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Iconix Brand Group (ICON) Rises 3% After Upgrade
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 6:02pm | 104Shares of Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICON) closed up more than 3% for the day after Brean Murray raised its rating of the brand management company from Hold to Buy. The upgrade reverses Brean Murray's downgrade of Iconix Brand Group from Buy to Hold just last September. Britney Spears...
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Shoe Companies Are Betting Big On Shaping Footwear (SKX)
Thursday, February 4, 2010 - 6:52am | 99Shaping footwear garnered $145 million in sales in 2009. Though this category of footwear has been around for quite some time, the recent surge in its demand can be attributed to increased consumer awareness, thinks CNBC. Reebok has recently entered the segment with its EasyTone Shoe range....
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Benzinga’s Earnings Roundup (WWW, TMO, TWX, IP, AOL, PFE, ITT, BDK)
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 9:07am | 654Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (NYSE: WWW) reported today a fourth-quarter net profit of $16.7 million, or $0.33 per share, as compared to $24.1 million, or $0.49 per share, for the same quarter last year. Revenue declined 9.7% to $312.5 million for the quarter. Analysts had expected Wolverine World...
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Bullish on Crocs
Friday, January 29, 2010 - 8:01am | 402Just as company goes through four stages during the business cycle-creation, growth, maturity, decline-a stock will also pass through similar phases. From startup to growth stock to value stock, as the underlying business changes the shareholder base does as well. Although the pattern is...
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Top 5 Stocks In The Textile - Apparel, Footwear and Accessories Industry With The Highest Percentage Gain In Shares (ICON, BWS, PXG, SHOO, COH)
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 7:40am | 240Below are the top 5 textile - apparel, footwear and accessories stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of percentage gain vs previous close. Iconix Brand Group Inc (NASDAQ: ICON) jumped 4.22% vs its previous close. The trailing-twelve-month operating margins for ICON are 66.95%. Read more on...
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Top 5 Small-Cap Stocks In The Consumer Goods Sector With The Highest ROA (BARE, TRLG, RGR, DECK, ONP)
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 7:17am | 188Below are the top 5 small-cap consumer goods stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of return on assets. The return on assets offered by Bare Escentuals Inc (NASDAQ: BARE) stands at 29.87. BARE’s market capitalization is $1.19 billion. Piper Jaffray upgraded BARE from “neutral” to “overweight...
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Economic Effects Of Tiger’s Misses!
Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 10:44am | 124Tiger Woods' career totals include 14 Grand Slam tournament victories, plus a number of "transgressions" and as much as $12 billion in wealth destruction because of them. That last figure arises from a study released last week that made headlines world-wide. Researchers examined the stock prices...
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Jack & Jill: Wal-Mart and eBay, Part 1.
Sunday, January 3, 2010 - 8:23pm | 1026I am man enough to admit not all successes are of my own doing. Believe it or not my wife Jill has a knack for picking companies. She gave me Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) back in 2004 when the stock was trading in the high teens and again informed me that Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX) shoes were out of...
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Top 5 Small-Cap Stocks In The Consumer Goods Sector With The Highest Earnings Estimates (NPK, DECK, AEPI, SCL, CHTT)
Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 7:24am | 194Below are the top 5 small-cap Consumer Goods stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of earnings estimates. The per share earnings estimate for National Presto Industries Inc (NYSE: NPK) for next year is $9.52. CFFN’s market capitalization is $749 million. NPK’s quarterly EPS growth is 63.80%....
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One Year Outlook For Nike : Hold It! (NKE)
Monday, December 28, 2009 - 1:04pm | 104Argus Research Company has maintained a one year Hold rating on footwear and sports apparel maker Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE). Argus expects the near term outlook to be challenging for Nike. Nike had reported steady figures for 2Q10 results. However, customers continue to be conservative in United...
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Lawyers Making Loads Of Money From Tiger’s Sex Life
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 6:58pm | 94Tiger Woods’ sex life has provided a bountiful opportunity to lawyers to make lots of money. Apart from the criminal defense lawyer hired by Woods himself, there are lawyers for just about any issue. Some lawyers won a court order in London related to nude photos of Woods, others sued the companies...
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Companies Can Do Without Tiger (ACN, PEP)
Monday, December 21, 2009 - 10:58am | 309“The road to high performance isn’t always paved”. This advertisement tagline for Accenture (NYSE: ACN) featuring Tiger Woods is one of the most common targets of all jokes post the sex scandal that erupted a few weeks ago. Tiger Woods’ fall from grace has triggered many discussions once again...
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Nike (NKE) Poised To Soar
Monday, December 21, 2009 - 10:46am | 114The shoes and sports-apparel major, Nike (NYSE: NKE), announced strong earnings last week, signalling that there are better reasons than Tiger Woods to pay attention to Nike. Barrons’ reports that Nike’s futures orders were flat in the Western Europe and up 4% in China, despite fears of a slump....
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Nike (NKE) Reaps Currency Benefit With Higher Sales
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 4:49pm | 124Nike (NYSE: NKE) has reported an EPS of $0.76, which is $0.12 higher than Barclays’ (NYSE: BCS) estimate. Revenue has declined by just 4% compared to the estimate of a 5.3% decline. Western Europe showed an improved sales trend, as well as a 2% currency benefit. In-line product margins have...
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Tag Heuer Latest Sponsor To Drop Tiger Woods
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 4:14pm | 109Tag Heuer, the Swiss watchmaker, has dropped its sponsorship of Tiger Woods, following the golfer's admission of marital infedelity. Tag Heuer joins a growing list of companies to part ways with the top ranked golfer. Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) have dropped Woods from their...