largely driven by a strong demand iPhone handset, Mac computers, iPad tablets and wearables in the holiday season.

“Our December quarter revenue of $108.2B is 5% above consensus, while our EPS of $1.50 is 7% above consensus. We expect demand strength to continue and our FY21 revenue and EPS estimates are both 5% above consensus,” wrote Katy Huberty, equity analyst at Morgan Stanley.

“Given positioning into the quarter is muted after the rotation out of high-quality stocks over the past several months, we expect strong follow-through post-earnings and are buyers into the print. We also raise our price target to $152, from $144, as we mark our price target to market accounting for recent peer multiple expansion.”

TESLA: The California-based electric vehicle and clean energy company is expected to report a profit of $1.04 in the fourth quarter of 2020, posting a profit for the sixth straight quarter. The manufacturer of high-performance electric vehicles’ revenue is forecast to surge about 35% to $10 billion.

“A double-fly-wheel. We believe Tesla can leverage its cost leadership in EVs to aggressively expand its user base, over time generating a higher % of revenue from recurring/high-margin services revenue. Services drive the upside. We forecast Tesla’s (TSLA) network services EBITDA as a % of total TSLA EBITDA to reach 11% by 2025, 19% by 2030 and 37% by 2040. Tesla Service revenue includes automated driving, infotainment, upgrades, supercharging, maintenance, telematics, etc.,” said Adam Jonas, equity analyst at Morgan Stanley.

“Valuation supportive vs. tech. Including Network Services, Energy & Insurance to our core auto forecasts, at $810 Tesla trades at 25x EV/EBITDA in 2025 and 5x 2025 sales. Expensive vs. auto but not vs. software/tech comps.”

FACEBOOK: The world’s largest online social network is expected to report a profit of $3.16 in the fourth quarter of 2020, which represents year-over-year growth of 23.4% from the same quarter a year ago when the company reported $2.56 cents per share.

According to the Zacks Research, the social media conglomerate’s revenue will increase of 24.7% to $26.29 billion from the year-ago, largely driven by solid ad-revenue growth amid advertiser demand during the holiday period.

“Monetization Potential: We are positive on FB‘s monetization roll-out of Instagram as well as FB’s ability to continue to innovate and improve its monetization (Canvas Ads, Dynamic Ads, video). Combined with the high and growing engagement we see monetization upside going forward,” noted Brian Nowak, equity analyst at Morgan Stanley.

“Investing from Position of Strength to Drive Faster Long-Term Growth: We are modeling 29% GAAP opex (excl. one-time items) growth in 2021, implying an incremental $15bn in opex. Our base case model implies opex per employee moderates in ’21 while FB hiring remains roughly flat on an absolute basis. We believe FB will grow EPS at a 28% CAGR (2019-2022).”

