Investors should be wary of those stocks that are due to report next week whose lackluster earnings could send their share prices down. About 15% of companies in the S & P 500 will issue quarterly financials next week, including behemoths such as Caterpillar , Walt Disney and Eli Lilly .
Pro screened FactSet for companies reporting next week that have seen their earnings estimates cut by 5% or more in the past three- and six months. Pro then sorted further for stocks that have buy ratings from 40% or less analysts. Here are the names to keep an eye on next week, as of data current Wednesday on morning: Williams Companies is the first company on the list with earnings due for release Monday. The gas pipeline stock has seen analysts' earnings per share estimates cut by 5.3% over the past three months and 18.6% over the past six months. Fewer than than two out of every five analysts rate Williams a buy.