Posts for Ticker ‘DKS’

Thursday Earnings Retail Bonanza (DKS, FL, GPS, ROST, SHLD, BKE, PLCE, WTSLA, WSM, ZUMZ)

The earnings season is mostly winding down, but we still have a slew of retail earnings in the apparel and home categories.  On Thursday alone, we have earnings from Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS), Foot Locker Inc. (NYSE: FL), Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS), Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST), Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD), The Buckle (NYSE: BKE), The Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCE), Wet Seal Inc. (NASDAQ: WTSLA), Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM), and Zumiez, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZUMZ).

We have compiled data and analysis here using Thomson Reuters consensus estimates, recent metrics offered by the companies, relative performance, and more.  As with what we have seen at most retail and apparel earnings this week and last, many of these are richly valued and probably cannot just hope to please the bulls by meeting estimates on cost cutting and inventory management and then giving cautious guidance.
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Posted on: November 18, 2009 – 3:38 pm in Apparel, Calendar, Earnings, Retail, , , , , , , , , ,

Retail & Apparel Earnings Dominate Next Week (SKS, BJ, GYMB, ANN, DKS, FL, GPS, SHLD, PLCE, WTSLA, ZUMZ)

Bull and Bear ImageIt seems that earnings season is winding down, but next week we have many of the key retail and apparel players reporting earnings.  Saks Incorporated (NASDAQ: SKS), BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. (NYSE: BJ), Gymboree Corp. (NASDAQ: GYMB), and Ann Taylor Stores Corp. (NYSE: ANN) are all reporting next week.  Next Thursday may feel like a retail and apparel earnings bonanza as we have Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS), Foot Locker Inc. (NYSE: FL), Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS), Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD), The Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCE), Wet Seal Inc. (NASDAQ: WTSLA), and Zumiez, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) all reporting earnings in one day.

We have provided estimates from Thomson Reuters, recent sale store sales data, share performance, and added color on what else to consider where applicable.
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Posted on: November 13, 2009 – 11:36 am in Apparel, Calendar, Earnings, Retail, , , , , , , , , , ,

Top Analyst Downgrades (AXP, ADSK, DKS, IFF, RBS, SLB)

These are the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative calls from Wall Street that we have seen this Wednesday morning:

  • American Express (AXP) Cut to Sell from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Autodesk (ADSK) Cut to Underweight from Hold at KeyBanc.
  • Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • International Flavors (IFF) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
  • Schlumberger (SLB) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.

JON C. OGG

Posted on: March 11, 2009 – 6:52 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , ,

Early-Bird Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (DKS, IDXX, MA, WIT, ACS, ADP, CHT, FMCN, NT, PTI, TSS)

These are some of the upgrades and downgrades we are seeing from Wall Street this Tuesday morning:

  • Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
  • IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX) Started as Buy at Piper Jaffray.
  • Mastercard (MA) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.

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Posted on: August 19, 2008 – 6:32 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (JOBS, AUO, AVR, CRDN, CLX, DKS, GR, MPEL, PLXS, VSE)

These are not all of the downgrades or negative calls we have seen, but these are some calls moving shares this Monday morning:

  • 51jobs (JOBS) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • AU Optronics (AUO) Cut to Neutral at HSBC.
  • Aventine Renewable (AVR) Cut to Underweight at Lehman.
  • Ceradyne (CRDN) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
  • Clorox (CLX) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
  • Goodrich (GR) Cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
  • Melco Crown Entertainment (MPEL) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • Plexus (PLXS) Cut to Neutral  at Baird.
  • VeraSun Energy (VSE) Cut to Underweight at Lehman.

Jon C. Ogg
July 28, 2007

Posted on: July 28, 2008 – 6:24 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

The 52-Week Low Club (GE) (EK)

Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) has weak profits. Share drop to $21.07 from 52-week high of $36.78.

GE (GE) falls to $30.80 on general economic malaise. The company’s 52-week high is $42.15.

