7 Stocks you need to know for Thursday

3M (MMM | charts | news | PowerRating) is expected to report $1.18 EPS before the bell rings on Thursday morning.

When Aetna (AET | charts | news | PowerRating) announces quarterly earnings on Thursday morning, watch for $0.80 EPS.

Beazer Homes (BZH | charts | news | PowerRating) should announce -$0.46 EPS before the market opens on Thursday morning.

Analysts will be watching for Exxon Mobil (XOM | charts | news | PowerRating) to report $1.94 EPS on Thursday.

Ford (F | charts | news | PowerRating) hopes to announce -$0.40 EPS tomorrow morning.

Wendy's (WEN | charts | news | PowerRating) and XM Satellite (XMSR | charts | news | PowerRating) both report on Thursday morning; WEN is looking for $0.33 EPS and XMSR expects -$0.44 EPS.