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Chipotle Mexican Grill Earnings Preview: Double-Digit EPS, Sales Growth Expected
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 7:17am | 937Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG), whose shares are trading near an all-time high, is scheduled to report first-quarter 2012 results tomorrow, April 19, after the closing bell. Chipotle has been raising its prices this year, which investors hope will lead to stronger margins. The company has...
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Verizon Communications Earnings Preview: Double-Digit EPS Growth Expected
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 7:01am | 913Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) is scheduled to report its first-quarter 2012 results tomorrow, April 19, before the markets open. Verizon ended 2011 with improving top and bottom lines. Its wireless business remained healthy, with strong gross subscriber additions. The company also reduced its...
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Nine Technology ETFs on a Roll (TYH, TQQQ, ROM)
Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 6:49am | 1073Shares of the following exchange traded funds focused on technology or the Nasdaq 100 are between 20% and 90% higher year to date and trading at or near their 52-week highs. Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: TYH) is up about 82% year to date, including more than 15% higher in the...
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Cascade Earnings Preview: Full-Year EPS Expected to Have Doubled
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 6:35am | 890Lift truck products maker and ostensible industrial bellwether Cascade (NYSE: CASC) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2012 results tomorrow, March 29, after the closing bell. Cascade's earnings have increased year-over-year by an average of more than twofold over the past five quarters...
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PVH Earnings Preview: Double-Digit EPS and Sales Growth Expected
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 6:46am | 930PVH (NYSE: PVH), formerly Phillips-Van Heusen, is scheduled to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2011 results tomorrow, March 27, after the closing bell. The company reaffirmed its earnings guidance back in February, saying it expects its fourth-quarter and full-year results to come in at the high end...
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Oxford Industries Earnings Preview: Q4 EPS Expected to Be 35.2% Higher
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 6:41am | 921Oxford Industries (NYSE: OXM) is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter fiscal 2011 results tomorrow, March 27, after the markets close. This leading apparel designer said that holiday sales accelerated throughout Christmas, both at stores and online, and that it managed to maintain a healthy...
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KB Home Earnings Preview: A Surge in Q1 Revenue Expected
Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 7:05am | 919KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is scheduled to report first-quarter fiscal 2012 results tomorrow, March 23, before the markets open. The homebuilder reported a profit last quarter, ending a three-quarter string of losses, as well as a year-over-year revenue increase that broke a streak of three consecutive...
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Darden Restaurants Earnings Preview: Double-Digit EPS Growth for Q3 Expected
Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 6:46am | 887Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) is scheduled to report third-quarter fiscal 2012 results tomorrow, March 23, before the opening bell. Though revenue has risen in the past four quarters, the company's net income has fallen in each of the past two quarters. The question for investors is what effect...
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DSW Earnings Preview: Double-Digit EPS Growth Expected
Monday, March 19, 2012 - 7:00am | 855Retailer DSW (NYSE: DSW) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2011 results tomorrow, March 20, before the opening bell. The company has seen net income and revenue both increase in three consecutive quarters, and the stock is about 25% higher than three months ago. Investors no doubt will be...
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Jabil Circuit Earnings Preview: Higher Q2 EPS and Sales Expected
Monday, March 19, 2012 - 6:40am | 884Jabil Circuit (NYSE: JBL) is scheduled to report second-quarter fiscal 2012 results tomorrow, March 20, after the closing bell. The tech company has reported increasing earnings for three straight quarters and its stock is more than 36% higher than at the beginning of the year. Being an Apple (...
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Nine Emerging Markets ETFs on a Roll (BRAF, TAO, IGEM)
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 6:59am | 1071The following exchange traded funds focused on Brazil and other emerging markets are all up between 19% and 30% year to date and trading at or near their 52-week highs. EGShares India Consumer (NYSE: INCO) is about 21% higher year to date but still down more than 5% from recapturing the 52-week...
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Guess? Earnings Preview: Lower EPS, Higher Sales Expected
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 6:43am | 917Guess? (NYSE: GES) is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter results tomorrow, March 14, after the closing bell. Investors have seen the company's net income fall year over year by an average of 2.3% over the past five quarters. But revenue has now risen for three straight quarters. Investors...
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GeoEye Earnings Preview: EPS and Sales Growth Expected
Monday, March 12, 2012 - 6:21am | 885GeoEye (NASDAQ: GEOY) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2011 results tomorrow, March 13, before the markets open. Shares have fallen since the release in February of a research report that outlined how budget cuts at the Pentagon could lead to less use of commercial imaging satellites. But that...
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Buckle Earnings Preview: EPS and Sales Growth Expected
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 7:40am | 874Buckle (NYSE: BKE) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2011 results tomorrow, March 8, before the markets open. The teen apparel purveyor saw strong same-store sales in December and January on strong demand for jeans and footwear. Investors will be looking for that to begin a new streak of...
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Coca-Cola Bottling Earnings Preview: Double-Digit EPS Growth Expected
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 7:40am | 883Coca-Cola Bottling (NYSE: COKE) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2011 results tomorrow, March 7, after the markets close. Back in the third-quarter report, CEO J. Frank Harrison III said, “2011 has been a challenging year as the economy remains weak and commodity costs continue to increase at...