All Posts Tagged With: "Wal-Mart Stores Inc."
(KIM) Kimco Realty Reiterated at Neutral
On Apr 5, 2013, we reiterated our long-term recommendation on Kimco Realty Corp. (KIM) at Neutral. This reflects the company’s strong fundamentals and strategic portfolio repositioning efforts that offer an enticing upside potential...18Apr2013 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(M) eCommerce Stock Outlook – March 2013 – Zacks Analyst Interviews
The Electronic Commerce, or e-commerce, industry is one of the most progressive sectors of the economy. The industry is evolving very rapidly, so data collection and evaluation are particularly difficult. Consequently, one has to rely largely on surveys by both government and private agencies. According...18Mar2013 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(WMT) Earnings Enter the Final Stretch – Earnings Preview
We still have plenty of Q4 earnings reports to come, but the bulk of the earnings season is now behind us, with results from 395 S&P 500 companies already out, as of Friday, February 15. Please note that while these 395 companies account for 86.4% of the index’s total market capitalization and...19Feb2013 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(WMT) Earnings Enter the Final Stretch – Earnings Preview
We still have plenty of Q4 earnings reports to come, but the bulk of the earnings season is now behind us, with results from 395 S&P 500 companies already out, as of Friday, February 15. Please note that while these 395 companies account for 86.4% of the index’s total market capitalization and...15Feb2013 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(TGT) Target’s Strategic Initiative
Target Corporation (TGT) as part of its P-fresh remodel program, which facilitates the company to sustain sales momentum and continue to drive traffic through fresh offerings and enhanced customer shopping experience plans to introduce...5Feb2013 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(GMCR) Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Analyst Raises Shares to Outperform
On January 23, 2013, we upgraded the leading coffee maker, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (GMCR) to Outperform backed by the company’s efficient measures and strategic agreements to drive out competition following the expiry...26Jan2013 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(WMT) Walmart Stores Joins Health Care Program
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) has announced its decision to join the Arkansas Payment Improvement Initiative (APII) program through which the company expects to provide health care at much reduced costs. Unlike fee-for-service...16Jan2013 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(BBBY) Bed, Bath & Beyond Shares Rated Neutral
We retained our Neutral stance on specialty retailer, Bed, Bath & Beyond Inc. (BBBY), that also retains a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). The company’s strong quarterly performance, robust outlook, store growth initiatives and healthy...15Jan2013 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(SHLD) Sears Holdings Unveils Fiscal 2012 Results
One of the leading broad line retailers in the United States, Sears Holdings Corporation (SHLD) has recently provided an update on its fourth-quarter to-date results for the period ended on December 29, 2012. Apart from this, the...15Jan2013 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(WMT) Wal-Mart to Expand Digital Service
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) has announced its decision to expand its Disc-to-Digital service, an in-store service to allow consumers to access the digital versions of DVDs and Blu-ray discs containing their favorite movies....8Jan2013 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(COST) Costco Wholesale Posts Robust Comparable-Store Results
The holiday season ended on an upbeat note for Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST), as the leading U.S. warehouse club operators posted robust December comparable-store sales data that betters analysts’ expectations. Sales for the...7Jan2013 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(COST) Costco Wholesale Corporation Shares Held at Neutral by Analyst
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) continues to be a dominant retail wholesaler based on the breadth and quality of merchandises it offers. The company’s strategy to sell products at heavily discounted prices has helped it maintain...2Jan2013 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(WMT) Walmart Stores Get New Fuel Stations
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) recently inked an agreement with Murphy USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR), wherein Murphy USA will...1Jan2013 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(AMZN) Amazon.com Helps Pick the Right Gift
The largest online retailer Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), along with MasterCard (MA), introduced a new feature called Friends & Family Gifting. The feature will help...19Dec2012 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(SHLD) Sears Holdings Retained at Neutral
We maintain our long term ‘Neutral’ recommendation on leading U.S. broad line retailer, Sears Holdings Corporation (SHLD), as the company continues to narrow down year-over-year losses in every quarter since the beginning of...18Dec2012 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(ICON) Iconix Pinned at Neutral
We are reiterating our Neutral recommendation on Iconix Brand Group (ICON) following its third quarter 2012 results. Iconix reported third quarter earnings of 41 cents, ahead of the prior-year earnings and the Zacks Consensus...18Dec2012 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(COST) Rush for Dividend or Miss the Bus
