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Retail Earnings Expectations: Home Depot And Target
Sunday, May 14, 2017 - 12:45pm | 661Reports from two big-box retailers will be among earnings highlights this week. Wall Street analysts expect very different results each of them. Just one of them exceeded earnings expectations in the previous two periods. The parade of big retailers sharing their latest quarterly results has...
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Retail Earnings Parade Continues: Home Depot, Lowe's In The Spotlight
Sunday, May 15, 2016 - 1:37pm | 606The big retailers continue taking their turns on the earnings stage this week. Highlights include the most recent quarterly results from two leading home improvement superstore operators. Wall Street analysts are looking for solid earnings growth from each of them. So far, the most recent...
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Retail Earnings Parade Begins: Target, Wal-Mart In The Spotlight
Sunday, May 15, 2016 - 1:37pm | 586The big retailers continue taking their turns on the earnings stage this week. Highlights include the most recent quarterly results from two leading big-box retailers. Wall Street analysts are looking for earnings growth from one but revenue declines from both. So far, the most recent quarterly...
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Why Shares Of Cato Were Trading Higher Thursday Morning
Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 9:53am | 146Shares of Cato Corp (NYSE: CATO) were trading higher by more than 2.75 percent during Thursday's pre-market session after the company reported December same-store sales data. Cato stated that same-store sales for the five-week period ending January 3 rose 6 percent. Total sales rose 9 percent from...
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Retail ETF In Play As Handfuls Of Retailers Report Earnings
Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 2:48pm | 698The SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSE: XRT) saw unusually large volume on Wednesday ahead of a handful of retailers reporting earnings on Thursday. Investors bought 51,842 put options on the ETF, representing a 430 percent increase in typical volume activity of 9,775 put options. Here is a look at...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of August 19
Sunday, August 18, 2013 - 11:52am | 1241The earnings season for the big retailers is underway. Last week's second-quarter reports from Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Macy's (NYSE: M), Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) and Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) may have been solid, but weak outlooks for the rest of the year disappointed investors. Many more retailers are on...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of May 20
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 11:22am | 1197The start of the retail earnings season last week was a mixed bag. Quarterly results from Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) ranged from so-so to disappointing, while J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) posted a larger-than-expected net loss. Macy's (NYSE: M) was the standout,...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of May 14 (WMT, HD, ANF)
Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 8:49am | 1179Last week, Kohl's (NYSE: KSS), Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) kicked off the parade of earnings reports from big retailers. Macy's and Nordstrom reported EPS growth; Macy's and Kohl's topped EPS estimates. This week, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Target (NYSE: TGT) are...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of March 12 (URBN, ROST)
Sunday, March 11, 2012 - 11:04am | 1206Things will quiet on the earnings front this week. Perhaps the two most prominent quarterly reports will come from retailers and S&P 500 components Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ: URBN) and Ross Stores (NASDAQ: ROST). Analysts on average expect both companies to post year-over-year revenue growth of...