Smith & Wesson

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Guns have famously been called "The Great Equalizer," but that doesn't mean every gun stock is equal. For those interested in guns, which is the better play: Smith & Wesson (NASDAQ: SWHC) or Sturm Ruger (NYSE: RGR)? Fear Driven Sales Spike Over Smith & Wesson and Sturm...

It is the dog days of summer, and the earnings season is winding down. A few more big retailers are scheduled to share their most recent quarterly results this week, including Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Dollar General (NYSE: DG). Some solar companies are on...

Scheduled quarterly reports from BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY), FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Kroger (NYSE: KR), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) and will highlight the coming week on the earnings front. Analysts are looking for year-over-year growth on the top and bottom lines for all of them,...

The first-quarter earnings season is wrapping up now, and much attention will turn this week to the G-7 summit in Brussels, possible European Central Bank policy changes and the latest unemployment numbers in the United States. But among the handful of companies scheduled to report quarterly...

U.S. stocks finished the week on a positive note despite a sell-off in the afternoon. One possible reason for the sell-off is that investors are adjusting their portfolios for the end of the quarter on Monday. Major indices rallied off the opening bell with the Dow Jones Industrial Average...

Gun ownership remains a heavily debated topic in society, but one thing that can't be argued are the facts. For the most part, President Obama largely stayed clear of the gun debate during his first term but took a tougher stance after 20 children and six adults were murdered at Sandy Hook...

Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com. Canadian Solar: Rising demand from China not enough to help earnings This morning, Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) reported its fourth quarter results. The company announced an EPS $0.39 which may not be comparable to the consensus...

The calendar page has turned, and the earnings season is all but done. But this week's earnings highlights will include quarterly reports from a few more retailers, such as Costco, Kroger, RadioShack and Staples, as well as some solar companies, including SolarCity and Trina Solar. Here is a...

Quarterly reports from Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE), Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST), H&R Block (NYSE: HRB), Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) and Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. Below is a quick look at what analysts expect from some...

Quarterly reports from retailers Kroger (NYSE: KR), Aeropostale (NYSE: ARO), American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) and Dollar General (NYSE: DG) will be among the highlights this week. A couple of Chinese solar companies and the big Canadian banks are scheduled to report as well. Below is a quick...

Smith & Wesson (NYSE: SWHC), shares of which slumped in August following suggestions that the surge in gun sales might have peaked, is scheduled to report its first-quarter fiscal 2014 results Thursday, September 5, after the markets close. Investors will be watching to see whether the company...

This holiday shortened week will see a sprinkling of off-season quarterly reports from the likes of H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) and retailer Dollar General (NASDAQ: DG) to truck maker Navistar International (NYSE: NAV) and Smith & Wesson (NYSE: SWHC). Here is a quick look at analysts'...

Quarterly reports from Nike (NYSE: NKE), Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. Here is a quick look at what analysts are expecting from these and some of the week's other, most prominent earnings reports. See also:...

Now that Congress and the White House have failed to reach a deal to avoid the federal budget sequester, and with the jobs report coming out on Friday, the attention this week is likely to be elsewhere, rather than on earnings, which have slowed to dribble. A few lingering retail earnings reports...