Buybacks may not be considered the best return of capital by many investors and market pundits, but they are M&A-alternatives for management of companies. The amount of share buybacks announced in August…
2010 has been called the year of dividend by us, but it seems that share buybacks in earnings season are still alive and well. Of the buybacks we have tracked in various…
The recession that began in 2007, and by some accounts is only barely over now, shut down and largely reversed the growth of most American companies. Those that grew through the period…
Founders of companies can become worth hundreds of millions of dollars, or even billions, when they keep large shareholdings in their companies. The catch is that the companies have to succeed. Polo…
Jon C. Ogg A look at the “hardest working” major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may file Chapter…
Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. (NYSE: PVH) has traders and investors speculating about or pondering which other apparel companies may become acquisition targets or which could end up in ‘mergers of equals’ as companies…
These are this morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this Tuesday morning from Wall Street research calls: Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Raised to Buy at Janney Montgomery Scott.…
There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public company. 24/7…
These are this morning’s top analyst upgrades and positive research calls from Wall Street firms we have seen with about two hours until the market opens: Citigroup (C) Started as Buy at…
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) hits a yearly high of $22.54. Fellow retailers Polo Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL), American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) and J. Crew Group (NYSE: JCG) also hit yearly highs.…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades on Wall Street this Tuesday morning: Apollo Investment (AINV) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan. Baker Hughes (BHI) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.…
These are not all of the analyst upgrades or positive calls we are seeing, but these are the stand out calls early this Thursday morning: Boston Private Financial (BPFH) Raised to Overweight…
These are not all of the calls we are seeing in pre-market coverage, but these are ten of the calls impacting shares this Wednesday morning: Allied Capital (NYSE: ALD) Started as Underweight…
The worst may have been seen in many of the US apparel makers. At least that is what Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE: RL) is trying to communicate on its own operations.…
Douglas A. McIntyre Below are some of the early bird analyst calls that are affecting shares in pre-market trading: Bankrate Inc. (NASDAQ: RATE) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Citigroup. Celanese (NYSE: CE) raised to…
