Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRMN) will unveil its latest earnings on Wednesday, February 22, 2012. The average estimate of analysts is for net income of 65 cents per share, a decline of 21.7% from the company’s actual earnings for the same quarter a year ago. During the past three months, the average estimate has moved up from 64 cents. Between one and three months ago, the average estimate was unchanged. It has risen during the last month. Analysts are projecting profit to rise by 14.5% compared to last year’s $2.42.

Last quarter, the company came in at profit of 77 cents per share against a mean estimate of net income of 50 cents per share, beating estimates after missing them in the previous quarter. In the second quarter, it missed forecasts by 12 cents. Analysts predict a decline of 8.3% in revenue from the year-earlier quarter to $768.1 million.

Competitors to Watch: KVH Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:KVHI), Cobra Electronics Corp. (NASDAQ:COBR), TeleNav, Inc. (NASDAQ:TNAV), Trimble Navigation Limited (NASDAQ:TRMB), Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK), Motorola Solutions Inc (NYSE:MSI), Motorola Mobility Hldgs. Inc (NYSE:MMI), Sprint (NYSE:S), Verizon (NYSE:VZ), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ:RIMM).

Jack in the Box, Inc. (NASDAQ:JACK) will unveil its latest earnings on Wednesday, February 22, 2012. The average estimate of analysts is for profit of 26 cents per share, a decline of 57.4% from the company’s actual earnings for the same quarter a year ago. During the past three months, the average estimate has moved down from 45 cents. Between one and three months ago, the average estimate moved down. It also has dropped from 28 cents during the last month. Analysts are projecting profit to rise by 17.4% compared to last year’s $1.33.

Last quarter, the company topped expectations by 8 cents, coming in at net income of 49 cents per share versus a mean estimate of profit of 41 cents per share. This followed two straight quarters of missing estimates. Analysts predict a decline of 5.3% in revenue from the year-earlier quarter to $629.4 million.

Competitors to Watch: McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), Good Times Restaurants Inc. (NASDAQ:GTIMD), Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM), Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:TAST), Sonic Corporation (NASDAQ:SONC), Wendy’s Arby’s Group Inc. (NYSE:WEN), Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (NYSE:RT), Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ:PNRA), and Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX).

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