TAKE A LOOK AT OUR EARNINGS CALENDAR FOR THE FULL RELEASES FOR THE JANUARY 27

Ticker

Company

EPS Forecast

ANTM

Anthem

$2.53

GIB

CGI Group USA

$0.97

VFC

VF

$0.90

TDY

Teledyne Technologies

$3.05

KNX

Knight Transportation

$0.91

PB

Prosperity Bancshares

$1.35

OSK

Oshkosh

$0.73

NYCB

New York Community Bancorp

$0.26

CVLT

Commvault Systems

$0.47

EAT

Brinker International

$0.35

T

AT&T

$0.73

ABT

Abbott

$1.35

BA

Boeing

-$1.60

ADP

ADP

$1.29

NSC

Norfolk Southern

$2.49

PGR

Progressive

$1.64

GD

General Dynamics

$3.54

BX

Blackstone

$0.90

TEL

TE Connectivity

$1.28

APH

Amphenol

$1.02

GLW

Corning

$0.48

NDAQ

Nasdaq Omx

$1.46

MKTX

MarketAxess

$1.81

HES

Hess

-$0.65

ROL

Rollins

$0.11

TXT

Textron

$0.90

SEIC

SEI Investments

$0.78

PTC

PTC

$0.66

TTEK

Tetra Tech

$0.81

CACI

Caci International

$3.59

LSTR

Landstar System

$1.72

SLM

SLM

$0.36

RLI

RLI

$0.66

SLG

SL Green Realty

-$0.27

AXS

Axis Capital

-$0.28

AVT

Avnet

$0.39

CNS

Cohen & Steers

$0.68

CNMD

CONMED

$0.77

MTH

Meritage Homes

$3.33

CATY

Cathay General Bancorp

$0.76

ISBC

Investors Bancorp

$0.27

CALX

Calix

$0.33

CP

Canadian Pacific Railway USA

$5.03

AMP

Ameriprise Financial

$4.52

AAPL

Apple

$1.41

TSLA

Tesla

$1.04

FB

Facebook

$3.16

NOW

ServiceNow

$1.06

SYK

Stryker

$2.55

LRCX

Lam Research

$5.69

CCI

Crown Castle International

$0.62

EW

Edwards Lifesciences

$0.53

LVS

Las Vegas Sands

-$0.29

TER

Teradyne

$1.00

HOLX

Hologic

$2.17

URI

United Rentals

$4.26

DRE

Duke Realty

$0.16

RJF

Raymond James Financial

$1.65

PKG

Packaging Of America

$1.48

WHR

Whirlpool

$6.00

MKSI

MKS Instruments

$2.01

AZPN

Aspen Technology

$1.17

CREE

Cree

-$0.25

LPL

Lg Display

$0.19

CVBF

CVB Financial

$0.34

XLNX

Xilinx

$0.69

UMC

United Microelectronics

$0.08

Thursday (January 28)

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Mastercard, McDonald’s, Visa

Mastercard Inc, a leader in global payments and a technology company, will post earnings of $1.53 per share for last quarter of 2020, which represents a year-over-year decline of about 22% from the same quarter a year ago when the company reported $1.96 cents per share.

McDonald’s Corporation, one of the world’s largest American fast-food chain, will post earnings of $1.79 per share for last quarter of 2020. Visa Inc is also expected to report first-quarter earnings on the same day, with earnings of $1.28 per share for the quarter.

TAKE A LOOK AT OUR EARNINGS CALENDAR FOR THE FULL RELEASES FOR THE JANUARY 28

Ticker

Company

EPS Forecast

MKC

McCormick

$0.81

LEA

Lear

$3.40

FCFS

FirstCash

$0.82

VLO

Valero Energy

-$1.28

LUV

Southwest Airlines

-$1.66

AAL

American Airlines

-$4.12

NUE

Nucor

$1.16

MSCI

Msci

$1.92

JBLU

JetBlue Airways

-$1.67

FRME

First Merchants

$0.66

MA

Mastercard

$1.53

CMCSA

Comcast

$0.48

ATI

Allegheny Technologies

-$0.35

ABMD

Abiomed

$1.12

ADS

Alliance Data Systems

$2.44

TROW

T. Rowe Price

$2.64

MCD

McDonalds

$1.79

STM

Stmicroelectronics

$0.54

DHR

Danaher

$1.87

DOW

Dow Chemical

$0.64

CNX

Consol Energy

$0.16

SHW

Sherwin-Williams

$4.84

KEX

Kirby

$0.24

MO

Altria

$1.01

NTCT

Netscout Systems

$0.52

CFR

Cullen/Frost Bankers

$1.28

PNR

Pentair Ordinary Share

$0.63

TSCO

Tractor Supply

$1.47

PHM

PulteGroup

$1.39

EWBC

East West Bancorp

$1.01

RCI

Rogers Communications USA

$0.72

NOC

Northrop Grumman

$5.77

SWK

Stanley Black & Decker

$2.99

AIT

Applied Industrial Technologies

$0.74

BPOP

Popular, Inc.

