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Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) Reports EPS of $1.08 vs. $1.01 Estimate

iRobot Corp (NASDAQ: IRBT) Reports EPS of $0.27 vs. $0.23 Estimate; Revenues $106.3M vs. $104.27M Estimate

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Co (NYSE: SWK) is set to report earnings tonight after the bell. At last check, shares were up 58 cents to $77.18, a gain of 0.76% on 1.8 million shares. Analysts expect earnings of $1.01 per share on revenues of $2.37 billion. This compares to last year, when...

Snap-on Incorporated (NYSE: SNA) shares are gaining 1.3% today on strong volume today, as it looks like traders and investors are moving into the name, and that's also benefiting, competitor Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK), which are also higher today. Volume on Snap-on is 50% higher than...

The Western Union Company (WU) -0.14%  is forecast to post earnings of 34 cents a share in the first quarter. Shares of Western Union Company are trading higher by +0.05% ahead of its quarterly earnings release. Western Union, the money transfer services company is expected to release its...

iRobot Awarded $230M Contract from U.S. Navy (NASDAQ: IRBT)

Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) is on tap to report first-quarter 2011 results after the market closes on Tuesday, April 26. Analysts expect the company to announce that per-share earnings rose 30.7% from a year ago to $1.01. Note that the consensus estimate has remained steady over the past...

JP Morgan has published a research report on iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ: IRBT) in anticipation of the company's 1Q results, expected on April 27th. In the report, JP Morgan writes, "We expect IRBT to report 1Q results aligning with expectations and to reiterate FY11 guidance. While there are...

Below are the top appliances stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of PEG ratio Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) has a PEG ratio of 0.56. WHR's trailing-twelve-month ROE is 16.09%. Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ: HELE) has a PEG ratio of 0.82. HELE's trailing-twelve-month operating margin is...

Wall Street Strategies reiterated its Snap-On (NYSE: SNA) Buy rating and $80 price target in a research report published today. In the report, Wall Street Strategies states, "Although there were a handful of minor concerns to the quarter, we continue to be proponents of having Snap-On shares in...

Brian Sozzi of Wall Street Strategies is out with a research report on Snap-On's (NYSE: SNA) earnings. Sozzi discusses the different headwinds to Snap-On's business in the quarter, such as Europe, slowing auto sales in the U.S., and the earthquake in Japan, as well as commodity costs. Sozzi...

Snap-on Incorporated (NYSE: SNA), a leading global innovator, manufacturer and marketer of tools, equipment, diagnostics, repair information and systems solutions for professional users performing critical tasks, today announced operating results for the first quarter of 2011. Sales of $693.7...

iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT) has received a $7.6 million order from the U.S. Army Contracting Command-Warren, Michigan, for 50 of its 310 SUGV (Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle) tactical mobile robots and spare parts. The order was issued under a new indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract that...

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE: SWK) shares are higher today, gaining 56 cents to $76.19, a gain of 0.74% on just under 700,000 shares. The company announced its second quarter dividend of 41 cents per share. The dividend is payable on Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 to shareholders of record as...

Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) announced today that its Board of Directors approved a regular second quarter cash dividend of $0.41 per common share. This extends the company's record for the longest consecutive annual and quarterly dividend payments among industrial companies listed on the...