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7 Bullish Retail Stocks

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:45:00 GMT

The consumer sector is turning out to be somewhat stronger than expected, according to September retail sales.[More...]

Seven Ways To Ka-Ching With Retailers

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:30:51 GMT

With consumer spending sapped over the past year by a sinking economy, massive layoffs, and tanking home prices, investors have been concerned on the financial health of retail stores. At the start of the second quarter earnings report season, conventional wisdom believed that off-price retailers would fare well while luxury retailers would be hit as consumers focused on price and necessities.[More...]

Earnings Preview For Mar 16 - 20

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:27:00 GMT

Guess, Inc. (GES) could top expectations. FedEx Corporation (FDX) could disappoint. Adobe Systems (ADBE), Nike (NKE) and Oracle (ORCL) will also report. The earnings calendar is limited this week with just 93 companies confirmed to report. First-quarter earnings season will[More...]

Retail Survey Report: Kirkland, KFC, Honda, General Motors, Cold Water Creek, Landry

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:10:00 GMT

59% of Kirkland's Respondents See Business as Down or the Same vs. Last Year, 21% of KFC Respondents say Specials do Nothing to Bump Business at All, Honda Sees Increase In Sales of Smaller Cars[More...]

Analyst Comments: Potash, Linear Technology, PartnerRe, Manpower, Tessera Technologies, Gentiva Health, Siliconware, Green Mountain, Kirkland, Colgate-Palmolive

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:52:00 GMT

Potash Corp. (POT) has leverage in higher fertilizer application rates, higher crop plantings, increasing demand for biofuels and rising crop prices. The company is located in low cost areas and its financials are solid. Hence, we rate the stock a Buy with a target price of $250. This is 18.9x our 2008 estimate. Potash Corporation enjoys significant cost advantage with regard to raw materials. All potash produced by the company in Saskatchewan is in the area, where extensive potash deposits are found. Moreover, the company has lower cost nitrogen operations in Trinidad due to the long-term, lower-cost gas contracts with Natural Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited as well as a proximity to the U.S. market. In response to the rising prices of potash products, the company has engaged in the expansion and development of projects that[More...]

Analyst Comments: Kirkland, MetLife, Incyte Biotech, Patni Computer, Akamai Technologies

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:55:00 GMT

Kirkland's, Inc. (KIRK) shares are up 111% year-to-date and have rewarded those buyers who were bottom fishing at much lower levels. We continue to applaud Kirkland's for taking the necessary steps to weather the current storm by focusing on cash flow and closing its unprofitable stores. Moreover, we believe the company's second-quarter results will benefit from higher gross margins and cost controls and are narrowing our quarterly net loss estimate. However, we are less sanguine about the company's prospects for the second half of the year. Macro headwinds will continue to pressure consumer discretionary spending, and the consumer will not be helped out by those $600 tax rebate checks, as they were in the second quarter. Until we see evidence of the macro conditions improving, we believe it makes sense to take profits in KIRK shares. As such, we are downgrading Kirkland's from a Buy to a[More...]

Analyst Comments: Westell, Altria, National-Oilwell Varco, AutoNation, Lattice Semi, Banco de Chile, Kirkland, Reynolds American

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:06:25 GMT

We stick to our Hold recommendation for Westell Technologies ( WSTL), a provider of broadband access products and conferencing services, after the company declared its fourth-quarter financial results, in line with our estimates. Although WSTL's financial results for the fourth quarter was down, we consider the company as more attractive for a longer time-horizon. WSTL is systematically transforming...[More...]

NASDAQ Technical Picture - Testing Trendline

Tue, 27 May 2008 16:10:21 GMT