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Retail Earnings Expectations: Costco And Lowe's
Monday, May 22, 2017 - 8:58am | 616Reports from two big-box retailers will be among earnings highlights this week. Both of them are considered to be less affected by big e-commerce. Wall Street analysts expect good showings from each of them. The parade of big retailers sharing their latest quarterly results continues. While so...
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Five Below Up 11% After Solid Q4 Beat; Loop Capital Reiterates A Buy
Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 1:31pm | 460Discount retailer Five Below Inc (NASDAQ: FIVE) was performing strongly Thursday, up over 12 percent at one point during the day following a Q4 earnings beat on both the top and bottom lines. Loop Capital reiterated its Buy rating and $54 price target on Five Below, saying the company’s...
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MKM 'Incrementally Positive' On Five Below After Meeting With Management
Monday, September 12, 2016 - 1:11pm | 375MKM Partners' Patrick McKeever recently met with Five Below Inc (NASDAQ: FIVE) management team and came away "incrementally bullish" for multiple reasons. First, McKeever noted he was "particularly impressed" with Five Below's Chief Merchant Michael Romanko as he has...
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Past Results Don't Guarantee Future Performance: 2 Stocks With Solid Earnings Moving Lower On Weak Guidance
Friday, September 2, 2016 - 1:20pm | 548It can be confusing to investors when a company reports strong quarterly earnings report, but its shares get punished due to a weak guidance. It does, however, make sense. Part of a company's stock valuation includes expectations moving forward. In many cases, Wall Street analysts will revise their...
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High Hopes For Lululemon Earnings, Not So Much For Abercrombie
Sunday, August 28, 2016 - 11:40am | 652Upcoming earnings highlights include the latest results from two apparel retailers. Wall Street analysts are looking for earnings growth from only one of them. Both have mixed track records recently with beating earnings estimates. The parade of quarterly results from big retailers is winding...
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Readers Weigh In On Earnings, Jobs, The S&P 500 And Gold
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 9:08am | 448The results are in! Benzinga readers gave their predictions for the upcoming week. FuelCell Energy FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ: FCEL) reported earnings after the close Tuesday. Benzinga readers were bullish on the company; 56 percent expected top and bottom line beats, 32 percent expected top and...
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Market Wrap For March 27: Markets Lower Following Mixed Economic Data
Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 5:39pm | 2145U.S. stocks were slightly lower as positive labor market data clashed with fourth quarter GDP estimates that showed the economic expanded less than economists had expected. Major indices finished slightly lower as the Nasdaq index continues to see its losses fall sharper compared to the Dow and...
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Market Wrap For March 26: Markets Close Near Session Lows In Yet Another Volatile Trading Session
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 4:46pm | 2082U.S. stocks failed to rise in a choppy session which began the day in positive territory. Shares reversed and turned negative with technology stocks leading the way. The CBOE Volatility Index, also known as the "fear index" rose 3.9 percent to 14.57 despite economic data released today coming...
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#PreMarket Primer: Friday, January 10: Jobs Friday
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 8:16am | 627No single economic report gets more attention than the monthly non-farm payrolls report. Today at 8:30 am ET, that report hits the markets. Investors usually sit on their hands prior to the release of the report but this morning, the markets are up. Dow futures imply a 51-point upside move at...
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Five Below Q2 Beats Estimates, Rises 10% (FIVE)
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 4:21pm | 360Five Below (NASDAQ: FIVE), which closed up nearly four percent this afternoon, is up more than 10 percent after reporting its second-quarter results. Five Below's Q2 EPS of $0.11 is $0.02 above Wall Street's estimate of $0.09. The company's earnings per share were up 175 percent from the same...
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Biggest Post-Facebook IPO Wave Is Set For This Week
Monday, July 16, 2012 - 12:43pm | 421The biggest wave of IPOs since Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) went public is set to hit the U.S. markets this week. The reception to IPOs slowed in the second quarter in the wake of Facebook's lackluster market debut. New issues also were down, however, as companies delayed their moves to the public...