The impact of the “Fiscal Cliff” or $600 billion in spending cuts and increase in tax rate on dividend income and capital gains will take its effect from the beginning of 2013 if concrete measures are not taken to avert it. However, Republicans and Democrats still continue to wrangle about ways...10Dec2012 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(XLY) Stock Market News for November 29, 2012 – Market News
Benchmarks rallied after President Barack Obama and John Boehner made encouraging comments about reaching an agreement on the “fiscal cliff” dilemma. Federal Reserve’s released its latest “Beige Book” reports which revealed that the U.S. economy grew at a “measured pace”. Meanwhile,...3Dec2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(XLK) Stock Market News for November 16, 2012 – Market News
A number of mixed earnings reports from U.S. retailers and investor apprehensions ahead of Friday’s fiscal cliff negotiations at the White House left the benchmarks languishing in the red. Meanwhile, initial claims surged over the previous week and jumped to their highest level in 18 months. The...30Nov2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(M) eCommerce Stock Outlook – November 2012 – Industry Outlook
The Electronic Commerce, or e-commerce, industry is one of the most progressive sectors of the economy. The industry is evolving very rapidly, so data collection and evaluation are particularly difficult. Consequently, one has to rely largely on surveys by both government and private agencies. According...30Nov2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(COST) Costco Wholesale Corporation Comparable-Store Sales Rise
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST), one of the leading U.S. warehouse club operators, recently posted sales data for the four-week period ended November 25, 2012 that betters analysts’ expectations....29Nov2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(NRF) Holiday Season Lifts Consumer Index
While the economy is still struggling to fully recover, Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday came as a relief for the retailers this holiday season. The holiday weekend sales have helped consumer confidence strongly improve. Amid the economic gloom, it seems that consumers had saved enough...28Nov2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(XLY) Stock Market News for November 27, 2012 – Market News
Benchmarks ended lower on Monday after two consecutive days of gains as investors remained apprehensive about the fiscal cliff. Investors also awaited the outcome of talks among Euro zone finance ministers, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank about Greece’s debt crisis. Investors...27Nov2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(LTD) Retail Industry Stock Outlook – November 2012 – Industry Outlook
As consumer spending is the key to the viability of any economy, the health of the retail industry is an important economic indicator. According to the National Retail Federation, retail accounts for about $2.5 trillion of annual U.S. GDP and acts as a barometer for measuring the health of the nation’s...22Nov2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(GDP) A Resurgent America
Exports have been an American success story lately. This is corroborated by the U.S. trade deficit falling from 6% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2006 to the neighborhood of 4% lately. A weaker dollar, in conjunction with stagnant wages at home, has improved American competitiveness vis a vis...15Nov2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(APEI) American Public Education Upgraded to Outperform
We recently upgraded our recommendation on American Public Education, Inc. (APEI) following solid top and bottom-line results in the second quarter that surpassed both management as well as the Zacks Consensus Estimates. American...3Nov2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(KO) Consumer Staples Stock Outlook – October 2012 – Industry Outlook
Stocks in the Consumer Staples sector have carried out their defensive role despite concerns about the prolonged weak U.S. economy, the debt crisis in Europe and the slowdown in Chinese economy. The companies under the sector sell relatively low-priced products that consumers use frequently in their...30Oct2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(TGT) Retailers Gearing Up for Holidays – Analyst Blog
Retailers have pulled up their socks and are coming up with numerous strategic measures as they take the final lap before the onset of the key holiday season. From lucrative discounts to flexibility of shopping through smartphones and tablets to free shipping and 24-hour shopping, they are leaving...24Oct2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(COST) Costco Wholesale Corporation Beats on Higher Sales
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) came out with better-than-expected fourth-quarter 2012 results today. The quarterly earnings of $1.39 per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.30, and surged 28.7% from $1.08 earned in...23Oct2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(SWY) Safeway Posts Mixed Third Quarter
Safeway Inc. (SWY) reported net income from continuing operations of $108.0 million in the third quarter of 2012, much lower than $130.3 million in the year-ago quarter. However, the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of 45 cents...23Oct2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued