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Retail Earnings Expectations: Home Depot And Target
Sunday, May 14, 2017 - 11:45am | 661Reports from two big-box retailers will be among earnings highlights this week. Wall Street analysts expect very different results each of them. Just one of them exceeded earnings expectations in the previous two periods. The parade of big retailers sharing their latest quarterly results has...
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Retail Earnings Parade Continues: Home Depot, Lowe's In The Spotlight
Sunday, May 15, 2016 - 12:37pm | 606The big retailers continue taking their turns on the earnings stage this week. Highlights include the most recent quarterly results from two leading home improvement superstore operators. Wall Street analysts are looking for solid earnings growth from each of them. So far, the most recent...
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Retail Earnings Parade Begins: Target, Wal-Mart In The Spotlight
Sunday, May 15, 2016 - 12:37pm | 586The big retailers continue taking their turns on the earnings stage this week. Highlights include the most recent quarterly results from two leading big-box retailers. Wall Street analysts are looking for earnings growth from one but revenue declines from both. So far, the most recent quarterly...
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Retail Earnings Parade Continues: Dicks Sporting Goods, Dollar General, Urban Outfitters
Monday, March 7, 2016 - 8:31am | 774Three more prominent retailers are on deck to share their latest earnings results this week. Analysts expect year-over-year revenue growth from all three but earnings growth from just one. Consensus forecasts see earnings growth from only a few other retailers this week. Although most of the big...
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Barron's Recap: Outlook For The Year Ahead
Sunday, December 14, 2014 - 5:52pm | 859This weekend in Barron's online: the bullish outlook for 2015, as well as the prospects for Carnival, Royal Caribbean, FMC and more. Cover Story "Outlook 2015: Stick With the Bull" by Vito J. Racanelli. Top strategists from Wall Street anticipate a rally of 10 percent in the S...
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Barron's Recap: A Bullish Outlook for 2014
Sunday, December 15, 2013 - 4:52pm | 730This weekend in Barron's online: a special report on the outlook for 2014. Also, the prospects for eBay, YPF, Innophos Holdings and more. Cover Story "An Upbeat View of 2014" by Vito J. Racanelli. After the crazy ride of the past six years, Wall Street analysts see things settling down to normal...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of November 18: More Retailers On Deck
Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 3:40pm | 1175The focus is on retail as the as the crucial holiday shopping season is set to get underway. Last week, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) offered weak third-quarter results, while Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) turned in earnings beats. Plenty more retailers are on deck this...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of August 19
Sunday, August 18, 2013 - 10:52am | 1241The earnings season for the big retailers is underway. Last week's second-quarter reports from Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Macy's (NYSE: M), Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) and Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) may have been solid, but weak outlooks for the rest of the year disappointed investors. Many more retailers are on...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of May 20
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 10:22am | 1197The start of the retail earnings season last week was a mixed bag. Quarterly results from Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) ranged from so-so to disappointing, while J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) posted a larger-than-expected net loss. Macy's (NYSE: M) was the standout,...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 13
Monday, August 13, 2012 - 5:33am | 938Retail earnings season got off to a start last week when drug store chain CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) and department store operators Kohl's (NYSE: KSS), Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) bested second-quarter earnings estimates, while JCPenney (NYSE: JCP) reported a net loss. Many more...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of May 14 (WMT, HD, ANF)
Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 7:49am | 1179Last 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...
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Guess? Earnings Preview: Lower EPS, Higher Sales Expected
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 5:43am | 917Guess? (NYSE: GES) is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter results tomorrow, March 14, after the closing bell. Investors have seen the company's net income fall year over year by an average of 2.3% over the past five quarters. But revenue has now risen for three straight quarters. Investors...
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Buckle Earnings Preview: EPS and Sales Growth Expected
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 6:40am | 874Buckle (NYSE: BKE) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2011 results tomorrow, March 8, before the markets open. The teen apparel purveyor saw strong same-store sales in December and January on strong demand for jeans and footwear. Investors will be looking for that to begin a new streak of...
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Earnings Preview: A Wary Eye on Abercrombie & Fitch
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 6:47am | 640Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter 2011 results Wednesday, November 16, before the opening bell. Shares recently sank on news that sales were sluggish overseas. And analysts are wary, as indicated by the falling EPS estimate for the most recent period....
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Earnings Previews: Buckle, Dollar Tree, Ross Stores
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 1:52pm | 651Retailers 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...