Coach

Accessible luxury retailer Coach (NYSE: COH) will announce its holiday quarter earnings shortly, so I wanted to set things up beforehand in typical Real Deal style. One key to being a successful investor is averting disasters in the portfolio by properly fitting pieces of a puzzle (macro plus...

The payroll tax cut debate is heating up in the U.S. Congress right before the holidays, as the politicians are trying to find a mutual ground. President Obama and the democrats have been defending the pay roll tax cuts, whereas the republican politicians have been reluctant to extend them. The...

Apparel makers Liz Claiborne (NYSE: LIZ) and PVH (NYSE: PVH) reached new 52-week highs of $8.80 and $75.91 per share, respectively, in yesterday's trading session. Liz Claiborne announced yesterday that it had completed the sale of its namesake brand to JCPenney (NYSE: JCP). And on Tuesday, the...

The earnings crunch is in full swing this this week. Quarterly results are due from the likes of Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), from which analysts expect to see year-over-year earnings growth, as well as...

Tiffany (NYSE: TIF) is scheduled to report second-quarter 2011 results Friday, August 26, before the opening bell. The luxury goods retailer has been on a roll, with double-digit growth of both EPS and revenues in the previous three quarters. Investors will be looking for that momentum to continue...

Quarterly reports of note scheduled for this week include those from Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), General Motors (NYSE: GM), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), all of which are expected to post earnings growth, as well as Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)...

Coach (NYSE: COH) and Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) reached new 52-week highs of $66.14 and $59.52 per share, respectively, in Friday's trading session. Coach has been buying back shares and it posted strong quarterly results in April, due in part to strong direct-to-consumer sales, as well...

Piper Jaffray, which raised its PT on shares of Coach (NYSE: COH), is providing some color on the stock. “We are incrementally more confident in Coach's growth prospects following a series of meetings in the UK with SVP of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications Andrea Shaw Resnick,...

Piper Jaffray has raised the price target on Coach (NYSE: COH) from $72 to $73 and maintains its Overweight rating.

J.P. Morgan is out with its report today on Coach (NYSE: COH), raising its PT from $56 to $66. In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan writes, "We are raising our Q4/CY2011/CY2012 EPS estimates to $0.66/$3.12/$3.65 (from $0.63/$3.04/$3.50) driven by better performance from Japan (relative to our...

JP Morgan has raised the price target on Coach (NYSE: COH) from $56 to $66 and maintains its Overweight rating.

The royal wedding is just around the corner and people across the world will be tuning in to watch the lavish ceremony. More than one million visitors are expected to make the trip to London for a front-row seat. Huge spikes in tourism coupled with retailers of all kinds are developing products to...

According to Wall Street Strategies, Coach (NYSE: COH) is still in the game, despite Japan. Wall Street Strategies said that it entered into fresh positions on Coach (COH) in the lead up to 3Q11 earnings, believing the risk reward was compelling in an environment rife with valid concern (Coach...

According to Jefferies, Coach (NYSE: COH) reports F3Q'11 EPS on 4/26/11. Jefferies said that it estimates EPS of 60c, in line with Cons., and expect good sales trends in the qtr. “However, we remain on the sidelines given full valuation, rising competition in the US market, and earnings risk from...

Goldman Sachs is out with its report today on Coach (NYSE: COH), previewing its Q3 11 earnings. In a note to clients, Goldman Sachs writes, "Though we suspect there is probably some upside to GS/ consensus of $0.60, we do not expect a dramatic beat as: (1) The few data points we have to benchmark...