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Top 5 Stocks For March 10, 2010 (BONT, CBRY, PLCE, MTN, CSCO)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 8:09am | 271Analysts expect Bon Ton Stores Inc (NASDAQ: BONT) to post a hefty EPS of $4.65 for the latest quarter. BONT is set to announce its results before the trading starts today. BONT’s shares fell 0.60% to close at $11.64 yesterday. Read more about this company here. Candy maker, Cadbury plc (NASDAQ:...
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Top 10 Picks For Playing The Market: CNBC (RHI, VPRT, TRLG, GSIC, CSCO)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 8:05am | 196In an interview with CNBC, Ken Croft, chief investment officer and portfolio manager at Croft Value Fund, said that in current market scenario, investors should go for value picks. Croft also advised investors to remain diversified. Croft particularly likes the health care sector. He said that the...
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J. Crew Group, Inc. (JCG) Reports Fourth-Quarter Results
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 10:24pm | 82J. Crew Group, Inc. (NYSE: JCG) reported results for the fourth-quarter on Tuesday. The company reported better-than-expected results for the quarter, mainly due to tight inventory, and double-digit sales growth. The company posted net income of $40.4 million, or $0.61 per share for the quarter,...
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Collective Brands, Inc. (PSS) Reports Fourth-Quarter Results
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 9:05pm | 96Collective Brands, Inc. (NYSE: PSS) reported results for the fourth-quarter on Tuesday. The company saw its losses shrink as it saw an improvement in margins in the quarter. The company reported a loss of $10.9 million, or $0.17 per share for the quarter, compared with a loss of $144 million, or $...
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Fast Money Picks For March 10th (PAG, AKAM, AEO, KSU, XLY)
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 8:55pm | 192Brian Kelly of Kanundrum Capital said on CNBC's Fast Money that he would buy Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: PAG) on Wednesday. Penske (NYSE: PAG) dropped 1.23% and closed at $15.28 today. Guy Adami likes Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), while Karen Finerman recommends American Eagle...
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Foot Locker, Inc. (FL) Announces Plan To Expand Business
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 7:02pm | 101Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL), the athletic shoe retailer, announced on Tuesday that it plans to expand its business by diversifying its demography, expanding internationally, and making acquisitions. The company has set a sales target of $6 billion over the next five years. The company had sales...
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Raytheon Wins Air Force Contract - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 11:37am | 575Raytheon Company (RTN) has been awarded an $886 million U.S. Air Force contract to develop a new aspect of the Global Positioning System (GPS), namely the Advanced Control Segment (OCX), which will improve the accuracy of information from GPS satellites. Raytheon is also tasked to improve anti-...
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Stock Market News for March 9, 2010 - Market News
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 10:17am | 412U.S. stocks started the week on a mixed note before ending the day little changed as investors appeared less enthusiastic about the strength of the economic recovery. Traders appeared concerned about President Obama’s push for the health care overhaul and reacted with caution to a fresh round of...
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Benzinga’s News Roundup (SSI, DKS, KR, BKE, TM)
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 9:50am | 352Stage Stores, Inc. (NYSE: SSI) reported today a fourth-quarter net profit of $27.9 million, or $0.72 per share, from $25.3 million, or $0.67 per share, for the same quarter last year. Revenue declined 5.3% to $431.7 million for the quarter. Analysts had expected SSI to report earnings of $0.66 per...
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Stage Stores, Inc. (SSI) Reports A 9.9% Increase In Fourth-Quarter Profits
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 9:09am | 109Stage Stores, Inc. (NYSE: SSI) reported a 9.9% increase in profits for the fourth-quarter, on Tuesday. The strong results came on the back of effective cost management, and improved margins at the company, which offset a slight decline in revenue. The company reported a profit of $27.9 million, or...
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Top 5 Stocks For March 9, 2010 (DKS, KR, TSTY, JCG, JPM)
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 9:01am | 270Wall Street is expecting sporting goods maestros Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) to have earned $0.55 per share in the latest quarter. DKS is set to report its earnings before the opening bell today. DKS gained 1.29% to $25.95 in after hours trading. Read more about this company here....
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Outlook Strong For Collective Brands, Inc. (PSS)
Monday, March 8, 2010 - 5:27pm | 103Soleil Securities has released an update on Collective Brands, Inc. (NYSE: PSS). According to Soleil, the favorable outlook for FY11 at the company should overshadow potential sales, and earnings weakness in Q4. Soleil expects the Oprah event to adversely impact the results in Q4, and believes...
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Stocks That Created New 52-Week Highs (BKCC, CSCO, BRKR, CKEC, CMRG)
Monday, March 8, 2010 - 3:18pm | 244BlackRock Kelso Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: BKCC) shares added 1.01% to create a new 52-week high of $9.99. BKCC’s trailing twelve-month operating margins stand at 81.24%. Read more about this company here. Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO) shares climbed to $32.16, creating a new 52-week...
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Cramer On Mad Money Recommends JCG, MW, GNTX, DMA; Asks Investors To Avoid CRZO, CLNE
Monday, March 8, 2010 - 8:32am | 442On his "Mad Money" TV show on Friday, Jim Cramer told investors that the game plan for the week starting March 8 would be to focus on the sentiments conveyed by individual companies, rather than on macroeconomic data. Cramer recommended buying J Crew (NYSE: JCG) ahead of its earnings results....
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Looking for the Sweet Spot in Potential New Long and Short Ideas
Sunday, March 7, 2010 - 12:25pm | 1675Every minute there is a new piece of information coming to light in the stock market, and every minute the picture changes. Most of it is just noise, perhaps amplified by programs chasing patterns or slow-moving bureaucratic investment committees. Somewhere in between is the sweet spot, and this...