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Last Week's Notable Insider Buys: Kraft, IBM, Vertex And More
Saturday, November 14, 2020 - 2:45pm | 917Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors when markets face uncertainty. Insiders at some consumer products companies were adding to their stakes this past week. A few biotech companies saw insiders acquiring some shares as well. Conventional wisdom says that insiders...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Drug Stocks, Hanesbrands, Wabtec And More
Monday, April 17, 2017 - 8:21am | 594This weekend's cover story in Barron's takes a look at potential winners as the biotech industry grapples with soaring drug prices. Other featured articles offer the prospects for an apparel maker poised to rebound and a railroad-equipment supplier with global opportunities. The outlook for a...
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Barron's: How To Find Safe 5% Yields
Monday, August 8, 2016 - 8:07am | 620The cover story in this weekend's Barron's offers tips and strategies from the panelists at the latest income roundtable. Safe yields of up to 5 percent can be locked in with careful portfolio construction, says veteran fixed-income investors and a dividend stock pro. Another featured article...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Monro Muffler Brake, Fidelity National Information Services And More
Sunday, August 7, 2016 - 9:40am | 639This weekend's Barron's ponders the prospects for a leading auto services provider and a financial services technology star. Prospects for two small-cap banks with strong fundamentals are also examined. Other featured articles take a look at what bears such as Bill Gross and...
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HanesBrands Revises 2016 Guidance Higher To Reflect M&A Activity
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 8:54am | 267Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE: HBI) announced late Tuesday afternoon an update to its full year 2016 financial guidance following its acquisition of Champion Europe and Pacific Brands Limited. Hanes previous guided its full year earnings per share to be $1.90 on revenue of $5.84 billion. The company...
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Investors Cheer HanesBrands New Buyback Program And Acquisition
Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 11:20am | 344Shares of Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE: HBI) gained more than 9 percent Thursday morning after the company announced a new acquisition and a share buyback program. Hanesbrands said it has entered into an agreement to acquire Pacific Brands Limited, an Australia-based seller of underwear and intimate...
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Is It The Bear?
Monday, January 11, 2016 - 6:55am | 558The cover story in this weekend's Barron's offers a look at the worst start to the new year for stock markets ever. Barron's thinks the selling may be almost over and picks stocks worth buying now. Other feature stories include the Barron's Mutual Fund Quarterly. With the Dow Jones Industrial...
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Barron's Picks and Pans: Hanesbrands, Deckers Outdoor And More
Monday, January 11, 2016 - 6:52am | 483Features stories in this weekend's Barron's offer a look at the prospects for Hanesbrands and Deckers Outdoor. The Mutual Fund Quarterly report examines best fund managers and the best and worst funds. In addition, what's troubling Asia, and the worst New Year's for stocks ever. Feature Stories...
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Barron's Recap: Protecting Your Golden Years
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 1:17pm | 637This past weekend in Barron's online: a cost-benefit analysis of long-term care insurance, as well as the prospects for Allianz, Gulfmark Offshore, Devon Energy and more. Cover Story "Think Long Term (Care)" by Amy Feldman. If you are skeptical about long-term care insurance, you are not alone,...
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Barron's Recap: Here Come the Millennials
Sunday, April 28, 2013 - 5:25pm | 910This weekend in Barron's online: the impending impact on the economy and Wall Street of the Millennial generation, and the prospects for Boeing's Dreamliner, the Dell buyout, Hanesbrands and Ecolab. Cover Story "On the Rise" by Jacqueline Doherty. The so-called Millennials, those who have...
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Honda, Movado and Others Analysts Are Bullish On
Monday, May 14, 2012 - 6:41am | 1003Here is a quick look some dividend payers in the consumer goods sector that have a consensus recommendation of analysts of Strong Buy. The world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD), has seen its share price rise almost 31% in the past half year, despite pulling back a bit in the...
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VF Corp. Earnings Preview: Double-Digit EPS, Sales Growth Expected
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 7:35am | 830VF Corp. (NYSE: VFC) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2011 results tomorrow, February 16, before the markets open. The company has reported increasing profits for three straight quarters, but analysts have been bearish lately on this apparel maker, as indicated by the decreasing EPS estimate...
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Black Friday Gets All Orgasmic
Monday, November 28, 2011 - 9:47am | 229Admit it, the initial reads on the holiday season have you all excited about retail stocks. Perhaps a pen and paper is sitting at your side with names ready to be checked off as “owned” in the portfolio. To that, all I can say is to hold your horses, cowboy - don't get sucked into the orgasmic...
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Stifel Nicolaus Reiterates Buy Rating On Hanesbrands
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 10:23am | 126In a report published by Stifel Nicolaus, it reiterates the Buy rating on Hanesbrands (NYSE: HBI). Stifel Nicolaus said that yesterday afternoon, Lee Wyatt, CFO, accompanied by Brian Lantz, VP IR, and Charlie Stack, Manager IR, presented at Stifel's 2011 Stifel Nicolaus Consumer Conference at the...
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Sterne Agee Meets With Hanesbrands Management, Maintains Buy Rating
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 10:31am | 121Sterne Agee has published a research report on Hanesbrands, Inc. (NYSE: HBI) after meeting with company management in Dallas recently. In the report, Sterne Agee writes "As expected, the integral issue in all meetings was invariably pricing power. Other recurring themes include: 1) price elasticity...