Starbucks: A 40,000 Store Pipe Dream
Starbucks (SBUX) is not going to realize its dream of having 40,000 stores. You read it here first. Starbucks (SBUX) currently has about 14,000 stores, and its same store sales grew at 4% last…
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Here is an equation that does not work for me. Paying 32 times earnings for a company who, if it hits the high end of analyst estimates, will grow 9.4% this year and maybe…
Cramer Upping a CROCS Endorsement
Today, Cramer came on CNBC for the STOP TRADING segment and was briefly positive on Olin (OLN-NYSE) as a cheap chemical company and positive on Churchill Downs (CHDN-NASDAQ) ahead of the Kentuckt Derby. Cramer’s…
Starbucks Store Review in Texas
The Starbucks at the busy intersection of Westheimer and Post Oak Boulevard, is perhaps the largest Starbucks in Houston and has to be larger than 99% of all other stores. This is actually on…
CROCS Unbelievably Strong Sales (CROX)
If you take a look at the metrics for CROCS Inc. (CROX-NASDAQ), they speak for themselves. Shares are up 14% to $65.50 in after-hours trading, which will be more than 10% above the all-time…
Jones Soda Spews (JSDA)
Jones Soda (JSDA-NASDAQ) looks like someone shook up a carbonated can of shareholders and spewed it out all over the floor. The metrics sound good on a comparable basis to the past, but they…
Starbucks Gets Caffeinated
Wall St.expected Starbucks (SBUX) to post second-quarter earnings of 19 cents a share on revenue of $2.3 billion, according to analysts polled by Thomson Financial. It did both of those things, right on the…
Jones Soda (JSDA): To buy or not to buy
Cramer said Jones Soda is the next Hansen and everyone is watching Jones (JSDA) because today they report Q1 after the market close. What a ride this stock has been on, JSDA is up…
Nobody shops at Shoe Pavilion (SHOE) anymore and it shows
New 52-week low for Shoe Pavilion Inc. (SHOE) after they predicted a wider-than-expected Q1 loss yesterday. Shares are now trading just under $5 and in the last three months SHOE’s shares have fallen 26%.…
Dunkin Donuts Want Starbucks Customers
Dunkin Donuts has 5,300 stores in the US. It wants to turn them into coffee houses. Sounds like they are joining McDonald’s (MCD) in going after Starbucks (SBUX) customers. But, as the head guy…
24/7 Wall St. Starbucks Store Evaluation Tour Back In NY
Peter Lynch, who had one of the great investment track records while at Fidelity once made this point: "An amateur investor can pick tomorrow’s big winners by paying attention to new developments at the…
Yum! Brands Yummy Earnings
Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM-NYSE) has issued results: $0.70 EPS and $2.223 Billion versus $0.64 & $2.16 Billion estimates. During the first-quarter 2007, Yum! repurchased 3.9 million shares at an average purchase price of $59.04.…
Liz Claiborne: The Worst Retail Earnings This Quarter (LIZ)
Liz Claiborne Inc. (LIZ-NYSE) is indicated down 20% now in pre-market activity after a severe earnings blunder, and this is so bad that it really looks like perhaps the worst earnings release of any…
Starbucks reports Thursday but can they maintain the momentum?
Starbucks (SBUX ) reports earnings this Thursday, May 3rd after the market close. Get ready to read about 5,000 articles this week about "how will Starbucks report? " and if the company doesn’t report…
If everyone loves RadioShack (RSH), why the 2008 Puts?
Julian Day is a hero, he brought RadioShack (RSH) back from the dead and received a nice little compensation package valued at $19 million for 2006 after coming on board last summer. RadioShack’s stock…