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Benzinga’s News Roundup (SSI, DKS, KR, BKE, TM)
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 9:50am | 352Stage Stores, Inc. (NYSE: SSI) reported today a fourth-quarter net profit of $27.9 million, or $0.72 per share, from $25.3 million, or $0.67 per share, for the same quarter last year. Revenue declined 5.3% to $431.7 million for the quarter. Analysts had expected SSI to report earnings of $0.66 per...
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Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS) Reports $67.4 Million Net Income
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 9:43am | 130Dick's Sporting Goods Inc (NYSE: DKS) reported 4th quarter net income of $67.4 million, or 56 cents per share, compared to a loss of $105.6 million, or 95 cents a share, a year earlier. Dick's Sporting Goods' 4th quarter adjusted net income rose to 56 cents per share, up from 54 cents per share...
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Top 5 Stocks For March 9, 2010 (DKS, KR, TSTY, JCG, JPM)
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 9:01am | 270Wall Street is expecting sporting goods maestros Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) to have earned $0.55 per share in the latest quarter. DKS is set to report its earnings before the opening bell today. DKS gained 1.29% to $25.95 in after hours trading. Read more about this company here....
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Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.’s (DKS) Estimates Raised
Monday, March 8, 2010 - 6:02pm | 98Analyst Ed Veller at ThinkEquity LLC has released an update on Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (DKS). The company will report results for the fourth-quarter tomorrow. In late January, the company preannounced an upside surprise for the fourth-quarter, which included EPS of at least $0.54, compared to...
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Top Performing Industries For March 8 (NCS, NYNY, CSCO, MRFD.OB, BBW)
Monday, March 8, 2010 - 4:10pm | 338At 1:38 p.m., Dow gained 3.78, or 0.04%, to 10,569.98, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 1.49, or 0.13%, to 1,140.18. The Nasdaq composite index added 8.74, or 0.38%, to 2335.09. The industries that are driving the market today are: General Building Materials: The top gainer of...
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Needham Maintains Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS) Hold Rating
Monday, March 8, 2010 - 11:07am | 150Needham analysts Sean McGowan and Patrick O'Brien maintained their Hold rating for Dick's Sporting Goods Inc (NYSE: DKS) and issued an earnings preview. The analysts noted that Dick's Sporting Goods issued better than expected guidance on January 27th, so they don't expect any surprises and feel...
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Blockbuster Inc. Seeks To Move In a New Direction
Monday, March 8, 2010 - 10:07am | 56By Relmor Demetrius - Video rental giant Blockbuster Inc.(NYSE:BBI) recently released its fourth quarter financial results. They showed declining year to year revenue and a large loss per share, although this was due mainly to a one time goodwill charge. At a quick glance one might think twice...
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Cramer On Mad Money Recommends JCG, MW, GNTX, DMA; Asks Investors To Avoid CRZO, CLNE
Monday, March 8, 2010 - 8:32am | 442On his "Mad Money" TV show on Friday, Jim Cramer told investors that the game plan for the week starting March 8 would be to focus on the sentiments conveyed by individual companies, rather than on macroeconomic data. Cramer recommended buying J Crew (NYSE: JCG) ahead of its earnings results....
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Top Performing Industries For March 5 (SLW, BBW, AAPL, CENX)
Friday, March 5, 2010 - 3:18pm | 201The industries that are driving the market today are: Silver: The top gainer of the day, this industry added 3.98%by 1:36 p.m. ET. The highest gainer within the industry was Silver Wheaton Corp (NASDAQ: SLW), which jumped 4.31% after the company reported record results for Q4 and the year ended...
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Janney Reiterates Buy Rating On OfficeMax (OMX)
Friday, March 5, 2010 - 2:46pm | 122Janney Capital Markets' analysts reiterated their Buy rating on shares of OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX). The research firm said that they are confident that the turnaround at the company is progressing on plan. The analyst also wrote that OfficeMax's (OMX) growth plan will result in earnings per share...
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Benzinga’s Volume Movers (TIVO, ZUMZ, PETM, SXCI, MIDD)
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 3:00pm | 273TiVo Inc (NASDAQ: TIVO) shares soared 48.48% to $15.16. The volume of TIVO shares traded was 2,452% higher than normal. TIVO is going to offer a new set-top box, TiVo Premiere, which is more slender than the previous hardware. Read more about this company here. Zumiez Inc (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) shares...
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PetSmart (PETM) Shares Hit 52 Week High
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 2:50pm | 61Shares of PetSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM) were up 8% in afternoon trading and reached a 52-week high of $30.25 today, a day after the company released a positive earnings report. PetSmart's stock price received further boosts when Credit Suisse raised the company's price target from $29 to $35 and...
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Citigroup Lowers Staples (SPLS) Price Target
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 12:11pm | 142Citigroup analyst Kate McShane maintained her Buy rating for shares of Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) and lowered the price target from $29 to $26. With the stock down over two trading days after Staples offered a disappointing earnings and guidance report, McShane lowered the price target of the...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Gainers (STP, URBN, PETM, GERN, SIGM)
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 9:25am | 323Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE: STP) increased 4.90% to $14.35 in the pre-market session. Suntech reported a fourth-quarter profit of $49.9 million, or $0.27 per share, as compared to a loss of $109.1 million, or $0.69 per share for the same quarter last year. Analysts had expected...
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Zale Corp. Looking To Sell 12 Store Leases (ZLC)
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 11:02pm | 145Zale Corp. (NYSE: ZLC) is looking for new ways to shore up its finances. The jeweler is now planning to sell the leases on 12 of its NYC jewelry stores. A few of these jewelry stores are located in hotspots such as Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue and Herald Square, while others are in Queens, Brooklyn and...