Investors Watch List: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT), Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S), Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE:SNH), Northern Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:NTRS), Silicon Motion Technology Corp. (NASDAQ:SIMO)

Walmart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) cut its revenue outlook for its current fiscal year as it announced it is scaling back its expansion plans for its supercenters next year and stepping up investments in its online operations. The world’s largest retailer, blaming an overall tough economy, now expects annual sales to be up 2 to 3 percent for its fiscal year ending in January. That is down from its earlier guidance of sales growth at the low end of a 3 to 5 percent range. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) in last trading activity moved down -1.84% to close at $73.82. Company weekly performance is -5.19% while its quarterly performance stands at -4.24%. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is -8.13% away from its 52 week high.Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S) asked federal regulators Thursday for approval to buy spectrum in five Kentucky counties. The Overland-Park-based carrier hopes to acquire 10 MHz of broadband PCS spectrum from Bellevue Wireless LLC. The spectrum covers the Kentucky cities of Somerset, Middlesboro and Harlan. On last trading day Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S) moved down -2.78% to close at $5.94. Its volatility for the week is 4.53% while volatility for the month is 3.71%. S's EPS growth for past 5 years was -73.48%. Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S) monthly performance is -11.21%.Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE:SNH) last announced its earnings results on Monday, August 4th. The company reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.43. The company had revenue of $206.71 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $204.20 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.42 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts predict that Senior Housing Properties Trust will post $1.76 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. On last trading day Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE:SNH) increased 0.18% to close at $21.83. Its volatility for the week is 1.82% while volatility for the month is 1.55%. SNH's sales growth for past 5 years was 26.50% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -0.60%. Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE:SNH) monthly performance is 2.97%.Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRS) has earned an average rating of “Hold” from the eighteen ratings firms that are presently covering the company. Northern Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:NTRS) has 0.40% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 84.20%. In last trading activity company's stock closed at $62.76.Silicon Motion Technology Corp. (NASDAQ:SIMO) last announced its earnings results on Monday, July 28th. The company reported $0.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $69.41 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $62.90 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.27 earnings per share. Silicon Motion Technology Corp.’s revenue was up 19.0% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts predict that Silicon Motion Technology Corp. will post $1.56 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. On Thursday shares of Silicon Motion Technology Corp. (NASDAQ:SIMO) closed at $23.35. Company's sales growth for last 5 years was -47.30% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 21.90%.