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WD-40 Company (NASDAQ: WDFC) shares are plunging more than 4% in after-hours trading after the company missed quarterly earnings expectations. The company reported earnings of 47 cents per share on $85.5 million in revenues. Wall Street had been expecting earnings of 53 cents per share on $87.55...

WD-40 Company (NASDAQ: WDFC) is set to report earnings tonight, and Wall Street will be looking for any signs of commodity impact, and how the company's different operating segments are doing. At last check, shares were up 92 cents to $41.77, a gain of 2.26% on 45,000 shares. The average daily...

US stock futures are higher this morning, as investors are awaiting same-store sales from retailers, employment data and an interest-rate decision from the ECB. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 30 points to 12,599.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index rose 4.00 points to 1...

Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ: HELE) is expected to report its Q1 EPS at $0.76 on revenue of $260.20 million. International Speedway Corporation (NASDAQ: ISCA) is expected to report its Q2 EPS at $0.27 on revenue of $138.25 million. WD-40 Company (NASDAQ: WDFC) is projected to report its FQ3 EPS...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects WD-40 Company (NASDAQ: WDFC) to report its FQ3 EPS at $0.53 on revenue of $87.55 million. WDFC shares gained 0.89% to close at $40.85 yesterday. Zumiez Inc (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) reported a 9.8% rise in its June sales at...

Shares of The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) are lower on the session by 0.12%, trading at $68.19. Overall put volume is now running at 2.31x the daily average, with 2% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,215 contracts have traded on the session so far. The Clorox Company is a...

Below are the top cleaning products stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of profit margin. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at Church & Dwight Company Inc (NYSE: CHD) is 10.56%. CHD's ROE for the same period is 15.12%. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at Ecolab Inc (NYSE:...

JP Morgan has raised the price target on WD-40 Company (NASDAQ: WDFC) from $40 to $42 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Here is my list of top defensive plays in this highly volatile market. If you're looking for some nice defensive stocks to go along with the rest of your long positions in the portfolio, then take a look at the list of stocks below that are more defensive than growth oriented. They are stocks that...

Here is my list of top defensive plays in this highly volatile market. If you're looking for some nice defensive stocks to go along with the rest of your long positions in the portfolio, then take a look at the list of stocks below that are more defensive than growth oriented. They are stocks that...

According to Goldman Sachs, MeadWestvaco (NYSE: MWV) announced that it will invest $285 mn to build a new biomass boiler and upgrade associated power infrastructure at its Covington, VA, mill. Goldman Sachs said that the Covington mill produces about 800,000 tons of solid bleached sulfate (SBS)...

The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) announced today at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology annual meeting that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accepted the registration of Clorox Commercial Solutions Clorox Germicidal Wipes to kill Clostridium difficile (C....

On CNBC's Options Action, Mike Khouw said that investors should consider a bearish options strategy in The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX). He explained that this stock is not a growth story, and it is a little bit expensive compared to its peers. Mike Khouw also said that investors consider CLX as a...

Cusick's Corner As I mentioned yesterday and in today's Midday, Tech was really strong (look at the QQQs) and that leadership buoyed a weak market and by the afternoon, sectors like Consumer Discretionary, XLY, Housing, XHB, and even Finance, XLF, joined the advance. The table is now setting up...

When it comes to international consumer staples ETFs, the iShares S&P Global Consumer Staples ETF (NYSE: KXI) is the big kahuna. KXI, which is nearly five years old, has $351.6 million in assets under management, giving it a dominant position in this niche of the ETF world. Well, as is often...