dick's sporting goods

In a recent research report, Goldman Sachs raised its earnings estimates and price target for Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS). “DKS' powerful earnings results, marked by a big sales and gross margin beat, speak to the promise of strong earnings power in 2011,” Goldman Sachs writes. “Sales ‘broke out'...

JP Morgan has raised the price target on Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) from $41 to $44 and maintains its Overweight rating.

Credit Suisse said that it recently met with Dick's Sporting Goods Inc.'s (NYSE: DKS) management and came away more confident in the company's ability to grow operating margins beyond the high single digit range. “We are raising our price target to $45 (from $35), to reflect that EPS power and...

Deutsche Bank said that it maintains its Buy rating on Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS). “DKS trades at 18.9x our 2011 EPS estimates vs. the hardline average of 14.9x,” Deutsche Bank writes. “We believe the premium is justified given DKS long term EPS growth rate of 18%-20%, including 9%-10%...

The holiday season is here and, it brings a vast array of delicious products with it. From big dinners, to desserts galore, the holidays are typically a chance to attack the buffet at full-force. Odds are Santa won't be the only one packing on a few pounds after overdosing on milk and cookies. A...

Deutsche Bank published its Black Friday Report today which indicates increased traffic over past years. In a note to clients, Deutsche Bank writes, "Key findings include over 50% of hardline stores for which we have data being judged as busy. This is up strongly from past years which were in the...

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE: DKS) has been downgraded to Neutral by Goldman Sachs as store growth and sector share leadership is causing estimates to start coming in more akin to Street and consensus, which were too low for the first half of 2010, Goldman reports. Since adding DKS to the Buy...