Homefurnishing Retail

Gilford Securities is out with a research report this morning, where it reiterates its Hold rating on Rent-A-Center Inc. (NASDAQ: RCII). The GS analysts noted that same-store sales were flat, operating profit margin increased by 100bp to 12.1% and that EPS increased by 7.4% to $0.71 compared to $0....

Ascendere Model Portfolio Daily Update:  February 1, 2011 Subscribers log in for the full report: This content is for members only. New Actions Required: None Of Note: JP Morgan initiated coverage of Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) today with an Overweight rating and $19 price target. Williams-...

Cost Plus, Inc.'s (CPWM) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 19.05. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for January 2011 increased by 2 cents over the past month to 12 cents per share. Cost Plus, Inc. is a Zacks #2 Rank (“Buy”) company. COST...

Cost Plus, Inc.'s (CPWM) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 19.05. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for January 2011 increased by 2 cents over the past month to 12 cents per share. Cost Plus, Inc. is a Zacks #2 Rank (“Buy”) company. COST...

Rent-A-Center Inc. (RCII), one of the largest rent-to-own operators, recently delivered better-than-expected fourth-quarter 2010 results. The quarterly earnings of 71 cents a share outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 68 cents, and increased 7.6% from 66 cents registered in the prior-year...

Rent-A-Center Inc. (RCII), one of the largest rent-to-own operators, recently delivered better-than-expected fourth-quarter 2010 results. The quarterly earnings of 71 cents a share outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 68 cents, and increased 7.6% from 66 cents registered in the prior-year...

Rent-A-Center, Inc. (NASDAQ: RCII) today announced revenues and earnings for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. Total revenues for the quarter ended December 31, 2010, were $677.1 million, an increase of $4.2 million from total revenues of $672.9 million for the same period in the prior...

Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) are lower on the session by 0.48%, trading at $48.36. Overall put volume is now running at 2.03x the daily average, with 48% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 2,382 contracts have traded on the session so far. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc...

In a Form 4 filed earlier today, Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) CEO, John Steven Temares, reported that he sold 23,778 shares of BBBY on January 25th for an average price of $49.22. The transaction totaled $1,170,375. Mr. Temares owns 433,743 direct shares and 5,000 indirect shares of BBBY....

In a Form 4 filed earlier today, Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) CEO, John Steven Temares, reported that he sold 107,105 shares of BBBY on January 25th for an average price of $49.16. The transaction totaled $5,265,153. Mr. Temares owns 457,521 direct shares of BBBY. Source: The Washington...

We officially touched Dow 12,000 on Wednesday before a mild retreat at day's end. Helping the cause was President Obama's “tack to the center” speech talking about business-friendly initiatives to spark more job growth. Combine that with more quality earnings reports and the Fed keeping its foot on...

We officially touched Dow 12,000 on Wednesday before a mild retreat at day's end. Helping the cause was President Obama's “tack to the center” speech talking about business-friendly initiatives to spark more job growth. Combine that with more quality earnings reports and the Fed keeping its foot on...

Below are the top small-cap home furnishing store stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings estimate for the next quarter. The earnings estimate for Gordmans Stores Inc (NASDAQ: GMAN) for the next quarter ending April, 2011 is $0.33 per share. GMAN's PEG ratio is 0.86. Kirkland's Inc (...

It's no secret that corporations are sitting on huge piles of cash these days. In fact, companies have close to $2 trillion in cash and other liquid assets on their books. It's understandable that companies are a little gun-shy after the recent economic downturn. As the economy improves, however,...

It's no secret that corporations are sitting on huge piles of cash these days. In fact, companies have close to $2 trillion in cash and other liquid assets on their books. It's understandable that companies are a little gun-shy after the recent economic downturn. As the economy improves, however,...