Benzinga | Oct 29, 2020 08:28AM EDT

Benzinga Pro's Top 5 Stocks To Watch For Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020: EA, IT, SJM, PANW, WORK

Today's 5 Stock Ideas:

* Electronic Arts (EA) - A sympathy play on rival studio Activision Blizzard (ATVI), which will report earnings after close Thursday.

* Gartner (IT) - A sympathy play on rival research firm IHS Markit (INFO), which will also report earnings after close Thursday.

* JM Smucker Co. (SJM) - A coffee retail play which could move amid Starbucks (SBUX) earnings after close Thursday. Smucker owns Folgers, Cafe Bustelo and Dunkin At Home, among other supermarket coffee brands.

* Palo Alto Networks (PANW) - A cybersecurity play on the upcoming election, as well as a sympathy play on rival cybersecurity form Fortinet (FTNT), which will report earnings after close Thursday.

* Slack (WORK) - A play on companies returning to work-from-home arrangements in preparation for the winter wave of COVID-19 - and a sympathy play on fellow productivity software maker Atlassian (TEAM), which will report earnings after close Thursday.