$1.62

AOS

A.O. Smith

$0.58

XEL

Xcel Energy

$0.55

FLWS

1-800-Flowers

$1.38

EXP

Eagle Materials

$1.74

MMC

Marsh & McLennan Companies

$1.13

COLB

Columbia Banking System

$0.60

BC

Brunswick

$1.02

FLEX

Flextronics International

$0.37

WRK

WESTROCK

$0.54

MTSI

MACOM Technology Solutions

$0.37

VLY

Valley National Bancorp

$0.25

PEXNY

PTT Exploration & Production

$0.01

DOV

Dover

$1.38

DLB

Dolby Laboratories

$0.34

FFBC

First Financial Bancorp

$0.45

HTH

Hilltop

$1.13

NATI

National Instruments

$0.13

RMD

ResMed

$1.25

GBCI

Glacier Bancorp

$0.74

ABCB

Ameris Bancorp

$1.16

CE

Celanese

$1.69

FIBK

First Interstate BancSystem

$0.80

JNPR

Juniper Networks

$0.53

SIGI

Selective

$1.20

V

Visa

$1.28

WDC

Western Digital

$0.52

EGHT

8X8

-$0.03

X

United States Steel

-$0.62

FHI

Federated Hermes Inc

$0.78

AJG

Arthur J. Gallagher

$0.78

SWKS

Skyworks Solutions

$2.08

OLN

Olin

-$0.11

MDLZ

Mondelez International

$0.66

PFG

Principal Financial

$1.42

EMN

Eastman Chemical

$1.50

ORI

Old Republic International

$0.43

FICO

Fair Isaac

$2.35

MSTR

Microstrategy

$1.62

RHI

Robert Half International

$0.68

LANC

Lancaster Colony

$1.57

RDN

Radian

$0.60

CAJ

Canon

$0.31

TOELY

Tokyo Electron Ltd PK

$0.78

HOCPY

Hoya Corp

$0.84

DGE

Diageo

£80.90

KPELY

Keppel Corporation

-$0.05

NVR

NVR

$78.78

FFIN

First Financial Bankshares

$0.37

Friday (January 29)

Ticker

Company

EPS Forecast

PSXP

Phillips 66 Partners

$0.89

JCI

Johnson Controls

$0.40

AN

AutoNation

$2.05

HON

Honeywell International

$2.00

MSGS

Madison Square Garden Sports

-$1.63

ATLCY

Atlas Copco ADR

$0.39

SAP

SAP

$1.95

LLY

Eli Lilly

$2.37

CHD

Church Dwight

$0.52

LHX

L3Harris Technologies Inc

$3.09

CL

Colgate-Palmolive

$0.76

BAH

Booz Allen Hamilton

$0.93

BBVA

Banco Bilbaoizcaya Argentaria

$0.13

ERIC

Ericsson

$0.20

RDY

Drreddys Laboratories

$0.58

CVX

Chevron

$0.07

SYF

Synchrony Financial

$0.89

CAT

Caterpillar

$1.48

CHTR

Charter Communications

$4.82

PSX

Phillips 66

-$0.81

BMI

Badger Meter

$0.43

GNTX

Gentex

$0.50

ROP

Roper Industries

$3.49

WY

Weyerhaeuser

$0.42

LYB

LyondellBasell Industries

$1.36

ROLL

Rbc Bearings

$0.82

FBP

First Bancorp FBP

$0.18

KKR

KKR & Co LP

$0.41

HMC

Honda Motor

$0.89

GCTAY

Siemens Gamesa ADR

$0.02

NNIT

Nnit A/S

kr1.62

SPG

Simon Property Group

$0.85

ASEKY

Aisin Seiki Co

$1.19

ALNPY

ANA Holdings ADR

-$0.35

KMTUY

Komatsu

$0.26

TTM

Tata Motors

$0.17

TOTDY

Toto

$0.46

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