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Short Sellers Load Up More Best Buy and Sears (BEBE, BBY, SHLD)
Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 2:24pm | 918Read More...Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the first weeks of June. But, Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD), saw relatively large upswings in the period. The number of shares sold short in Avon Products (...
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Short Sellers Load Up on Best Buy and Sears (BBY, RAD, SHLD)
Saturday, June 15, 2013 - 8:06am | 1018Read More...Overall, the short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during the final weeks of May. But Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) and Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) saw especially large upswings in the period. The number of shares sold short in Avon Products (NYSE:...
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Barron's Recap: The Bull Has Room to Run
Sunday, May 12, 2013 - 2:30pm | 848Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: a special report on the record Dow and the prospects for actively managed ETFs, the buyout of Dell, and Western Union and Uni-Pixel. Cover Story "We Were Right!" by Gene Epstein. In this special report, Barron's "jubilantly joins the hoopla" over the Dow reaching...
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Short Sellers Move into Avon and Bebe Stores
Sunday, April 28, 2013 - 9:46am | 983Read More...The short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed again during in early April. The number of shares sold short in Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), GameStop (NYSE: GME), RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) and SuperValu (NYSE: SVU) increased between...
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Short Sellers Retreat from Best Buy and Rite Aid
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 12:29pm | 908Read More...The short interest moves in troubled retail companies were mixed during the latter two weeks of March. The number of shares sold short in Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), GameStop (NYSE: GME), Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) and Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ: PSUN) increased somewhat between the March 15 and March...
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Short Sellers Aim for Best Buy and Office Depot
Saturday, March 30, 2013 - 11:35am | 932Read More...The short interest in troubled retail companies was mixed but overall quiet during the first two weeks of March. The number of shares sold short in Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), Bon-Ton Stores (NASDAQ: BONT), OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) and RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) increased somewhat between the February...
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Office Supply Merger Brings Out the Short Sellers (ODP, OMX, AVP)
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - 1:29pm | 858Read More...By and large, the short interest in troubled retail companies increased during the final two weeks of February. The number of shares sold short in Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), GameStop (NYSE: GME), J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP), RadioShack (NYSE: RSH), Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD...
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Retail Earnings Previews: Staples, American Eagle Outfitters and Others
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 2:09pm | 726Read More...While most of the big retailers already have posted their most recent quarterly results, Wednesday will bring fourth-quarter and full fiscal-year reports from specialty retailers American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO), Big Lots (NYSE: BIG), PetSmart (NYSE: PETM) and Staples (NASDAQ: SPLS). Analysts...
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Short Interest in Struggling Retail Stocks Declines (AVP, BEBE, SVU)
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 5:43pm | 858Read More...By and large, the short interest in troubled retail companies declined during the first two weeks of February. However, the number of shares sold short in Avon Products (NYSE: AVP), Bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE), GameStop (NYSE: GME) and Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ: PSUN) increased between the January 31...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of February 18
Monday, February 18, 2013 - 9:45am | 1010Read More...U.S. markets are closed on Monday for the Presidents' Day holiday, and many of the S&P 500 have already posted results for the most recent quarter. But PC makers Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) step into the earnings spotlight this week. Also, the world's largest retailer...
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OfficeMax, Abercrombie and Other Top Performing Dividend Payers in November
Saturday, December 1, 2012 - 2:41pm | 626Read More...Here is a quick look at some of the top-performing dividend-paying stocks in the past month. These companies all have a market cap of more than $500 million, and their share prices are more than 20 percent higher than 30 days ago. Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) shares jumped more than 30...
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Abercrombie, OfficeMax and Other Top Performers in the Past 30 Days
Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 2:02pm | 615Read More...Shares of Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) soared more than 34 percent Wednesday after the apparel retailer's third-quarter results topped analyst consensus estimates, due in part to strong international performance, and it raised its full-year outlook. Here is a quick look at Abercrombie and...
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Citi Comments on OfficeMax's "Weaker than Expected" 1Q Results
Friday, May 27, 2011 - 7:51am | 111Read More...Citi is commenting on OfficeMax's (NYSE: OMX) “weaker than expected 1Q results,” which “were partially driven by sales execution issues at the store level, as well as losses of accounts in delivery (without offsetting new contracts).” “Similar to SPLS commentary, management noted that they had...
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Oppenheimer Downgrades OMX, SPLS
Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 8:23am | 43Read More...Oppenheimer has downgraded the following companies: Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) from Outperform to Perform, PT from $26 to $19 OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) from Outperform to Perform, PT from $14 to $9.50
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Openheimer Reports Uncertain Near-Term Outlook On OfficeMax
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 7:56am | 147Read More...According to Oppenheimer, OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) near-term outlook is still uncertain. Oppenheimer said that last week it traveled with OfficeMax senior management to meet investors in Europe. “OMX does not comment on trends intra-quarter. The company recently reported Q1 (Mar.) results that fell...
