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Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included a couple of FAANG stocks. Bearish calls included a beverage giant and an electric vehicle leader. The big U.S. indexes ended the past week 2 percent or so higher, even as investors kept an eye...

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The grocery sector changed nearly overnight after Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) entered the space through its acquisition of Whole Foods Market, Inc. Needless to say, investors are forgiven if they are nervous heading into Kroger Co (NYSE: KR)'s second-quarter earnings report on Friday....

Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) shares have dropped 11 percent since Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) bought Whole Foods in June, and the stock has been hit harder by the deal than it deserves, according to Deutsche Bank. The Cincinnati-based grocery chain reports second-quarter results on Sept. 8. The Amazon-...

With e-commerce growing in the competitive grocery sector, investors remain “understandably skeptical” of Kroger Co (NYSE: KR), but the Cincinnati-based company is well-positioned, according to Wells Fargo. The firm raised its 2017 EPS estimate on Kroger from $1.96 to $1.98 after...

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Amid Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) recent notable struggles, M&A speculation continues to swirl ahead of the company’s first-quarter report set for Wednesday. Analysts at Oppenheimer believe comps will once again fall short of Wall Street forecasts and will be watching updated...

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Shares of Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) hit a new 52-week low of $30.70 on Monday, but Shane Higgins of Deutsche Bank remains convinced the grocer is best positioned to survive a looming price war among grocery stores. Kroger's stock has lost nearly 5 percent over the past week after its earnings report...

Upcoming earnings highlights include the latest results from one of the old Hewlett Packard's spin-offs. A leading grocery store operator is also on deck to report quarterly results. Consensus forecasts call for both to have earnings per share of $0.45. The second-quarter reporting...

The earnings season has wound down, so very few companies will be sharing quarterly results this week. However, two leading tech companies are expected to report their latest earnings. Wall Street analysts are looking for bottom-line growth from just one of them. In what overall will be a very...

Two very different specialty retailers are expected to report their fourth-quarter results this week. Wall Street analysts are looking for declining earnings for each of them. Several other retailers are expected to report earnings growth this week. The parade of quarterly results from the big...

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