Earnings: 2 Hot Stocks to Watch in July

Earnings season is almost here. Companies operating on a calendar year wrapped up their second quarters last week, leaving accounting and finance teams to tie up the quarter's books and prepare their earnings reports. It's fair to say that 2020 and 2021 have provided investors with some incredibly interesting earnings reports, as they've provided timely windows into operations of businesses during a period of unique circumstances and significant uncertainty.

While the U.S. economy is finally beginning to resemble something closer to normalcy, Q2 2021 was still chock-full of its own unique circumstances, including global supply and logistical challenges, high unemployment rates, and unusual year-ago comparisons. Two companies worth watching as we start to unpack the quarter and try to understand how organizations fared are Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) -- two stocks that have jumped sharply over the past month. Can these two hot stocks deliver results that live up to investors' high expectations?

Here are some key items investors should watch when these two hot companies report earnings.

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