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Kimberley-Clark (KMB) Fundamentals Worsen
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 2:06pm | 172Kimberley-Clark’s (NYSE: KMB) decision to limit investment spending has not found takers at Barclays Capital (NYSE: BCS) as it could hinder growth. This would also limit and worsen the quality of Kimberley-Clark’s top and bottom line compared to its peer group. In the past, Kimberley-Clark’s slow-...
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Underinvestment to Affect KMB’s Growth
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 2:00pm | 114Analyst Lauren R Lieberman of Barclays Capital downgrades Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE: KMB) from “equal weight” to “underweight,” while reducing his estimates for the company. The target price for KMB has been reduced from $68 to $66. According to Barclays Capital, Kimberly Clark’s underlying...
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Mixed Signals In Retail And Consumer Sectors
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 12:56pm | 106Barclays (NYSE: BCS) has cut 2010E EPS forecasts for Kimberley-Clark (NYSE: KMB) based on the indicators that the top and bottom line growth will lag behind peers. Warnaco (NYSE: WRC) has shown a healthy top line growth and the international expansion together with a direct-to-customer approach is...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (KMB, MITI, CAN, CFX, KR, MDAS)
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 11:34am | 193Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) has declined 1.43% to $63.98 in the morning session after Barclays downgraded KMB to from Equal-weight to Underweight and has lower the price target to $66 from $68. Micromet Inc. (NASDAQ: MITI) fell 1.07% to $6.48 after Roth Capital downgraded Micromet from...
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Company News for December 09, 2009 - Corporate Summary
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 10:47am | 138• Citigroup (NYSE:C) raised 3M (NYSE:MMM) to "buy" from "hold" • Barclays (NYSE:BCS) lowered Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) to "equal weight" from "over weight" • Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) upgraded Cooper Industries (NYSE:CBE) to "outperform" with a price target of $41-$43, up from $28-$30 • Goldman Sachs...
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Another ETF For A Quick Short Trade (DGT)
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 3:32am | 161The SPDR DJ Global Titans ETF (NYSE: DGT) holds a variety of quality names such as Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) and Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), making this thinly traded issue worth a look for longer-term investors in search of quality. That said, the chart is showing DGT may...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (ZLC, BARE, KMB, CL, AVP, CREE)
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 11:17am | 201Zale Corporation (NYSE: ZLC) has declined 15.73% to $4.17 in the morning session after Soleil Securities downgraded ZLC to from Hold to Sell with a Price target of $2.50. Bare Escentuals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BARE) fell 3.90% to $12.80 after Goldman Sachs downgraded Bare Escentuals from Neutral to Sell...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (CHD, NUVA, NFLX)
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 11:37am | 149Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE: CHD) is up 0.22% to $59.17 on 167K shares in the morning trading hours. Today, RBC Capital Markets downgraded Church & Dwight to Outperform from Top Pick and reduced CHD’s price target to $66. The 52-week trading range for CHD is $45.41 - $61.14. In the last...
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Barrons: PepsiCo (PEP) All Set To Regain Its Fizz
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 12:58pm | 876Thanks to the recession, investors stayed clear of consumer-staples stock, with PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) being one among them. The rationale was declining revenues and profits in the company's North American Beverage division that constitutes Pepsi products, Gatorade sports drinks, Tropicana juices,...
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Fortune: Yacktman Fund (YACKX) - Patience & Contrarian Style Pays Off
Sunday, November 29, 2009 - 11:17am | 1781I always enjoy reading success stories from the "little guy", especially in such a field as mutual funds which are dominated by giants. [Sep 21, 2009: BW - The Beauty of Small Boutique Mutual Funds] Further, I am always on the look out for fund managers who employ a completely variant strategy to...
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Procter & Gamble Still On The Hunt For Acquisitions
Friday, November 20, 2009 - 3:52pm | 96Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), the Dow component and the world's largest maker of consumer staples items, said it is still interested in acquisitions to fill voids in its consumer products portfolio. Jon Moeller, P&G's CFO, told analysts the company would consider additions to its household...
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Fast Money Picks For November 20th (NTAP, CLX, KG)
Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 8:29pm | 144CNBC's Fast Money Guy Adami thinks that investors should sell NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) tomorrow and take the profits. NetApp Inc. (NTAP) gained 4.09% and closed at $30.83. Gary Kaminski would buy Clorox (NYSE: CLX), as he believes that it has a good fundamentals and a potential of a deal is...
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Volume Talks: Hot Stocks on Heavy Volume & Detailed Earnings Option Trade
Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 10:24am | 2101In this post, I will name 25 stocks which traded higher Wednesday November 18, 2009 on unusually higher volume. As always, I will keep an eye on these stocks Thursday to see if there is continued buying pushing the stocks higher. This method is just one of the ways I use to pick stocks to...
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Sara Lee Could Get $3 Billion For Household Products Unit
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 3:56pm | 88Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) has been attempting to sell its household products and bodycare businesses since earlier this year and press reports are saying privately held SC Johnson may be interested in acquiring part of the business. Dow component Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) is also rumored to be...
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5 Large-Cap NYSE Stocks with Highest ROA (LO, COH, DO, MA, CL)
Monday, November 16, 2009 - 8:22am | 161Below are interesting large-cap stocks on the NYSE with the best return on assets. Lorillard Inc (NYSE: LO) has the ROA of 40.07 and the market capitalization of $12.73 billion. LO shares are trading at a price close to their 52-week high of $81.76. Coach Inc (NYSE: COH) has the ROA of 24.85 and...