These are some of the top upgrades or positive calls we are seeing from analysts this Friday morning: Home Depot (HD) Started as Outperform at FBR. Illumina (ILMN) Started as Overweight at…
Home Depot (HD) had a fairly poor quarter, but it was a bit better than expected. What was more important is that it held to its guidance for the rest of the…
Douglas A. McIntyre VSInvestor reports on several stocks moving on heavy volume today. At the top of the list are Freddie Mac (FRE) and Fannie Mae (FNM) dropping on comments from Barron’s that the common…
Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) managed to actually beat earnings projections and managed a gain in revenues. The hardware and home improvement store posted earnings per share with a drop of 4.5%…
These are more of Warren Buffett’s and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) holdings as of June 30, 2008: Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) 4,181,000 shares Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE: IR) 5,636,600 shares Iron Mountain…
It was impossible for Home Depot (HD) to post good earnings. It relies too much on the troubled housing industry. But, its earnings were cut by a huge amount, a signal that…
Douglas A. McIntyre This morning the earnings report out of Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) has taken shares lower. The housing materials and hardware giant saw a near-18% drop in earnings and its numbers came…
This week we’ll get to see earnings out of home improvement giants Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) and Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD). Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) reports earnings on Monday. …
After today’s close, we got to see which stocks that Warren Buffett Held in the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) as of March 31, 2008. Buffett’s filing cut off date as…
In a move that has probably never happened in its history, Home Depot (HD) will close 15 stores. It will also cancel the opening of another 50 locations. According to the company,…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are ten of the top calls we see affecting shares this Friday morning in the early pre-market trading hours: Aetna (NYSE: AET) raised to neutral at Credit Suisse. Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU)…
The short interest on the NYSE hit an all-time record for the period ending February 29. Figures by company compare to shares sold short on Ferbruary 15. Financial firms had significant increases…
Home Depot (NYSE: HD) posts worse numbers with each passing quarter. The big home improvement retailer reported fiscal 2007 fourth quarter consolidated net earnings of $671 million, or $.40 per diluted share,…
Douglas A. McIntyre This week will be an important earnings week for building supply and home improvement companies. We’ll get to see earnings out of Lowe’s Co. (NYSE: LOW) and out of Home Depot (NYSE:…
Short interest in companies traded on the NYSE increased for a number of financial firms based on positions as of February 15. The data compares to numbers on January 31 Shares sold…
