Budd Bugatch

Restoration Hardware Holdings (NYSE: RH) surged Thursday after reporting its third consecutive bottom-line beat and raise. “To management’s credit, this is becoming a common theme, as earnings have surprised to the upside multiple times this year,” Raymond James analysts...

Analysts praised Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) for double-digit EPS and strong comparable store sales growth, and in a couple cases raised price expectations on the stock after the retailer's fourth-quarter report.  The company beat earnings estimates by 15 cents ...

Retail behemoth Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) reported first-quarter results highlighted by a big earnings beat, a 3.4 percent U.S. comp growth and 37 percent e-commerce growth. Here is a summary of how some of the Street's top analysts reacted to the print. The Analysts Raymond James' Budd...

The case for turning incrementally bullish on Rent-A-Center Inc (NASDAQ: RCII) is "unmistakably clear" after management spent the past few years improving the business, according to Raymond James. The Analyst Raymond James' Budd Bugatch upgraded Rent-A-Center from Outperform to Strong...

The fourth-quarter earnings of Pier 1 Imports Inc (NYSE: PIR) fell far below analyst expectations. Management reported sales of $412.51 million and comps of -13.7 percent against respective estimates of $426.12 million and -10.5 percent. The Street had forecasted loss per share of 23 cents, but the...

Office furniture maker Steelcase Inc. (NYSE: SCS) reported fourth-quarter results Tuesday that prompted a "puzzling" 14-percent decline in the stock Wednesday, according to Raymond James. The Analyst Raymond James' Budd Bugatch upgraded Steelcase from Outperform to Strong Buy...

Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc (NYSE: LL) on Monday reported fourth-quarter results, which one analyst says brings the stock close to "becoming investible at long last." The Analysts Raymond James' Budd Bugatch maintains a Market Perform rating on Lumber Liquidators with no price...

Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc (NYSE: LL) finalized a resolution with various U.S. government entities related to its sourcing of Chinese laminate flooring. As part of an agreement, the company will pay $33 million in fines and investors should be encouraged by the development but not necessarily...

Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) reported fiscal second-quarter results that handily beat expectations while same-store sales were strong at 6.7 percent. Here is a summary of how some of the Street's top analysts reacted to the print. The Analysts RBC Capital Markets' Scot...

A sale could be in the offing for Pier 1 Imports Inc (NYSE: PIR), which saw its stock freefall this week after another deeply disappointing earnings release, according to a bearish Raymond James.  The Analyst Analyst Budd Bugatch reaffirmed an Underperform rating on Pier 1. The Thesis Pier 1...

Furniture and electronic goods rent-to-own retailer Rent-A-Center Inc (NASDAQ: RCII) terminated a merger agreement with Vintage Capital Management, which prompted an immediate sell-off in the stock. An Upgrade Raymond James' Budd Bugatch upgraded Rent-A-Center's stock rating from Market...

America’s best-known home improvement companies may look like fixer-upper stocks, but they’re fundamentally like good old houses with solid underlying structure and have strong prospects, according to Raymond James. Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW)...

Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) last week hosted its annual presentation and Q&A session for the sell-side investment community which received a mixed reaction from Street analysts. The Analysts Raymond James' Budd Bugatch maintains an Outperform rating on Home Depot with an unchanged $205...

In the first earnings report since La-Z-Boy Inc. (NYSE: LZB)’s acquisitions of Joybird and the Arizona-based company licensee, sales increased 11 percent year-over-year to beat analysts’ estimates and the consensus. La-Z-Boy reported Q2 adjusted earnings of 48 cents per share, beating...