Michael Baker

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.'s (NYSE: WSM) long-term earnings growth story remains intact but the company faces tempered investor expectations for 2015, analysts said Thursday. The specialty retailer closed down nearly 3 percent at $79.42 after posting a disappointing 2015 outlook partly because of a West...

Dicks Sporting Goods Inc (NYSE: DKS) faces pressure from winter weather and a West Coast port slowdown, but troubles from its golf and hunting segments are abating, analysts said Wednesday. The Pittsburgh-based retailer was little changed Wednesday, closing at $55.98, after beating fourth-...

PetSmart, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: PETM) third-quarter results continued to be overshadowed Wednesday by prospects that the retailer could get bought out, analysts said. Phoenix-based PetSmart gained nearly 6 percent Wednesday to $77.91 per share. Along with beating third-quarter earnings...

TJX Companies Inc (NYSE: TJX) rosy holiday shopping outlook and easy comparisons with the year-earlier period should result in impressive fourth-quarter gains, an analyst said Wednesday. "Results from the past two quarters have restored investor confidence" following a period of...

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) traded sharply higher Wednesday on better-than-expected second quarter results. Yet analysts voiced caution about the retailer's shrinking profit margin. Oppenheimer's Brian Nagel said the quarterly results were "not suggestive of a...

RadioShack Corporation's (NYSE: RSH) possible demise could give a slight boost to Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY), an analyst said Monday. Deutsche Bank's Michael Baker said a complete RadioShack liquidation would improve Best Buy's same-store sales by 1 percent and add $0.11 a share to...