Macy’s

The Nasdaq closed up more than 1%, the Dow and S&P 500 less than 1%, yesterday. Plenty of stocks rose to new 52-week highs during the trading session. Among them were Cost Plus World Market (NASDAQ: CPWM) and Pier 1 Imports (NYSE: PIR), which reached multiyear highs of $13.54 and $15.80 per...

The holiday shopping season seems to be going better than early forecasts suggested. So here are seven retail stocks that might be worth a look. All have double-digit returns on equity and double-digit long-range EPS growth forecasts. Each is up more than 10% over the past year as well. DSW (NYSE...

comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) reports that U.S. online holiday spending is approaching $25 billion for the season, an increase of 15% from the previous year. Is this huge news? It is for online retailers. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) have been trying to move shoppers out of traditional...

Much of the focus this week will be on retailers. The wave started with last week's strong results from Dillard's (NYSE: DDS), Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) and Macy's (NYSE: M). Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) posted solid results as well. On the schedule for this week are Abercrombie & Fitch, (NYSE: ANF), Home...

Many of the S&P 500 have already reported results for the most recent quarter. But lots of earnings reports are scheduled for this week. Among those reporting are General Motors (NYSE: GM), as well as the first of a wave of results from retailers: Macy's (NYSE: M), Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) and...

Lots of stocks hit 52-week highs yesterday as the markets rose. Among them were department store operator Macy's (NYSE: M) and fashion retailer Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN), which reached $31.37 and $53.35 per share, respectively, in Monday's trading session. Cincinnati-based Macy's reported strong...

The focus this week, at least initially, will no doubt be on the effect of the downgrade of U.S. debt. But there will be plenty more earnings as well, including reports from Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Aol (NYSE: AOL). The parade of retail...

The earnings spotlight turns to retail this coming week with quarterly reports due from the likes of Kohl's (NYSE: KSS), Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN). Analysts are looking for earnings growth from these three. And investors may take some comfort from the fact that, last week, many...

Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) is scheduled to report first-quarter 2011 results after the market closes on Thursday, May 12. Analysts expect the specialty retailer to announce that earnings came to $0.66 per share. That is up from the consensus estimate of $0.63 some 60 days ago, as well as up from per-...

Citi is raising its TP for Kohl's Corp. (NYSE: KSS) from $69 to $70, as well as its target for Macy's (NYSE: M) to from $31 to $32. Citi is also lowering its target on shares of Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT), which drops from $69 to $68. Kohl's Corp. closed at $54.76; Macy's closed at $25.40; Target...

After close yesterday, Dillard's, Inc. (NYSE: DDS) saw an almost immediate boost in trading, with shares rising nearly 6%. This afternoon, the retailer continued rising, with shares up more than 15% – surpassing the 10-year high that was achieved last December while abolishing the dreaded low of...