Dineequity

DineEquity (NYSE: DIN) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2011 results tomorrow, March 1, before the markets open. The stock is up nearly 20% in the past 90 days. The company has been reinvesting in the business and is expected to do so through 2012. And speculation has it initiating a dividend...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...

Again this week, things will be fairly quiet on the earnings front. Among the week's most high profile quarterly reports are those from Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), which are forecast to post lower per-share earnings, as well as Discover Financial (NYSE: DFS) and FedEx (...

As the month and the calendar quarter wind down this week, only a handful of companies are scheduled to report their earnings results. These include Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO), Jabil Circuit (NYSE: JBL), McCormick (NYSE: MKC) and Walgreen (NYSE...

This will be another quiet week on the earnings front. The most prominent quarterly report will come from consumer electronics retailer Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ: CBRL) is also scheduled to report earnings. Best Buy The company is widely seen as a barometer of...

Caribou Coffee (NASDAQ: CBOU) and Denny's (NASDAQ: DENN) reached new 52-week highs of $15.51 and $4.37 per share, respectively, in Friday's trading session. Caribou Coffee recently announced a partnership with a leading sales and marketing services company to assist with the expansion of its...

Overall, retail sales have sputtered in recent reports. But not all is doom and gloom in the sector; here are seven retail stocks that are on a tear. All of them hit 52-week highs yesterday, and all are up more than 20% since the beginning of the year (or in one case, since its IPO earlier this...

JP Morgan has upgraded DineEquity (NYSE: DIN) from Neutral to Overweight and has raised the price target from $57 to $59.

J.P. Morgan is raising its PT on shares of DineEquity, Inc. (NYSE: DIN) from $56 to $57. DineEquity currently trades at $52.85.

Morgan Keegan is out with its report on DineEquity (NYSE: DIN), maintaining Market Perform. In a note to clients, Morgan Keegan writes, "Maintain Market Perform. We remain comfortable with our $55 PT, based on ~9x EBITDA after using 2011 FCF to pay down debt. While the fundamental improvement is...

On CNBC's Fast Money, Hilary Kramer of A&G Capital believes that two stocks are in a position to rise regardless of what the market does. Kramer believes that Dineequity and VMware are undervalued. Kramer has placed a $55 price target on Dineequity. She is very confident in the management...