Footwear

Stifel Nicolaus is out with its report today on Nike (NYSE: NKE), maintaining Buy. In its report, Stifel Nicolaus writes, "U.S. Back-to-school checks show Nike remains on top of its footwear game. Our in-store and phone checks with over 100 US retail locations (DKS (NYSE: DKS), TSA, FL (NYSE: FL...

Sterne Agee is out with its report today on Skechers (NYSE: SKX), raising its PT to $13 from $10. In its report, Sterne Agee writes, "We are raising our PT because, following the recent trade shows, we believe that the inventory issues (up 48% at the end of 2Q) will likely be resolved by the end...

Sterne Agee has raised the price target on Skechers USA (NYSE: SKX) from $10 to $13 and maintains its Underperform rating.

Piper Jaffray has published a research report on Crocs Inc (NASDAQ: CROX) In the report, Piper Jaffray, wrote, "We are reiterating our Overweight rating and $38 price target following a preview of Spring 2012 styles at the FN Platform trade show. Key takeaways from our visit include unit and ASP...

On a monthly basis I conduct a close replication of AAII's (American Association of Individual Investors) "Shadow Stock" screen. The goal is to find small, undervalued stocks with high price momentum over the past 52 weeks.  It is a highly speculative, risky strategy that can potentially undercover...

We could replace Apple (AAPL) with Exxon (XOM) but you get the picture - you can combine the top 32 European banks and they would not be worth as much as either of the 2 companies above.  But they sure cause a lot more trouble. Earlier on Friday the DJ STOXX euro zone banks index fell 4 percent,...

comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR) today released its monthly analysis of U.S. web activity at the top online properties for July 2011 based on data from the comScore Media Metrix service. Ticket sites were popular in July as Americans looked for summer entertainment at concerts and sporting events,...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX) is a “great story. If it goes back down, I'm going to recommend it." For Covidien (NYSE: COV), he said, "You hold on and buy more. That is a great company that is a buy, buy, buy." Cramer said that Alcoa (...

Below are the top small-cap textile-apparel footwear & accessories stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Steven Madden Ltd (NASDAQ: SHOO) is 18.27%. SHOO's PEG ratio is 1.10. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at...

Sterne Agee has downgraded K-Swiss (NASDAQ: KSWS) from Buy to Neutral and has removed its price target.

Shares of K-Swiss (NASDAQ: KSWS) are lower on the session by 24.05%, trading at $7.77. Overall call volume is now running at 103.60x the daily average, with 99% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,036 contracts have traded on the session so far. K-Swiss Inc. designs, develops and...

You probably won't make it to President Barack Obama's 50th birthday bash Thursday evening, but you could buy him shares of companies that would help him out. With the United States strapped for cash, first on your list of buys should be shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). With a total cash reserve of...

SKECHERS USA, Inc. (NYSE: SKX) today announced a two-year extension to its successful marketing campaign with TV personality Brooke Burke that will now continue through June 2013.

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels and exit/entry points become more clearly defined. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Monday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to...

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) is expected to report its Q2 EPS at $0.15 on revenue of $910.14 million. Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) is projected to report its FQ4 EPS at $0.85 on revenue of $20.43 billion. Coach Inc (NYSE: COH) is projected to report its Q4 EPS at $0.65 on...