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3 Top-Performing Consumer Goods Dividend Payers With The Most Upside Potential
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 10:45am | 868Among the top-performing consumer goods stocks over the past six months that pay dividends, analysts believe that Allison Transmission (NYSE: ALSN), Foot Locker (NYSE: FL) and Pinnacle Foods (NYSE: PF) still have some room to run, despite rising more than 15 percent. It is not unusual for stocks on...
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Turmoil In Los Angeles: Sports Business Wrap For The Week of April 28
Sunday, May 4, 2014 - 5:54pm | 434Top Stories NBA Bans Donald Sterling For Life Commissioner Adam Silver came down strongly on the Los Angles Clippers owner, fining Sterling the maximum allowable fine and banning him from the Clippers and the NBA forever. The league owners will hold a vote that will determine whether or not...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of March 24: BlackBerry, Walgreen And More
Sunday, March 23, 2014 - 11:02am | 934While investors watch the ongoing standoff between the West and Russia, and hope for fresh signs of economic growth in the GDP and PMI numbers, more off-season quarterly reports will roll out this week. Highlights will include earnings results from BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) and Walgreen (NYSE:...
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Market Wrap For January 13: Markets Showing Weakness Ahead Of Major Earning Releases
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 5:52pm | 2370Investors and traders were in clear selling mode today ahead of a very busy week of earnings. The Dow suffered a triple digit point loss while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq suffered losses of more than one percent. There were no key economic data releases today. Related: Earnings Expectations For...
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Foot Locker and Other Specialty Retail Stocks Favored by UBS
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 11:04am | 998A new report by analysts at UBS (NYSE: UBS) suggests there may be little upside ahead for department stores, due to such things as high inventories and unfavorable weather in the first quarter. However, they feel the prospects for some specialty retailers look more appealing. Four of the stocks...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of December 31
Sunday, December 30, 2012 - 12:33pm | 729Things will be pretty quiet again on the earnings front this week, as the calendar year turns over. Family Dollar Stores (NYSE: FDO) and Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) are scheduled to share their fiscal quarter's results late in the week. But fourth-quarter 2012 earnings reports do not begin to roll in until...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of March 26 (BBY, FDO, WAG)
Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 10:58am | 1144While much of the attention will be on the Supreme Court this week, Best Buy is on tap to report its quarterly results. Analysts expect year-over-year earnings growth from the box-box retailer, as well as from Family Dollar and Red Hat. But the consensus forecasts for this week's results from...
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Seven Hot Retail Stocks
Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 11:07am | 1048Fourth-quarter retail earnings season kicked off last week with mixed results from Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN). Many more retailers will post their results this week and next, including Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Macy's (NYSE: M), Barnes &...
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Seven Apparel Retail Stocks Worth a Look Now
Monday, December 19, 2011 - 7:39am | 901The holiday shopping season seems to be going better than early forecasts suggested. So here are seven retail stocks that might be worth a look. All have double-digit returns on equity and double-digit long-range EPS growth forecasts. Each is up more than 10% over the past year as well. DSW (NYSE...
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Ten Apparel Retail Stocks Worth a Look Now
Saturday, August 6, 2011 - 12:45pm | 1063The earnings spotlight turns to retail this coming week with quarterly reports due from the likes of Kohl's (NYSE: KSS), Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN). Analysts are looking for earnings growth from these three. And investors may take some comfort from the fact that, last week, many...
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Finish Line Rides Favorable Product cycle, Jefferies Reports
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 8:13am | 85Finish Line Inc. (NASDAQ: FINL) is riding a favorable product cycle led by running and basketball sneakers, Jefferies reports. “We believe that momentum carried into 1Q where we are modeling 10% comp growth,” Jefferies writes. “A tight operating model creates a very leverageable story despite some...
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Sterne Agee Reiterates Buy and PT of $25 on the Finish Line
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 6:47am | 125Sterne Agee reiterated its Buy rating on the Finish Line (NASDAQ: FINL). At the same time, Sterne Agee left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $25 after raising its earnings per share estimate for the next year. In a research report published today, Sterne Agee states, "We are...
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UPDATE: Jefferies Color on Finish Line Initiation
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 7:52am | 94Jefferies, which initiated coverage of Finish Line Inc. (NASDAQ: FINL), is providing color on the stock. “A strong product cycle across multiple brands and large categories is leading Finish Line to post record-breaking results,” Jefferies writes. “After years of distractions, management is now...
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Jefferies Initiates Finish Line At Buy, $28 PT
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 6:37am | 25Jefferies & Company has initiated coverage on Finish Line (NASDAQ: FINL) with a Buy rating and $28 price target.
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Citigroup Upgrades Finish Line to Buy, PT To $25
Friday, April 15, 2011 - 7:09am | 27Citigroup has upgraded Finish Line (NASDAQ: FINL) from Hold to Buy and has raised the price target from $22 to $25.