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The company is set to report its earning after the market close today. Analysts' mean estimate is earnings of $294.5 million, or $0.39 per share. Revenue is expected to be $2.93 billion.

Starbucks shares are down 0.59% to $33.45 in the early trade, despite market expectation of an 18% jump in 2010 Q4 earnings.

The bank sees 2011 EPS of $0.88, vs. consensus estimates of $0.71 per share, and 2012 EPS of $1.05, vs. consensus estimates of $1.04 per share.

Shares of the company are currently trading 2.98% higher at $14.88.

Morgan Stanley initiated coverage of Swift Transportation (NASDAQ:SWFT) with an equal-weight rating.

Making waves in the market today are shares of Keynote Systems (NASDAQ:KEYN). The stock is up over 24% today after the company reported Q1 revenue and EPS that were both far ahead of street estimates. However, you can see from the

Shares of the company are currently trading 2.96% lower at $94.27.

Occidental Petroleum has a potential upside of 13.9% based on a current price of $94.5 and an average consensus analyst price target of $107.65.

Morgan Stanley downgraded Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) to equal-weight from overweight and raised its price target to $110 from $100.

Shares of the company are currently trading 3.42% higher at $45.04.

Marathon Oil has a potential upside of 7.1% based on a current price of $45.1 and an average consensus analyst price target of $48.31.

Morgan Stanley upgraded Marathon Oil Corp. (NYSE:MRO) to overweight from equal-weight with a $50 price target.

The company said it sees 2011 revenue growth up about 5%, up from a previous forecast of up 3-5% and vs. an estimate for 5.4% year-over-year growth. The company also sees 2011 EPS growth also up 5% vs.

"Automatic Data Processing (NYSE:ADP) reported fiscal Q2 EPS of 62 cents, a penny better than the average estimate of 61 cents. Revenue rose to $2.41 billion, also better than the $2.34 billion analysts expected.

Earnings season continues on in high gear on Wednesday with United Technologies, Abbott Laboratories, WellPoint, Eastman Kodak, Xerox, Boeing and ConocoPhillips all reporting before the market opens and Qualcomm, Netflix, Citrix,

The company expects 2011 EPS of $3.90 to $4.20, vs. consensus estimates of $4.09 per share.

John W. Rowe, chairman and chief executive officer said, "We delivered another exceptional year of financial and operating performance in 2010, We accomplished this with a keen focus on controlling operating and maintenance expens

Exelon Corp. (NYSE:EXC) reported Q4 EPS of $0.96, ahead of consensus estimates of $0.92 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose to $4.49 billion, missing consensus estimates of $4.52 billion.

Cooper Industries' Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kirk S. Hachigian said, "We are very pleased to report record core revenue growth in the fourth quarter for the combined Electrical Segments, a result of the improving condit

Cooper Industries (NYSE:CBE) reported Q4 EPS of $0.85, in line with consensus estimates. Revenues were $1.26 billion, ahead of consensus estimates of $1.21 billion.

Chairman and CEO Jim Mulva said, "We improved our returns, reduced debt, and increased shareholder distributions. In addition to meeting our financial objectives, we improved our portfolio and exceeded our goal to replace our 2010

"ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) reported Q4 EPS of $1.32, a penny above the average analyst estimate of $1.31. The company reported Q4 production of 1.73 million BOE/day (barrels of oil equivalent).