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Vetr Crowd Upgrades Weight Watchers, Sees Even More Upside Coming
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 12:44pm | 406Read More...Shares of Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW) have lost nearly 5 percent since the start of 2015 despite surging more than 250 percent over the past three months. The Vetr crowd upgraded Weight Watchers' rating to 2.5-stars out of a possible five stars. Despite an upgrade...
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How Oprah Could Push Weight Watchers' Stock To $19
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 9:35am | 346Read More...Shares of Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW) surged higher by more than 100 percent on Monday after Oprah Winfrey announced she acquired a 10 percent stake. Meredith Adler of Barclays commented in a note that a partnership with Oprah is likely to "speed up considerably...
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The Oprah Touch: Weight Watchers Skyrockets After Icon Takes Stake
Monday, October 19, 2015 - 2:33pm | 390Read More...Shares of Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW) soared higher by more than 90 percent on Monday, but are still lower by more than 40 percent from a year ago. Investors and traders heavily bought the stock after Oprah Winfrey acquired 10 percent of the company and will join the board of...
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Wedbush Sees Downside To Weight Watchers International, Inc. Stock Price
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 1:26pm | 256Read More...Kurt Frederick of Wedbush released a cautious note on Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW). The analyst maintained a Neutral rating and $20 price target, meaningfully below Tuesday's closing price of $27.44. "In recent years increased competition led to increased investment...
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Market Wrap For February 14: Markets End The Week Positive
Friday, February 14, 2014 - 5:50pm | 2701Read More...U.S. stocks rose on Friday as investors were able to overlook some disappointing economic data as a result of cold weather. Major indices showed signs of strength today as the Nasdaq continues to inch towards historical all time highs of 5,135.52 recorded on March 10,2000. Today, the index hit...
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#PreMarket Primer: Friday, February 14: A Turnaround
Friday, February 14, 2014 - 8:26am | 930Read More...After what set up to be a rough day in the market, major indices turned around and finished the day higher yesterday. Thursday, the Dow was up 63.65 points to finish the day at 16,027.59. The S&P was up 0.6 percent, or about 10 points, to 1,829.83 and the NASDAQ was up about one percent to...
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Barron's Recap: The 2014 Roundtable, Part 3
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 7:43am | 868Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: part three of the 2014 Barron's Roundtable, Ford vs. GM, as well as the prospects for Akamai Technologies, Stanley Black & Decker, Weight Watchers and more. Cover Story "Better Get a Grip" by Lauren R. Rublin. This week's cover story in Barron's is the third...
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Barron's Recap: Beware Falling Profit Estimates
Saturday, August 17, 2013 - 2:03pm | 959Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: how to dodge the earnings downdraft, who replaces China as the world's low-cost producer, the prospects for International Speedway, Live Nation Entertainment and Grupo Televisa. Cover Story "Beware Falling Profit Estimates" by Jack Hough. U.S. companies...
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LifeTime Fitness Tumbles as Americans Avoid the Gym
Friday, February 1, 2013 - 4:26pm | 628Read More...What happened to all those “I’m going to lose weight and get fit” New Year’s resolutions? Life Time Fitness (NYSE: LTM), which operates exercise and recreation centers, would sure like to know. The company’s stock is down 21 percent Friday and no amount of financial leg lifts or fiscal ab...
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Barron's Recap (9/8/12): Home Prices Headed Up
Monday, September 10, 2012 - 8:08am | 846Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: a rebound in the housing markets, the prospects for Tesoro, Kyocera and Southwest Airlines, and a review of the Oliver Stone film Arbitrage. Cover Story "Happy at Last" by Jonathan R. Laing. After a six-year decline that wiped out some $7 trillion in household...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 1
Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 10:02am | 1197Read More...Quarterly reports of note scheduled for this week include those from Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), General Motors (NYSE: GM), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), all of which are expected to post earnings growth, as well as Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)...
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Earnings Preview for Weight Watchers (WTW)
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 10:21am | 228Read More...Weight Watchers (NYSE: WTW) is scheduled to report first-quarter 2011 results before the opening bell tomorrow, May 6. Analysts are looking for the weight loss specialist to announce that earnings came in at $0.89 per share. That compares to a consensus estimate of $0.60 some 90 days ago, and is up...
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JP Morgan Raises PT On Weight Watchers To $65
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 9:22am | 27Read More...JP Morgan has raised the price target on Weight Watchers (NYSE: WTW) from $42 to $65 and maintains its Neutral rating.
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Weight Watchers Hits 52-Week High (WTW)
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 1:38pm | 119Read More...Weight Watchers (NYSE: WTW) hit a 52-week high today at $37.71. In an article published earlier today, SmarTrend reports reports, "In the past 52 weeks, shares of Weight Watchers have traded between a low of $24.39 and a high of $35.94 and are now at $37.10, which is 52% above that low price....
