Earnings Today: Coca-Cola, Boeing, PayPal and Visa Report

Four large-cap companies report earnings today, Tuesday, October 27, 2026: Coca-Cola, Boeing and PayPal before the open, and Visa after the close. Each carries a published consensus EPS estimate, and the timing of each print changes when a holder could see the stock move.

Who reports earnings today, and at what time?

Four companies report today: Coca-Cola (KO), Boeing (BA) and PayPal (PYPL) are scheduled pre-market, while Visa (V) reports after-hours. The timing matters because it decides whether you see a reaction during the regular session or outside it.

A pre-market print lands before the opening bell. The headline numbers hit the wires while regular trading is closed, so the first price you see as a holder is often the opening gap, the difference between yesterday's close and today's open. An after-hours print arrives after the 4:00 PM ET close, so the reaction plays out in extended-hours trading first, and any gap shows up at the next session's open.

• KO (Coca-Cola Company): pre-market, consensus EPS estimate $0.87
• BA (Boeing Company): pre-market, consensus EPS estimate $-0.21
• PYPL (PayPal Holdings Incorporated): pre-market, consensus EPS estimate $1.31
• V (Visa Incorporated): after-hours, consensus EPS estimate $3.43

What does a pre-market vs after-hours report mean for someone holding the stock?

A pre-market report means the news breaks while the market is shut, so most holders cannot trade the first reaction at the official open price. By the time the regular session starts, the stock may already have gapped up or down on the open. For KO, BA and PYPL today, that opening print is where a holder first meets the market's verdict.

An after-hours report like Visa's tonight behaves differently. The release lands after 4:00 PM ET, so trading happens in thinner extended-hours sessions with wider spreads. The more visible move for most holders is the gap at tomorrow's open, which is why a page like this one is stale by tomorrow morning.

Why gaps happen and what they are

A gap is simply a price jump between one session's close and the next session's open, with no trading in between at those levels. Earnings are a classic gap trigger because the information arrives when the exchange is closed. A holder cannot assume they will transact anywhere near the prior close once a report has reset expectations.

What are the consensus estimates, and what do they actually tell you?

A consensus estimate is the average of analyst forecasts for a figure like earnings per share, and nothing more. It is a benchmark the market has already priced in to some degree, not a prediction and not a target. Today's published consensus EPS estimates are the four numbers above.

One detail worth reading carefully: Boeing's consensus EPS estimate is $-0.21, a negative number, which simply means analysts, on average, expect a per-share loss for the quarter. A negative consensus is not unusual for a company working through a long operational story. The estimate frames what the market expects, it does not tell you what the company reported, which only the actual release will show.

• The estimate is an average, so individual analysts sit above and below it.
• It covers EPS here, but reports also carry revenue, margins and guidance that the single EPS line does not capture.
• The market reaction depends on the result relative to expectations, not the raw number alone.

What should a holder actually do this morning?

The useful morning routine is about checking your own exposure, not guessing the outcome. Before any of these reports, a holder can confirm what they own and how it sits against their own plan. None of that requires predicting a beat or a miss.

1. Check your exposure to today's reporters across every account. If you hold KO, BA, PYPL or V in more than one place, the combined picture matters more than any single brokerage view.
2. Set price alerts before the print. You can place levels where you want to be notified, so a pre-market gap or an after-hours move does not pass unseen.
3. Know a gap can happen at the open. After Visa's after-hours report tonight, the visible move for most holders is tomorrow's opening price.
4. Review each position against your own targets, the levels you already decided on, rather than reacting to the headline alone.

If your holdings are spread across several brokers, a single combined view is the fastest way to see total exposure to a name before it reports. The ALL PORTFOLIOS combined view in PortfolioTrackr is on every plan for anyone with more than one portfolio, so you can see every KO or Visa share in one place. If you are still stitching this together in a sheet, our breakdown of a portfolio tracker versus a spreadsheet covers why a live view wins on earnings mornings.

How do price alerts help around an earnings report?

Price alerts notify you when a stock reaches a level you chose, which is exactly the kind of move an earnings report can trigger. In PortfolioTrackr, every position and every watchlist level is checked once a minute while the market is open, and around the clock for crypto, and you hear within a minute of your level being hit. Closed markets are skipped, so stock alerts do not run overnight, at weekends or on exchange holidays.

That cadence matters today. A pre-market gap in KO, BA or PYPL shows up when the market opens and the once-a-minute checks resume; Visa's after-hours move is most visible at the next open. You set the levels you care about in advance.

• On a position you can set Target 1, Target 2 and a stop-loss level.
• On a watchlist entry you can set a price above or below.
• Alerts are price levels only. There are no earnings or news alerts, so the report itself is something you watch, not something the alert fires on.
• The watchlist is on every plan: 10 tickers on the free trial and Starter, 50 on Pro and Lifetime.

PortfolioTrackr reports status against your own levels, for example still below target or stop-loss level reached. It does not tell you what to do with the position. For a fuller walkthrough of connecting accounts first, see how to connect your brokerage account to a portfolio tracker.

What is worth watching inside each report?

Beyond the single EPS line, the parts of a report that carry the quarter's story are revenue and forward guidance. These are what analysts and holders read to understand the result in context, without any of it predicting the price.

• Revenue versus the quarter's narrative: for Coca-Cola (KO), the split between volume and pricing is the usual lens on a consumer-staples beverage report.
• Operational progress: for Boeing (BA), deliveries and cash flow often move the conversation more than a single quarter's EPS, especially with a negative consensus.
• Transaction and volume trends: for PayPal (PYPL), total payment volume and active accounts frame the growth story behind EPS.
• Payments-network metrics: for Visa (V) after the close, payments volume, cross-border volume and any guidance commentary are the headline items alongside EPS.

Reading these is analysis, not a forecast. Nobody knows the outcome before the release, and this preview deliberately does not guess it.

The bottom line

Today, Coca-Cola, Boeing and PayPal report pre-market and Visa reports after the close, with published consensus EPS estimates of $0.87, $-0.21, $1.31 and $3.43 respectively. The only concrete steps a holder controls this morning are checking exposure, setting price alerts before the prints, and remembering that a gap can appear at the open, particularly after Visa tonight. If you track multiple accounts, keeping them in one live view, as covered in our comparison of the best portfolio trackers for 2026, makes that exposure obvious before the first number lands.

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