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Costco Earnings Preview: EPS and Revenue Growth Expected
Monday, March 11, 2013 - 12:27pm | 861Read More...Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST), which saw strong same-store sales in February where other big retailers did not, is scheduled to report its second-quarter fiscal 2013 results Tuesday, March 12, before the markets open. Investors will be looking to see how the company has held up, with consumers...
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Earnings Previews: Dollar Tree and TJX Companies
Monday, February 25, 2013 - 4:51pm | 786Read More...Discount retailers Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) and TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) are scheduled to share their fourth-quarter and full fiscal year results Wednesday morning before the opening bell. Retailers that cater to lower and middle income customers benefitted from belt tightening during the...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of February 25
Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 7:09pm | 1012Read More...After Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) all posted better-than-expected per-share earnings last week, the quarterly results from big retailers continue to roll out this week. Analysts on average expect that earnings from Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Macy'...
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Barron's Recap (12/29/12): The End of Cash?
Sunday, December 30, 2012 - 12:33pm | 843Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: the move toward a cashless society, the fiscal cliff, investing strategies for January and Barron's 12th annual forecasting challenge. Cover Story "The End of Cash?" by Alexander Eule. While the amount of cash in circulation is on the rise -- a record three...
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Dollar General Earnings Preview: Strong Third-Quarter Results Expected
Monday, December 10, 2012 - 7:59am | 550Read More...Dollar General (NYSE: DG), which just recently became an S&P 500 component, is scheduled to report its third-quarter fiscal 2012 results early Tuesday, December 11. Investors will be hoping for a fifth consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth and earnings per share (EPS) of $0.50 or...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of November 12
Sunday, November 11, 2012 - 7:08pm | 869Read More...While the consensus forecasts call for year-over-year earnings growth from the likes of Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM) and Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB) -- as well as lower per-share earnings from Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) -- when they share their most recent quarterly results this week,...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 13
Monday, August 13, 2012 - 6:33am | 938Read More...Retail earnings season got off to a start last week when drug store chain CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) and department store operators Kohl's (NYSE: KSS), Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) bested second-quarter earnings estimates, while JCPenney (NYSE: JCP) reported a net loss. Many more...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of May 14 (WMT, HD, ANF)
Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 8:49am | 1179Read More...Last week, Kohl's (NYSE: KSS), Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) kicked off the parade of earnings reports from big retailers. Macy's and Nordstrom reported EPS growth; Macy's and Kohl's topped EPS estimates. This week, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Target (NYSE: TGT) are...
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The Real Deal on Wall Street: Throwing Cold Water on Dollar Tree Bullishness
Monday, February 20, 2012 - 10:25am | 345Read More...Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) has officially become the darling dollar store stock on the Street. Over the course of 13-week’s, Dollar Tree shares have appreciated a not so skimpy 18%, and now trade at a not so cheap 19x forward earnings (lofty premium to peer group). On the other hand, the love...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of February 20
Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 10:46am | 1082Read More...The focus turns to earnings from retailers this week. Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) kicked things off last week. The former posted lower earnings per share in line with estimates, while the latter narrowly beat EPS expectations but revenues fell short. Here is a look...
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Family Dollar Earnings Preview: Higher EPS and Sales Expected
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 7:38am | 685Read More...Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) is scheduled to report fiscal first-quarter 2012 results tomorrow, January 5, after the closing bell. Investors could use a little good news, considering the shares have traded mostly between $56 and $60 since the end of October and analysts seem unenthused about the stock...
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These Retailers Could Get Crushed by the Congress
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 10:36am | 922Read More...The payroll tax cut debate is heating up in the U.S. Congress right before the holidays, as the politicians are trying to find a mutual ground. President Obama and the democrats have been defending the pay roll tax cuts, whereas the republican politicians have been reluctant to extend them. The...
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Dollar Tree Earnings Preview: Higher EPS and Sales Expected
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 8:08am | 647Read More...Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter 2011 results Thursday, November 17, before the opening bell. The company has seen double-digit year-over-year percentage revenue growth for the past four quarters, as well as its net income rise in three consecutive quarters....
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of November 14
Sunday, November 13, 2011 - 5:54pm | 1128Read More...Much of the focus this week will be on retailers. The wave started with last week's strong results from Dillard's (NYSE: DDS), Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) and Macy's (NYSE: M). Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) posted solid results as well. On the schedule for this week are Abercrombie & Fitch, (NYSE: ANF), Home...
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Dollar General and Dollar Tree to Open Near 52-Week Highs
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 6:42am | 520Read More...Yesterday, the day that the 99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE: NDN) agree to be taken private, competitor discount variety stores Dollar General (NYSE: DG) and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) reached new 52-week highs of $39.40 and $80.99 per share, respectively. Dollar General boosted its sales forecast and...
