Stocks to Watch: Wendy's, Disney (Update 1)

NEW YORK -- Wendy's(WEN) reported first-quarter earnings Tuesday of $12.3 million, or 3 cents a share, a turnaround from a year-earlier loss of $1.4 million.

Excluding items, earnings in the latest quarter were 1 cent a share.

The fast food chain's first-quarter sales were $519.9 million, up from $509.3 million a year earlier.

Analysts, on average, expected first-quarter profit of 3 cents a share on sales of $608 million.

Wendy's lowered its 2012 outlook for adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization to a range of between $320 million and $335 million. Previously, the company anticipated adjusted EBITDA of between $335 million and $345 million. Wendy's cited weaker-than-expected sales and margins.

Shares of Wendy's fell 4.52% in premarket trading Tuesday to $4.65.

Walt Disney(DIS) is expected by analysts Tuesday to post fiscal second-quarter earnings of 55 cents a share on revenue of $9.56 billion.

Deutsche Bank has a buy rating on the media and entertainment giant and recently raised its price target to $56 from $53.

Shares of Disney ticked up 13 cents, or 0.3%, in premarket trading Tuesday to $43.95. The stock has risen nearly 15% year to date.

Rackspace Hosting(RAX) shares fell more than 10% on Monday in late trading after the company's earnings per share missed by a penny.

The cloud hosting company reported first-quarter earnings of $23.2 million, or 17 cents a share, up from year-earlier earnings of $13.8 million, or 10 cents a share. Analysts, on average, expected earnings of 18 cents a share.

Rackspace said currency rates hurt the company's first-quarter revenue by $2 million.

Shares of Rackspace fell 11.92% in premarket trading Tuesday to $50.91.

DirecTV (DTV) is expected Tuesday to post earnings of $1.05 a share in the first quarter, according to analysts.

Shares of DirecTV rose 2.01% in premarket trading Tuesday to $48.87.