Posts for Ticker ‘WTSLA’

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 Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ANF, AFFY, T, CPHD, DAI, RF, STJ, TASR, NCTY, TIF, WTSLA)

These are some of the top analyst Downgrades and negative calls we are seeing early this Friday morning:

  • Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) Cut to Neutral at Banc of America.
  • Affymax (AFFY) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • AT&T (T) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Cepheid (CPHD) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.
  • Daimler (DAI) Cut to Neutral at HSBC.
  • Regions Financial (RF) Cut to Neutral at Banc of America.
  • St. Jude Medical (STJ) Started as Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • TASER (TASR) Cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.
  • The9 Ltd. (NCTY) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Tiffany (TIF) Cut to Sell at Banc of America.
  • Wet Seal (WTSLA) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray.

Jon C. Ogg
July 25, 2008

Posted on: July 25, 2008 – 6:30 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , ,

Pre-Market Analyst Calls (July 17, 2007)

AMR raised to Neutral at UBS.
BEAS raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
BHP cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
BTU cut to Neutral at HSBC.
COGN raised to Strong Buy at JMP Securities.
CPA raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
CRZO cut to Hold at Jefferies.
DAL raised to Neutral at UBS.
DK started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
EME started as Buy at KeyBanc/McDonald.
GFIG cut to Hold at Citigroup.
GSIC started as Hold at Jefferies.
IACI started as Neutral at B of A.
JEC started as Buy at KeyBanc/McDonald.
NLS cut to Sector Perform at RBC.
ORB raised to Outperform at Wachovia.
PWR started as Buy at KeyBanc/McDonald.
RCI started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
ROH raised to Buy at Citigroup.
SAPE raised to Outperform at FBR.
TWB raised to Outperform at FBR.
UAUA raised to Neutral at UBS.
VSCN cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
WAT started as Hold at Deutsche Bank.
WTSLA started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.

Jon C. Ogg
July 17, 2007

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

Posted on: July 17, 2007 – 6:43 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,