A juicy mix of mid-cap and small-cap stocks provide the grist for the coming week's stock market mill, including Alphawave, Asos, Card Factory (LSE:CARD)and Everyman Media.
There are also some older stagers including Babcock, AG Barr, Carnival and Cussons, along with one or two blue-chips, such as Smiths Group (LSE:SMIN).
After a couple of weeks of big central bank news, there is a quieter one in terms of macro data, but it's back-end heavy with UK gross domestic product and other numbers on Friday, along with big US and European inflation figures.
Monday 25 September
Company previews:
Alphawave IP Group PLC (LSE:AWE), one of the UK's few listed semiconductor names, helps get the week underway with half-year results that are another key plank of management's attempts to repair its reputation after a distinctly mixed couple of years since it floated …read the preview.
Others due to report:
Interims: Alphawave IP Group PLC (LSE:AWE), Aurrigo International PLC (AIM:AURR), Getech Group PLC (AIM:GTC), IQGeo Group PLC (AIM:IQG), Ondine Biomedical Inc (AIM:OBI), Venture Life Group (AIM:VLG) Plc
Finals: Wilmington plc
AGMs: Brickability Group PLC (AIM:BRCK), Ondo InsurTech PLC (LSE:ONDO)
Tuesday 26 September
Company previews:
Tuesday is set up to be a busy day for mid-cap company results, including a couple more retailers to continue the trend from the past couple of weeks.
One is online clothing group ASOS PLC (LSE:ASC), which has been down on its luck in 2023 and attracted what is likely to be unwanted attention from Mike Ashley's Frasers as a shareholder …read the preview.
On the other side of the coin is Card Factory, which has already sent a missive to announce that its interim should be “materially ahead” of expectations ...read the preview.
Elsewhere there are also numbers due from AG Barr, where the Irn Bru maker has been diversifying into new areas, and PZ Cussons (LSE:PZC), which will be looking to tidy things up following a recently issued Nigeria-based warning.
Smiths Group is one of the FTSE 100 names reporting finals and has been in good form leading up to the release...read the preview.
In the US later, there is expected to be a fourth-quarter earnings recovery revealed after the closing bell from wholesaler Costco.
Others due to report:
Interims: Alliance Pharma PLC (AIM:APH), Animalcare Group (AIM:ANCR), Cambridge Cognition Holdings PLC (AIM:COG), Diaceutics PLC (AIM:DXRX), Digitalbox PLC (AIM:DBOX), Dillistone Group (AIM:DSG), EKF Diagnostics (AIM:EKF), Ergomed PLC (AIM:ERGO, ETR:2EM), LifeSafe Holdings PLC (AIM:LIFS), Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) Ltd, Next 15 Group PLC (AIM:NFG), Niox Group Plc, The Mission Group Plc, TinyBuild Inc, Wentworth Resources PLC (AIM:WEN), YU Group Plc
Finals: Close Brothers Group PLC (LSE:CBG), Finsbury Food Group (AIM:FIF), Newmark Security PLC (AIM:NWT), Origin Enterprises Plc, Time Finance PLC (AIM:TIME), Ferguson PLC (LSE:FERG)
US earnings: Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST)
AGMs: Cohort PLC (AIM:CHRT), Cropper (James) Plc, Knights Group Holdings, Miton UK MicroCap Trust PLC (AIM:MINI), Orient Telecoms PLC (LSE:ORNT), Redde Northgate PLC (LSE:REDD), Saietta Group PLC (AIM:SED), Scholium Group Plc (AIM:SCHO), Supreme PLC (AIM:SUP)
Economic announcements: House Price Index (US), Consumer Confidence (US), New Homes Sales (US)
Wednesday 27 September
Company previews:
Numbers from cinema operator Everyman Media Group PLC (AIM:EMAN) should be boosted a record sales from box office successes like 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' but there are new clouds hovering over the sector.
