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Barron's Recap: The New Contrarian Stocks
Sunday, July 20, 2014 - 11:45am | 875This weekend in Barron's online: six contrarian stock picks and how Barron's stock picks fared in the first half, as well as the prospects for Halliburton, Copart, Horsehead Holding, Juniper Networks and more. Cover Story "The New Contrarian Stocks" by Reshma Kapadia....
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Weatherford, Copart And Others Insiders Have Been Buying (AYR, CPRT, OPK, WFT)
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 2:40pm | 574Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom says that insiders really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- they believe the stock price will rise and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have...
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Barron's Recap (1/12/12): Who Is Working Hard for Your Money?
Saturday, January 12, 2013 - 2:56pm | 921This weekend in Barron's online: distinguishing active fund managers from closet indexers, the prospects for KeyCorp, Ensco and theater operators, and how Mitt Romney lost the election on economics. Cover Story "Is Your Fund Manager Active Enough?" by Sarah Max. A measure known as "active share...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of February 27
Sunday, February 26, 2012 - 11:58am | 1080On the heels of last week's quarterly results from Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Macy's (NYSE: M) and many other retailers, this week will bring more earnings reports from shopping mall and strip mall standbys. Auto parts and accessories purveyor AutoZone (NYSE: AZO) is expected to...
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CarMax Earnings Preview: Marginally Higher EPS Expected
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 7:42am | 618CarMax (NYSE: KMX) is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter 2011 results tomorrow morning, December 21. Investors will be looking for the company to demonstrate that the earnings miss in the previous quarter was a fluke. Note that short interest is up from earlier this year and now is about 8.3...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of November 28
Sunday, November 27, 2011 - 12:38pm | 918The holiday shopping season is officially off and running. Though things will be pretty quiet on the earnings front this week, a handful of retailers are scheduled to share the results of their most recent quarters. These include Aeropostale (NYSE: ARO), American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO), Big...
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Goldman Sachs Downgrades Copart to Neutral
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 8:56am | 97Goldman Sachs downgraded its rating on Copart (NASDAQ: CPRT) from Buy to Neutral. In a research report published today, "Goldman states, "We downgrade CPRT to Neutral from Buy, driven by valuation and recent share price outperformance; the stock now offers below-median upside to our target...
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Goldman Sachs Downgrades Copart To Neutral, $47 PT
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 7:15am | 24Goldman Sachs has downgraded Copart (NASDAQ: CPRT) from Buy to Neutral and maintains its $47 price target.
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Goldman Sachs Lowers Copart Target from $48 to $47
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 7:45am | 27Goldman Sachs is lowering its PT on shares of Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPRT) from $48 to $47. Copart closed Thursday at $44.41.
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch Maintains Buy on Copart
Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 8:10am | 137Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with its report today on Copart (NASDAQ: CPRT), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes, "In our view, CPRT is very well positioned in the relatively stable salvage vehicle auction market and will continue to expand its...
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Copart Earnings Preview
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 9:16am | 287Copart (NYSE: CPRT) is scheduled to report third-quarter fiscal 2011 results after the closing bell on Wednesday, June 1. The effects of the Copart's deal for a nationwide exclusive arrangement with Allstate (NYSE: ALL) will be on investors' minds. Analysts expect the online auto reseller to...
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Earnings Highlights for the Week of May 30
Sunday, May 29, 2011 - 4:09pm | 850Things will be fairly quiet on the earnings front this holiday-shortened week as the spring earnings season winds down. Joy Global (NASDAQ: JOYG) and SAIC (NYSE: SAI) are the only S&P 500 components currently on the scheduled to report quarterly results this week. The latter is expected to post...
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Goldman Sachs Initiates Copart at Buy (CPRT)
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 10:05am | 109Goldman Sachs is out with its report today on Copart (NASDAQ: CPRT), initiating CPRT at Buy. In a note to clients, Goldman Sachs writes, "We initiate coverage with a Buy rating, as we believe accelerating revenues associated with a key business win (Allstate) and cyclical recovery are likely to...
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PT Changes From RBC Capital
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 10:35am | 77RBC Capital Markets has reiterated ratings and issued price target changes for the following: Jabil Circuit Inc. (NYSE: JBL) Outperform, from $22 to $18 Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) Outperform, from $60 to $77 Copart Inc. (NASDAQ: CPRT) Sector Perform, from $39 to $36 Baidu.com Inc. (NASDAQ:...
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BB&T Capital Markets Maintains Buy Rating For Copart (CPRT)
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 9:23am | 172BB&T Capital Markets analysts Anthony F. Cristello and Allen M. Hatzimanolis maintained their Buy rating for shares of Copart, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPRT) with a price target of $45. The analysts noted that recent acquisition of five more facilities give the company close to a 45% market share, up from...