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Sherwin Williams Guides FY 2011 EPS $4.65-$5.05 (NYSE: SHW)

The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE: SHW) Reports Q1 EPS of $0.63 vs. $0.52; Revenues $1.86B vs. $1.81B

The Board of Directors of The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE: SHW) today announced a regular quarterly dividend of $0.365 per common share, payable on June 3, 2011, to shareholders of record on May 20, 2011.

Analysts at Janney Capital downgrade Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc (NYSE: LL) from “neutral” to “sell.” The target price for LL has been lowered from $19 to $18. LL shares gained 0.04% to close at $23.81 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Springtime is here, and as the weather continues to get warmer, your grass gets greener. These ideas may give a little "spring" to your investments and make you see that "the grass is greener" on your side. Spring time is when home remodeling gets done, and tons of planting, gardening, and other...

Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LL) shares are down sharply today, down 3.6% on 220,000 shares, and it looks like the chart is breaking down into the company's earnings. The company is scheduled to report earnings on April 27, and Wall Street is looking for earnings of 20 cents on $158.8...

Goldman Sachs, after meeting with the senior management of Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD), is standing by its $43 price target and its Buy rating on the stock. Goldman Sachs had this to say about the upside, going forward, “We see better visibility as we move past 1Q, note stable competitive and margin...

Cusick's Corner The market bounced on the close but it was not the type of conviction that I would like to see. If you look at the volume it was far less than when sellers took control yesterday (especially at the close of that session). This choppy action early into the earnings cycle is...

Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet 6 Health-Care Stocks for 2011: Fund Managers Health-care stocks barely budged last year as concern over new legislation and a widespread preference for growth stocks left them out of the broader equity-market...

I have two new trades this morning that I jumped into with a tight leash, and while I may be swimming up stream here, I have seen plenty of times since the March '09 recovery lows, where the market begins to break down and before you know it, rallies in the face of impossibility. The first of the...

Cusick's Corner Resistance is often strong after a big move. This market is now waiting for earnings season to kick off. Take a look at your portfolio, asses which stocks have earnings coming up and what sectors they are in, plus if their peers will start to announce earnings. That way if there...

Shares of The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE: SHW) are higher on the session by 0.02%, currently trading at $85.52. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past four months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the...

In a Form 4 filed earlier today, Lowes Inc. (NYSE: LOW) Vice-President, Gregory Bridgeford, reported that he sold 34,982 shares of LOW on April 4th for an average price of $26.57. The transaction totaled $929,605. Mr. Bridgeford owns 232,306 direct shares and 176,655 indirect shares of LOW....

Piper Jaffray is maintaining its Neutral rating and $28 price target on shares of Lowe's (NYSE: LOW). In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "We are maintaining our Neutral rating and $28 PT on LOW following travels with management over the past couple of days. Attending the meetings from LOW...

Here is my list of top defensive plays going into April. If you're looking for some nice defensive stocks to go along with the rest of your long positions in the portfolio, then take a look at the list of stocks below that are more defensive than growth oriented. They are stocks that shouldn't...