Others due to report:
Interims: Arix Bioscience PLC (LSE:ARIX), Biome Technologies PLC (AIM:BIOM), BioPharma Credit PLC (LSE:BPCR), Pantheon Infrastructure PLC (LSE:PINT), Pendragon Plc, Pennant International Group PLC (AIM:PEN), Plant Health Care PLC (AIM:PHC, OTCQB:PLHCF), Saga PLC (LSE:SAGA), Safestyle UK PLC (AIM:SFE), Skillcast Group PLC (AIM:SKL), Xeros Technology Group PLC (AIM:XSG), Zinc Media (AIM:ZIN) Group plc
Finals: Avingtrans PLC (AIM:AVG)
US earnings: Micron Technology Inc
AGMs: Amigo Holdings PLC (LSE:AMGO), AO World PLC (LSE:AO.), Baltic Classifieds Group PLC (LSE:BCG), Coral Products PLC (AIM:CRU), Empyrean Energy PLC (AIM:EME), First Property Group PLC (AIM:FPO), Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust (LSE:SREI) Ltd, System1 Group (AIM:SYS1) Plc
Economic announcements: BRC Shop Price Index (UK), MBA Mortgage Applications (US), Durable Goods Orders (US), Crude Oil Inventories (US)
Thursday 28 September
Company previews:
Alongside its annual meeting, defence contrctor Babcock International PLC is expected to release a short trading update, with investors optimistic based on the 40%-plus jump in its share price since full-year results in July …read the preview.
Others due to report:
Interims: Avacta Group PLC (AIM:AVCT), Celadon Pharmaceuticals PLC (AIM:CEL), Ceres Power Holdings PLC (LSE:CWR, OTC:CPWHF), Novacyt SA (AIM:NCYT, OTC:NVYTF, EPA:ALNOV), RBG Holdings PLC (AIM:RBGP), Shield Therapeutics PLC (AIM:STX, OTCQX:SHIEF), Trellus Health PLC (AIM:TRLS), Trinity Exploration & Production PLC (AIM:TRIN), XLMedia PLC (AIM:XLM, OTC:XLMDF)
Finals: Hansard Global (LSE:HSD) Plc
US earnings: Accenture (NYSE:ACN) Plc
AGMs: CT Global Managed Portfolio Trust Plc, CT Global Managed Portfolio Trust Plc, Diageo PLC (LSE:DGE), FRP Advisory Group PLC (AIM:FRP), Kromek Group PLC (AIM:KMK), Nwf Group Plc, Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies Holdings PLC (LSE:OCTP, OTCQB:OCTHF), Redcentric PLC (AIM:RCN), Revolution Beauty Group Plc, SysGroup PLC (AIM:SYS, AQSE:SYS), TPXimpact Holdings PLC (AIM:TPX), Zoo Digital Group Plc
Economic announcements: Nationwide House Price Index (UK), Continuing Claims (US), Gross Domestic Product (US), Initial Jobless Claims (US), Personal Consumption Expenditures (US), Pending Homes Sales (US)
Ex-dividends to reduce FTSE 100 by: 6.52
Friday 29 September
Company previews:
US-based and FTSE 100 listed, Carnival PLC (LSE:CCL) will release third-quarter numbers at 10am New York time (3pm UK time, which will all be about whether the recent resurgence in cruise demand is being maintained…read the preview.
It's a big macro data day, with UK economic growth in focus, with the release of GDP figures that come off the back of lower inflation numbers and the Bank of England rates pause the week earlier.
Inflation for the US and EU will also be confirmed, following figures in Germany and Spain on Thursday, and alonside France and Italy on Friday.
Others due to report:
Interims: Directa Plus PLC (AIM:DCTA, OTC:DTPKF), Frenkel Topping Group (AIM:FEN) Plc, Personal Group Holdings PLC (AIM:PGH)
Finals: Cap-XX Ltd
AGMs: 600 Group (AIM:SIXH) Plc, Andrada Mining Ltd (AIM:ATM, OTC:AFTTF), Enteq Technologies PLC (AIM:NTQ), FinnCap Group Plc, Goodwin PLC (LSE:GDWN), Hellenic Dynamics Plc, ITM Power PLC (AIM:ITM), Kodal Minerals PLC (AIM:KOD), Naked Wines PLC (AIM:WINE, OTCQX:NWINF), Shearwater Group PLC (AIM:SWG)
Economic announcements: Gross Domestic Product (UK), Consumer Credit (UK), M4 Money Supply (UK), Mortgage Approvals (UK), Current Account (UK), Personal Consumption Expenditures (US), Personal Income (US), Personal Spending (US), Chicago PMI (US), University of Michigan Confidence (US), Inflation (EU)