Personal Products

Coventry Health Care Inc (NYSE: CVH) is expected to post its Q4 earnings at $0.88 per share on revenue of $3.01 billion. Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is projected to report its earnings at $0.56 per share on revenue of $10.52 billion in first quarter. McClatchy Co (NYSE: MNI) is expected to post its Q4...

PetSmart Inc (NASDAQ: PETM) shares reached $42.19 to create a new 52-week high, before falling to $42.00, representing a 1.25% gain. Analysts at JMP Securities upgraded PETM from “market perform” to “market outperform.” InterDigital Inc (NASDAQ: IDCC) shares jumped 4.66% to touch a new 52-week high...

UBS is out with a research report this morning regarding its Ratings and Price Target changes. In the report, UBS lowered its AutoNation (NYSE: AN) price target to $27 from $20, lowered its CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) price target to $42 from $46, raised Diamond Offshore Drilling's (NYSE: DO) price...

Piper Jaffray raised its Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL) price target to $88 from $80 and maintained its Neutral rating in a research report published today. In the report, Piper Jaffray states, "Estee Lauder was clicking on all cylinders in FQ2, with all regions and product categories showing growth....

Reliv International, Inc. (Nasdaq: RELV) today announced that it will release financial results for the quarter ended December 31 & year-end 2010, and hold a conference call with investors at 1:00 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. The Company plans to hold the investor conference call...

Piper Jaffray has raised the price target on Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL) from $80 to $88 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Estee Lauder (EL) reported robust results for the second-quarter of fiscal 2011 with quarterly earnings of $1.77 per share. Earnings were well ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.44 and soared 38% from $1.28 delivered in the prior-year quarter. New York-based Estee Lauder now expects...

Estee Lauder (EL) reported robust results for the second-quarter of fiscal 2011 with quarterly earnings of $1.77 per share. Earnings were well ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.44 and soared 38% from $1.28 delivered in the prior-year quarter. New York-based Estee Lauder now expects...

Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) today announced a 4.5% increase in its regular quarterly dividend. The new dividend rate will be $.23 per common share, up from $.22 per share, beginning with the first-quarter dividend payable March 1, 2011, to shareholders of record February 17, 2011. On an...

Miramar, Florida-based Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (Nasdaq: RDEN) released financial results on Thursday morning that beat Wall Street earnings estimates, while missing revenue expectations. Elizabeth Arden, Inc announced that its 2nd quarter net income climbed to $34.0 million, or $1.19 per share, up...

Goldman Sachs is out with a research note this morning, where it suggests that traders buy strangles on Avon Products (NYSE: AVP) ahead of earnings. Goldman Sachs consumer products analyst, Andrew Sawyer, rates AVP as a Sell and is bearish into the company's Q4 earnings on February 8th. The...

Citi is maintaining its Hold rating for Alberto-Culver Co. (NYSE: ACV) after ACV reported pro forma EPS of $0.52, ahead of Citi's estimates but below consensus. In the report, Citi notes that GAAP EPS was $0.47, with transaction costs associated with ACV's acquisition by Unilever causing the $0.05...

Melrose Park, Illinois-based Alberto-Culver Company (NYSE: ACV) released financial results on Monday morning that missed Wall Street estimates. Alberto-Culver Company announced that its 1st quarter net earnings rose to $47.6 million, or 47 cents per share, up from $36.6 million, or 37 cents per...

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