Blue Coat Systems (BCSI) Misses street estimates. Sells down to $16.20 from 52-week high of $53.37.

Eastman Kodak (EK) Recent patent settlement may still be weighing. Slides to $15.65 from 52-week high of $30.20.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted on: May 22, 2008 – 2:19 pm in HI/LOW, , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AFL, CROX, DKS, DWA, EXPD, ERIC, POT, STT, UST, XTO)

Below are the top analyst calls we are focusing on this Wednesday morning:

  • AFLAC (NYSE: AFL) cut to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
  • Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX) cut to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Dick’s Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) cut to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
  • DreamWorks Animation (NYSEL DWA) started as Neutral at UBS.
  • Expeditors International (NYSE: EXPD) cut to Neutral at UBS.
  • LM Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) cut to Neutral at HSBC Securities.
  • Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT) target Raised to $240 From $200 at CIBC.
  • State Street (NYSE: STT) cut to Market Perform from Outperform at KBW.
  • UST (NYSE: UST) cut to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Sachs.
  • XTO Energy ((NYSE: XTO) started as Outperform at Morgan Keegan.

Jon C. Ogg
April 2, 2008

Jon Ogg produces the Special Situation Investing Newsletter and he can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

Posted on: April 2, 2008 – 6:52 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AOC, AVAV, CMED, CC, DKS, FCX, INTC, MNI, ODP, DGX)

These aren’t the only analyst calls out there today, but these are the TOP 10 research notes that 24/7 Wall St. is looking at:

  • Aon Corp. (AOC) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs
  • Aerovironment (AVAV) started as Buy at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey.
  • China Medtech (CMED) started as Outperform at Bear Stearns.
  • Circuit City (CC) cut to Neutral from Overweight at J.P.Morgan….this actually goes down as the most worthless research call of the week (and maybe this month) as they have had an Outperform rating since December 21, 2006 when shares were over $19.00…congratulations!
  • Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) raised to Buy at Citigroup.
  • Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) removed from Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List.
  • Intel (INTC) started as Neutral at Robert W. Baird.
  • McClatchy (MNI) started as Underperform at Bear Stearns.
  • Office Depot (ODP) raised to Neutral at Credit Suisse; downgraded to Peer Perform from Outperform at Bear Stearns.
  • Quest Diagnostics (DGX) started as Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg
November 21, 2007

Posted on: November 21, 2007 – 8:11 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Pre-Market Analyst calls (August 8, 2007)

ACLS raised to Equal Weitght at Lehman.
AEG cut to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
ALXN cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
CSC raised to Hold at Jefferies.
CSCO raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.
DKS cut to Hold at Citigroup.
ENN raised to Outperform at Baird.
GNEt started as Buy at Oppenheimer.
GNW raised to Buy at UBS.
HLYS downgraded at JPMorgan, Wachovia, Baird, CIBC.
HS started as Neutral at B of A.
IPGP raised to Overweight at Lehman.
LEAP cut to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.
OVTI raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
PCLN raised to Positive at Susquehanna.
PCS cut to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.
PSPT raised to Outperform at Piper Jaffray.
RDN cut to Hold at Citigroup.
TRLG raised to Outperform at FBR.
WMG raised to Buy at Citigroup.

Jon C. Ogg
August 8, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

Posted on: August 8, 2007 – 6:34 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , ,

Cramer’s Bullish Picks (June 7, 2007)

On today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer didn’t spend too much time talking about the big drops we have seen in the markets in the last 3 days.  He does have picks:

He said that PepsiCo’s (PEP) bought a Ukranian juice maker for $542 million, and that is a good move.  Cramer thinks Coca-Cola (KO) is more attractive now that it came in.

Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS) was one that Cramer went back for as a major grower.

SunTrust (STI) is one that Cramer said may be acquired because its size makes it vulnerable.

Jon C. Ogg
June 7, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

Posted on: June 7, 2007 – 1:59 pm in Cramer, , , ,