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Piper Jaffray Raises PT On Home Depot Following Earnings Beat
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 11:29am | 163Home Depot's (NYSE: HD) Q3 EPS of $0.51 topped Piper Jaffray's estimate of $0.47 and consensus of $0.48. Piper is encouraged by HD's gross margin expansion and expense control in Q3, but continue to be guarded about the pace of unemployment and the housing recovery. Piper is slightly raising its...
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Company News for November 17, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 10:33am | 719• Target's (NYSE: TGT) third quarter matched sales and earnings estimates, with earnings of $0.68 and revenues $15.61 billion • BJ's Wholesale Club (NYSE: BJ) posed third quarter results beating estimates by $0.07 at $0.43, on revenues up 4.9% YoY to $2.6 billion, in-line with expectations • Human...
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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Wal-Mart Stores, The Home Depot, Lowe's Companies, Freeport McMoRan and Peabody Energy - Press Releases
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 6:01am | 1803For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 17, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), The Home Depot Inc. (HD), Lowe's Companies Inc. (LOW), Freeport McMoRan (FCX) and Peabody Energy (BTU). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit...
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Company News for November 17, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 5:23am | 719• Target's (NYSE: TGT) third quarter matched sales and earnings estimates, with earnings of $0.68 and revenues $15.61 billion • BJ's Wholesale Club (NYSE: BJ) posed third quarter results beating estimates by $0.07 at $0.43, on revenues up 4.9% YoY to $2.6 billion, in-line with expectations • Human...
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Wall Street in Retreat: Dow Slides 200 on China, Ireland
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 4:42pm | 306Slammed by fears about Ireland's debt mess and China's inflation, the Dow slumped about 200 points and threatened to close below the 11000 level on Tuesday. Today's Markets As of 2:41 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 206.73 points, or 1.84%, to 10996.86, the Standard & Poor's 500...
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Home Depot Up 1.7% On Earnings And Guidance News (HD)
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 3:11pm | 238Shares of Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) are trading up 1.7% at $31.92 per share during the Tuesday afternoon trading session. The day's trading range for shares of Home Depot, Inc has been between $31.54 and $32.82 per share. Analysts covering the company's stock give it a consensus price target of $...
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HD Is Bucking Today's Trend
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 11:58am | 103Home Depot Inc.(NYSE: HD) is trading sharply higher today despite the huge sell off in the major stock indexes. The company reported earnings that are being well received by the street today. However, Home Depot did say that sales for the full year will miss the company's previous growth forecast....
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Home Depot Posts 21% Gain in Q3 Earnings
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 11:45am | 102Home Depot (HD) posted a 21% increase in third quarter earnings today, beating analyst expectations. The top home improvement retailer in the country said profits totaled $834 million, or $0.51 per share, compared to $689 million, or $0.41 per share, ... Go to SwingTradingDaily.com for full...
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Berkshire Hathaway Discloses Q3 Holdings
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 11:37am | 102Home Depot (HD) posted a 21% increase in third quarter earnings today, beating analyst expectations. The top home improvement retailer in the country said profits totaled $834 million, or $0.51 per share, compared to $689 million, or $0.41 per share, ... Go to SwingTradingDaily.com for full...
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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Amazon, Walgreen, Best Buy, Home Depot and The Gap - Press Releases
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 11:36am | 2097For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 16, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features: Amazon (AMZN), Walgreen (WAG), Best Buy (BBY), Home Depot (HD) and The Gap (GPS). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit from the Pros newsletter: http://at.zacks.com/?id=...
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Home Depot Beats, Ups Outlook - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 11:03am | 533The Home Depot Inc. (HD) posted third-quarter 2010 earnings of 51 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 48 cents. Results also surpassed 41 cents reported in the year-ago period. Net income was $834 million, up 21% from $689 million in the prior-year quarter. Higher revenue...
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Home Depot Up 3% (HD)
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 10:49am | 112The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) is up more than 3% after the home repair company reported better than expected earnings this morning before the bell. Home Depot's net income came in at 51 cents per share, 3 cents better than Wall Street expected. Revenues from 1.4% from last year to $16.60 billion...
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Company News for November 16, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 10:33am | 386• Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) posted third quarter earnings of $0.95 that included a $0.05 tax credit, compared to estimates of $0.90, as revenues rose 2.6% YoY to $101.2 billion, off estimates of $102.3 billion. The firm said it sees FY11 EPS of $4.08 to $4.12 • Home Depot (NYSE: HD) posted third quarter...
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Piper Jaffray Reports Increased Home Improvement Retail Sales
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 10:12am | 118According to a Piper Jaffray research report published yesterday, October home improvement sales were up 12.2% y/y and Q3 was up 9% y/y. Piper Jaffray writes, "The Oct sales results are an acceleration from Sept (revised +8.2% y/y) and Aug (revised +6.7%). Q3 represented the fifth consecutive...
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Lowe's Beats, Sales Miss - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 10:03am | 599Lowe's Companies Inc. (LOW) recently posted better-than-expected third-quarter 2010 results. The quarterly earnings of 31 cents a share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 30 cents and rose 34.8% from 23 cents delivered in the prior-year quarter. The Zacks Consensus Estimate had remained...