Guidance

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) to report quarterly earnings at $1.62 per share on revenue of $19.54 billion before the opening bell. Lowe's shares declined 1.74 percent to $74.50 in after-hours trading...

DSW Inc. (NYSE: DSW) reported ahead of the market open second-quarter adjusted earnings per share of 38 cents versus 35 cents last year. Sales rose 3.3 percent to $680.4 million, achieved on the back of a 0.6 percent increase in comps. The Street estimated earnings of 29 cents per share on...

Traders didn’t exactly love Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD)'s second-quarter earnings, and the stock is down about 2.7 percent since reporting on Aug. 15. However, Credit Suisse analyst Seth Sigman liked what he saw and sees positive implications for both Home Depot and Lowe’s Companies, Inc...

Analysts at Argus no longer hold a bullish view on Mylan N.V. (NASDAQ: MYL) after the company cut its full-year guidance and cautioned that its earnings per share will decline in 2017. The firm's Jasper Hellweg downgraded Mylan's stock rating from Buy to Hold as the stock is fairly valued at its...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Toll Brothers Inc (NYSE: TOL) to report quarterly earnings at $0.69 per share on revenue of $1.51 billion before the opening bell. Toll Brothers shares dropped 3.29 percent to $37.00 in after-hours trading....

Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ: ULTA), a retailer of beauty products, was faring relatively better than most other retail counterparts for much of the year-to-period. Everything about the stock was beautiful up until early June. The company's fiscal first-quarter earnings,  released after the...

Analysts at Bank of America turned bullish on Lululemon Athletica inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) ahead of the retailer's second-quarter earnings report. The firm's Rafe Jadrosich upgraded Lululemon's stock rating from Underperform to Buy with a price target increase from $49 to $70. Lululemon is...

Shares of Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) fell more than 4.5 percent Friday morning after the company reported its fiscal third-quarter results. Deere earned $1.97 per share on revenue of $7.81 billion, while analysts were expecting the company to earn $1.95 per share on revenue of $6.92 billion....

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) to report quarterly earnings at $1.95 per share on revenue of $6.92 billion before the opening bell. Deere shares rose 1.95 percent to $126.40 in after-hours trading. Gap Inc (NYSE...

Looking to invest in a retailer that can stand on its own against the mighty Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)? How about three, courtesy of CNBC's Jim Cramer. It may not seem to be the case, but not every retailer is getting crushed by Amazon, Cramer explained during his daily "Mad Money...

L Brands Inc (NYSE: LB) shares hit a new 52-week low, dropping more than 10 percent Thursday after cutting its FY17 EPS outlook, despite delivering a second-quarter earnings beat. The specialty retailer also expects to third quarter earnings to come in below consensus estimates, 25–30 cents...

NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) reported Wednesday after the market close fiscal first-quarter non-GAAP earnings of 62 cents, up 35 percent, on revenues of $1.33 billion. The bottom line result trounced the consensus estimate of 55 cents per share. The company expects second quarter non-GAAP earnings...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) delivered both an earnings and sales beat in the second quarter while growing net e-commerce sales by 60 percent — yet, shares still managed to decline. The world’s largest retailer posted solid 1.8-percent comp growth in the quarter; comp traffic was 1.3...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA), China’s e-commerce behemoth, blew away expectations for the first quarter and left analysts wondering just how much sky is the limit. Alibaba broke out of the gate with a 7-percent spike before settling in at $166.10, up 4.3 percent at last check, after...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) reported top- and bottom-line beats in its earnings report Thursday morning while U.S. comps grew for the twelfth consecutive quarter. Yet the stock lost around 2 percent — a move many investors don't fully understand. Oppenheimer's Rupesh Parikh explained why...