Dollar Tree

Shoppertrak may suggest that retailers have little to look forward to this coming holiday season, but here are seven retailers that are riding high now. The share prices of most of them have jumped more than 10% in the past month and they are all trading near their 52-week highs. AutoZone (NYSE:...

As the month and the calendar quarter wind down this week, only a handful of companies are scheduled to report their earnings results. These include Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO), Jabil Circuit (NYSE: JBL), McCormick (NYSE: MKC) and Walgreen (NYSE...

At the end of last week, discount retailers Dollar General (NYSE: DG) and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) reached new multiyear highs of $38.59 and $76.32 per share, respectively. Dollar General launched an e-commerce site recently and opened some 260 new stores in the first half of 2011. Also,...

Earnings season is not over yet. Among the companies on deck to report quarterly results this coming week are Deere (NYSE: DE), Smucker (NYSE: SJM) and Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL). Analysts expect Deere's per-share earnings to be more than 13% higher than a year ago. Smucker's earnings are forecast to...

Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) and Fred's (NASDAQ: FRED) reached new 52-week highs of $67.08 and $14.66 per share, respectively, in Tuesday's trading session. Dollar Tree recently posted better-than-expected first-quarter results due to cost cutting and strong same-store sales, and the company has...

Family Dollar Stores (NYSE: FDO) will be reporting its third-quarter fiscal 2011 results Wednesday, June 29, before the opening bell. While the sluggish economy no doubt has continued to benefit the nation's number two dollar-store chain, the company also faces stiff competition from larger rivals...

As the calendar quarter winds down this week, S&P 500 components scheduled to report quarterly results include Family Dollar Stores, General Mills, Monsanto and Nike. Analysts on average are expecting to see year-over-year earnings growth from each of them. Here are the consensus per-share...

According to Jefferies, Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) had its Global Consumer Conference. Jefferies said that Dollar tree continued to indicate that favorable sourcing and flexibility in merchandising are allowing it to improve IMU, even as inflation remains elevated in China where it sources a large...

Deutsche Bank provided color on Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) after a meeting with its management. In a research report published today, Deutsche Bank remained optimistic about Dollar Tree's outlook. It did not upgrade its rating from Hold or increase its price target from $65, however. In the report...

Jefferies is out with its report today on Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR), raising its PT from $69 to $72. In a note to clients, Jefferies writes, "Our $72 price target (from $69) is based on the shares selling at 15.5-16x our FY13 EPS estimate. Shares are trading at a blended forward P/E of 15.2x,...

Jefferies & Company has raised the price target on Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) from $69 to $72 and maintains its Buy rating.

Feltl and Company is out with its report today on Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR), raising its PT from $69 to $83. In a note to clients, Feltl and company writes, "DLTR's 1Q:11 results were generally strong; we are raising our 2011 EPS estimate and introducing a 2012 EPS estimate; raising PT to $83...

Feltl & Company has raised the price target on Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) from $69 to $83 and maintains its Strong Buy rating,

Dollar Tree (NYSE: DLTR) is on tap to report first-quarter 2011 results tomorrow morning, May 19. Analysts are looking for the discount variety store operator to report that earnings grew 18.7% from a year ago to $0.75 per share. That earnings estimate was $0.72 per share 90 days ago. Note that the...

Morgan Stanley is out with its report today on Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR), maintaining Neutral. In a note to clients, Morgan Stanley writes, "DLTR has rallied ~25% since its 1Q EPS report and sentiment has swung from negative to positive. DLTR's multiple has expanded to 16x from 13x as the market...