Personal Products

Revlon, Inc. (NYSE: REV) today announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010. Third quarter 2010 results compared to third quarter 2009 are as follows: Net sales of $319.0 million compared to $326.2 million, a decrease of 2.2%. Excluding unfavorable foreign currency...

Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) released financial results on Thursday morning that missed Wall Street earnings and revenue estimates. Avon Products, Inc announced that its 3rd quarter net income rose to $167.5 million, or 38 cents per share, up from $157.6 million, or 36 cents per share, a year...

Avon Products Inc. (AVP), the world's largest direct seller of beauty products, is scheduled to release its third-quarter 2010 results on Thursday, October 28 before the market opens. The current Zacks Consensus Estimate for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 is 47 cents a share. Second Quarter...

Cusick's Corner In the words of the infamous song “Pina Colada” – “I was tired of my lady, we've been together too long, like a worn out recording of a favorite song,” the market seems to have tired of the old QE2 is-a-coming talk and maybe tired of this current run. Folks, we have been hearing...

Cusick's Corner As I have stated in past Corners, as the Euro Currency goes so does the market -- that correlation between FXE and SPY is still intact today. The Euro FXE pulled back in the last week from the $1.40 to the $1.37 and the SPY has been in lock step with this move. Both markets are...

Inter Parfums, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAR) today announced that net sales for the third quarter of 2010 reached $120.9 million, a 2.8% increase from $117.5 million in the third quarter of 2009. At comparable foreign currency exchange rates, net sales for the third quarter were up 12.9%. Thus, net sales for...

Below are the top small-cap healthcare stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Trinity Biotech Plc (NASDAQ: TRIB) is 56.37%. TRIB's profit margin for the same period is 59.32%. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at USANA...

Cusick's Corner The market did what we thought it would -- pullback, 1162 on the Dec S&Ps, firm up and now stuck in a Midday consolidation. At this stage unless you see a major surprise in employment, interest rates or a string of negative earnings in this cycle, this trend is intact and these...

Unconfirmed Rumor continue to circulate that Loreal is going to buy Avon Products Inc. (AVP) at $50.00 a share

Goldman Sachs is reiterating its Neutral rating on The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL), despite seeing positive trends in the month of September. In a note to clients, Goldman writes, "We are encouraged by the improved fundamentals in the US prestige cosmetics industry, as well as Estee's...

Schiff Nutrition International, Inc., (NYSE: WNI), announced today that TPG Growth, the middle market buyout and growth platform of TPG, a global private investment firm, has purchased approximately 25% of Schiff Nutrition's fully diluted outstanding shares from Weider Health and Fitness, Schiff...