Revlon

The following dividend-paying companies offer attractive returns on equity and are expected to have strong earnings per share growth over the next five years. Their stocks are also trading in the ballpark of their 52-week highs. Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL): The New York-based cosmetics company...

The following dividend-paying companies offer attractive returns on equity and are expected to have strong earnings per share growth over the next five years. Their stocks are also trading within shouting distance of their 52-week highs. Limited Brands (NYSE: LTD): This Columbus, Ohio-based...

Clearly looking good is important to consumers, as stocks of cosmetics companies are going strong even during this anemic economic recovery. All of the stocks discussed here bottomed in January of 2009. Elizabeth Arden (NASDAQ: RDEN), Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL) and Ulta Salon Cosmetics (NASDAQ: ULTA)...

Helen of Troy (NASDAQ: HELE) is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter 2011 results before the market opens tomorrow, May 10. Analysts are looking for the consumer goods company to announce that per-share earnings rose 14.3% from a year ago to $0.63. That consensus estimate is three cents higher...

Revlon, Inc. bolted 20% higher today after the company announced a restructuring and refinancing of one of its divisions 9.5% 2011 senior notes. This news also sparked a Moody's debt upgrade from B3 to B2. "While competitive activity for mass market cosmetics remains very high, Revlon's improved...