Ross Stores

Last week, Kohl's (NYSE: KSS), Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) kicked off the parade of earnings reports from big retailers. Macy's and Nordstrom reported EPS growth; Macy's and Kohl's topped EPS estimates. This week, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Target (NYSE: TGT) are...

Things will quiet on the earnings front this week. Perhaps the two most prominent quarterly reports will come from retailers and S&P 500 components Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ: URBN) and Ross Stores (NASDAQ: ROST). Analysts on average expect both companies to post year-over-year revenue growth of...

The stocks of the following dividend-paying companies are trading more than 20% higher than six months ago and all are within shouting distance of their 52-week highs. B&G Foods (NYSE: BGS): The New Jersey-based maker of shelf-stable foods, such as Cream of Wheat and Joan of Arc brands,...

Ross Stores (NYSE: ROST) is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter 2011 results Thursday, November 17, before the markets open. The stock was a Jim Cramer pick last week; he called the company a “great regional to national story.” Ross Stores has posted double-digit percentage earnings growth in...

Much of the focus this week will be on retailers. The wave started with last week's strong results from Dillard's (NYSE: DDS), Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) and Macy's (NYSE: M). Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) posted solid results as well. On the schedule for this week are Abercrombie & Fitch, (NYSE: ANF), Home...

While the markets were down overall yesterday, retailers Pier 1 Imports (NYSE: PIR) and Ross Stores (NASDAQ: ROST) reached new multiyear highs of $12.99 and $89.25 per share, respectively. Pier 1's share price jumped after the company said in October that it would repurchase up to $100 million in...

Shoppertrak may suggest that retailers have little to look forward to this coming holiday season, but here are seven retailers that are riding high now. The share prices of most of them have jumped more than 10% in the past month and they are all trading near their 52-week highs. AutoZone (NYSE:...

Retailers The Buckle (NYSE: BKE), Dollar Tree Stores (NASDAQ: DLTR) and Ross Stores (NASDAQ: ROST) are scheduled to report their second-quarter 2011 results tomorrow, August 18, before the markets open. Analysts are expecting to see year-over-year growth of both per-share earnings and revenues from...

Earnings season is not over yet. Among the companies on deck to report quarterly results this coming week are Deere (NYSE: DE), Smucker (NYSE: SJM) and Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL). Analysts expect Deere's per-share earnings to be more than 13% higher than a year ago. Smucker's earnings are forecast to...

The earnings spotlight turns to retail this coming week with quarterly reports due from the likes of Kohl's (NYSE: KSS), Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN). Analysts are looking for earnings growth from these three. And investors may take some comfort from the fact that, last week, many...