Food Retail

Jefferies is lowering its EPS outlook for 4Q11, FY11 and FY12 to $0.43, $1.74 and $1.98 from $0.51, $1.83 and $2.18, respectively. “We still believe Kroger's (NYSE: KR) 4Q will be pretty good despite the huge variance seen with the company's guidance and its fairly bleak assessment of the consumer...

Stocks advanced for a second straight day as better-than-anticipated retail sales and housing data continued to point toward economic strength. European Central Bank's assertion that it would not abandon its plan to buy government bonds helped contain eurozone worries, helping stocks extend their...

The Board of Directors of Village Super Market, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLGEA) announced the declaration of a special dividend of $1.25 per Class A common share and $.8125 per Class B common share. The dividends will be payable on December 28, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on...

Marvell Technology Group Ltd (NASDAQ: MRVL) was downgraded by Goldman Sachs from "buy" to "neutral." MRVL's stock closed at $20.46 yesterday. Marvell Technology's 52-week trading range is $13.87-$22.87 MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC) was downgraded by Janney Capital from "buy” to "neutral."...

Analysts at Barclays Capital downgrade The Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) from "overweight" to "equal weight." The target price for KR has been reduced from $24 to $21. KR's shares lost 9.35% to close at $21.63 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Deutsche Bank decreases its price target on Kroger (NYSE: KR) from $28 to $26.

Deutsche Bank has published a research report on The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) after the company reported 3Q results that were in-line with consensus. In the report, Deutsche Bank writes "Q3 EPS was in-line with Consensus, and mgmt narrowed FY10 EPS guidance, though w/ a wide range, reflecting...

Stocks advanced for a second straight day as better-than-anticipated retail sales and housing data continued to point toward economic strength. European Central Bank's assertion that it would not abandon its plan to buy government bonds helped contain eurozone worries, helping stocks extend their...

Cusick's Corner The market continues to chug along and the Finance sector, XLF, continues to be the offensive leader. While the underlying action has been quite bullish, the option activity has been shifting to a 50/50 puts to calls positioning. What is notable and worth discussing again is that...

Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance rose by 26,000 last week to 436,000 (last week was also revised up by 3,000, so one could see it as a 29,000 increase). This was worse than the expected level of 422,000. Last week's big surprise to the downside seems to have been a bit of a mirage. However...

The Kroger Company (KR), one of the largest grocery retailers, recently posted third-quarter 2010 results. The quarterly earnings of 32 cents a share came in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate, and jumped 18.5% from 27 cents delivered in the prior-year quarter. The Zacks Consensus Estimate...

US Energy stocks rose, along with the wider equity markets. The NYSE Arca Oil Index (XOI) gained about 0.28%, while the NYSE Arca Natural Gas Index (XNG) rose about 0.32%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Index (OSX) moved up about 3.12%. Shares of Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) lost about 8% after the company...

The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) today reported total sales, which include fuel, increased 5.9% to $18.7 billion in the third quarter of fiscal 2010 compared with $17.7 billion for the same period last year. Excluding fuel sales, total sales increased 3.1% in the third quarter, which ended November 6,...

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