Household Products

The shares of Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) first discussed here on April 13, 2009 at a price of $58.49, appear to have put in a bottom at/near $73, as outlined in November. Even so, investors should keep in mind that the journey to $90 and beyond probably will not be completed in 2011, so...

Citigroup has published a research report on Energizer Holdings (NYSE: ENR) after meetings with company management that conveyed confidence and share repurchases through 2011. In the report, Citigroup writes "There is much debate about (i) whether or not ENR mgmt is gaming EPS given its...

Shares of Sara Lee Corp (NYSE: SLE) dropped about 0.7% after the company reported its fiscal second-quarter results. SLE's earnings came in at $1.37 per share, up from $0.53 per share, in the year-earlier period. The company's sales dropped to $2.35 billion from $2.36 billion. On an adjusted basis...

Princeton, New Jersey-based Church & Dwight Company, Inc. (NYSE: CHD) announced on Tuesday morning that it missed consensus Wall Street estimates. Church & Dwight Company, Inc reported that its 4th quarter net income fell to $47.0 million, or 65 cents per share, down from $52.8 million, or...

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE: CHD) today announced that full year 2010 reported earnings per share increased 10% to $3.75 per share compared to $3.41 per share in the prior year. Full year 2010 earnings per share includes a $0.21 charge for the settlement of the Company's US pension benefit...

Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) FQ2 results were not as bad as feared, as they beat their pre-announcement and delivered adjusted EPS excluding the impairment charges of $0.68 vs. their guidance from January 3 of $0.57-0.63, J.P. Morgan reports. “With the tough 1H behind them, management appeared more...

I have written updates the past 2 months on a screen I call "High Yield Stocks with Staying Power".  The screen will now be tracked publicly as a continuous hypothetical portfolio with a starting balance of $100,000 on Scott's Investments (see the right hand column for a portfolio titled "High...

Cusick's Corner The VIX is down and trading 16.7 (see Index Trading) -- there's less fear in the marketplace than there was last week. Today's strong economic data and retail sales numbers overshadowed worries over events in Egypt. S&P 500 closed up on the day, nearer the day's highs with no...

Shares of Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) are higher on the session by 1.61%, trading at $65.01. Overall call volume is now running at 3.16x the daily average, with 90% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 9,229 contracts have traded on the session so far. Kimberly-Clark...

Central Garden & Pet Company (NASDAQ: CENT) today announced results for its first quarter ended December 25, 2010. The Company reported first quarter net sales of $282 million, an increase of 5 percent over the same period a year ago. Net sales increased in both its Garden and Pet segments....

• Corinthian Colleges (NASDAQ:COCO) reported Q2 EPS of $0.23, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. Revenues for the quarter rose 16.5% year-over-year to $482.8 million, well ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $463 million • Cummins (NYSE:CMI) reported Q4 EPS of $1.84, above the...

Goldman Sachs is out with its research report on the Americas this morning. Goldman Sachs upgraded its Quest Software (NASDAQ: QSFT) rating to Neutral from Sell, downgraded Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: NUAN) to Sell from Neutral, raised Pfizer's (NYSE: PFE) price target to $22 from $20, raised...

• Corinthian Colleges (NASDAQ:COCO) reported Q2 EPS of $0.23, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. Revenues for the quarter rose 16.5% year-over-year to $482.8 million, well ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $463 million • Cummins (NYSE:CMI) reported Q4 EPS of $1.84, above the...

Energizer Holdings Inc. (ENR) reported first quarter 2011 non-GAAP earnings (excluding charges) of $1.68 per share, well below the Zacks Consensus of $1.92 per share, based on increased expenses, poor margins and lower profit from the battery business in the quarter. Earnings per share (EPS)...

Energizer Holdings Inc. (ENR) reported first quarter 2011 non-GAAP earnings (excluding charges) of $1.68 per share, well below the Zacks Consensus of $1.92 per share, based on increased expenses, poor margins and lower profit from the battery business in the quarter. Earnings per share (EPS)...