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Wal-Mart Upgraded At Citigroup (WMT)
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 11:29am | 89Shares of Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) were upgraded today at Citigroup (NYSE: C). The firm also raised their price target from $54 to $65. During the current trading session, WMT has gained 2.67% to $55.35. During the last 52 weeks, Wal-Mart stock has appreciated 6.59%. The giant retailer currently has a...
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Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) New Management Team May Capitalize On Global Opportunities By 2H10
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 9:00am | 196Analyst Deborah L Weinswig of Citigroup upgrades Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) from "hold" to "buy." The target price for WMT has been raised from $54 to $65. According to Citigroup, “WMT’s negative traffic comp in 4Q09 served as an indication that WMT may be losing the customer it had gained...
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Top 5 Stocks In the Grocery Stores Industry With The Highest EPS Estimates (CASY, WMK, CBD, VLGEA, PTRY)
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 8:58am | 281Below are the top grocery stores stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ in terms of earnings estimates. The July quarter earnings estimates for Casey’s General Stores Inc (NASDAQ: CASY) stand at $0.76 per share. CASY’s shares have risen by 24.10% over the past 52 weeks, as compared to a 53.21% jump in the S...
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Top 5 Stocks In the Grocery Stores Industry With The Highest ROE (CASY, DEG, RDK, CBD, WMK)
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 8:53am | 252Below are the top grocery stores stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The return on equity at Caseys General Stores Inc (NASDAQ: CASY) is 14.41%. CASY’s shares have risen by 24.10% over the past 52 weeks, as compared to a 53.21% jump in the S&P 500 index in the same...
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Wal-Mart To Refill Its Action Alley : Credit Suisse (WMT, CS)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 8:31pm | 156Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is looking to refill some portions of its Action Alley. The idea behind the move is to encourage sales volume, and footfalls. According to a report released by Credit Suisse (ADR) (NYSE: CS), consumer companies such as PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), and Kellogg (NYSE: K) are likely to...
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Simple Quantitative View of Goldman's VIP List Generates Some Other Long Ideas
Monday, March 8, 2010 - 10:01am | 1063For a pdf of this report, follow this link: Simple Quantitative Overview of Goldman Sach's VIP List. An article by the contributor "Market Folly" on Goldman Sach's "VIP List" caught our attention on Seeking Alpha. What better way to test our simple quantitative model against a list of 50 stocks...
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Corporate Charity Gets Hit By Economic Woes (KO, MET, XOM, WMT, GE, WFC, CAT, AA)
Saturday, March 6, 2010 - 10:23pm | 208According to a recent report released by Reuters, Only four out of the top ten philanthropic companies said that the dollar value of their donations increased in 2009. The dollar value remained same for two companies while it dropped for the remaining four corporations. Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO),...
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Apple Market Cap. Flirts With $200 Billion (AAPL, WMT, XOM, MSFT)
Saturday, March 6, 2010 - 5:42pm | 153Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) jumped, $8.24, nearly 4 percent, on Friday to close at $218.95. This is the highest-ever close for shares of the iPod, iPhone and iPad maker. What's more interesting is the current market capitalization of Apple. The market cap. now stands at $198.45 billion, making...
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Goldman Sachs (GS) VIP List of Top Hedge Fund Holdings
Friday, March 5, 2010 - 1:19pm | 1198Today is going to be Goldman Sachs (GS) day at FMMF - from their nearly perfect forecasting of monthly labor data (magically adjusting their figures 24 hours before it is released each month to "hit it on the nail"), to their new foray into buying warehouses so they can corner obtain more...
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Stock Market News for March 5, 2010 - Market News
Friday, March 5, 2010 - 10:21am | 392Investors welcomed better-than-anticipated retail sales numbers and sent stocks higher at the end of a volatile session, but caution prevailed ahead of the government's monthly employment report. A slew of encouraging economic reports also helped investors’ risk appetites. The Dow Jones industrial...
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Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Maintains A Buy Rating
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 8:08pm | 95Analysts David Strasser and Sarang Vora at Janney Capital Markets have maintained a Buy rating for Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST). Costco reported adjusted EPS of $0.70 for the second-quarter, which is in-line with analysts’ estimate. According to analysts, the company’s defensive...
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Wal-Mart (WMT) Raises Annual Dividend By 11%
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 7:00pm | 104Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) raised its dividend by 11%, in keeping with its track record of making successively higher dividend payouts to shareholders since 1974. It will pay a dividend of $1.21 share over the fiscal 2010, up from $1.09 share paid during fiscal 2010. For the company's...
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Markets Hover Flat As Scary Pattern Looms. (NYSE:ANF), (NYSE:FDO), (NYSE:WMT), (NYSE:SPY)
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 2:16pm | 392The markets initially rallied today on the back of great retail sales numbers and an announcement that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) raised its dividend. Stocks like Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF), Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) are soaring today as sales numbers, expected to...
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Costco Posts Q2 Profit (Cost)
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 12:00am | 101According to Bloomberg, Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) reported a 25% increase in Q2 profits, aided by discretionary purchases. Net income rose to $299 million (67 cents per share) from $239 million (55 cents per share) in Q2 last year. Excluding a 3-cent charge related to change in...
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Costco Trending Lower After Earnings (COST)
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 3:51pm | 84Costco (NASDAQ: COST) reported their quarterly earnings today before the opening bell. The company posted net income of $299 million, or $0.67 per share, compared to $239 million or $0.55 per share in the prior year quarter. Analysts had been anticipating the company would report EPS of $0.72....