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Benzinga's Bulls & Bears Of The Week: Amazon, Costco, Netflix, Tesla And More
Sunday, March 11, 2018 - 5:48pm | 877Read More...Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included top semiconductor stocks and the e-commerce leader. Bearish calls featured an electric vehicle giant and a video streaming leader. The bull run is now officially nine years old and there...
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Analyst Confident In Helios And Matheson Thanks To MoviePass
Wednesday, January 3, 2018 - 11:58am | 376Read More...Between its $60 million capital raise, MoviePass’s revenue deal with an independent distributor and the striking of 1 million MoviePass subscribers, Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc (NASDAQ: HMNY) had a good December. The Rating Maxim Group analyst Brian Kinstlinger reiterated a Buy on...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Walmart, China Mobile, Match And More
Saturday, October 7, 2017 - 6:56pm | 547Read More...This weekend's Barron's examines how the world's largest retailer is getting its growth back on track. Other featured articles discuss an upscale furnishings retailer with pricey shares and a Chinese telecom leader with a lot of cash. An IT leader and an online dating websites operator are also...
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Costco Gains Momentum Even As Market Wrings Its Hands Over The Amazon Threat
Thursday, August 31, 2017 - 12:15pm | 341Read More...Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST)’s August same-store sales were up 7.3 percent, and net sales in the month finished at $9.8 billion, exceeding expectations. The same-store sales number beat Deutsche Bank’s projection of 5 percent, analyst Paul Trussell said in a Wednesday...
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Costco, Buckle, L Brands: A Preview Of July's Retail Sales
Monday, July 31, 2017 - 4:09pm | 547Read More...Deutsche Bank has released several new analyst notes offering its take on gauging the retail sector’s performance in July. L Brands: Buy Rating, $60 Price Target Despite L Brands Inc (NYSE: LB)'s recent slowdown, and struggling Victoria's Secret brand, Deutsche Bank analyst Paul...
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'Amazon Fears' Are Plaguing Costco, BMO's Retail Analyst Says In Downgrade Note
Monday, July 10, 2017 - 11:33am | 379Read More...Analysts at BMO Capital Markets' bullish stance on Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) no longer applies due to Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s grocery ambitions. BMO's Kelly Bania downgrades Costco's stock rating from Outperform to Market Perform with a price target lowered from $185 to...
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Costco Improves Across Categories With Strong June Showing; Competition Concerns Linger
Thursday, July 6, 2017 - 10:26am | 341Read More...Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) reported on Wednesday its monthly sales and performance metrics for June, which were impressive but not enough to turn some analysts incrementally bullish. Wells Fargo's Zachary Fadem maintains a Market Perform rating on Costco's stock with an unchanged $...
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Deutsche Bank Speculates: Costco Could Be Past Its Prime
Monday, June 19, 2017 - 8:47am | 462Read More...Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST), fresh off a 7 percent decline on Friday, was slapped with a downgrade Monday by analysts at Deutsche Bank who believe the wholesaler is past its prime. Deutsche Bank's Paul Trussell downgraded Costco's stock rating from Buy to Hold with a price...
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Nobody Told Costco About The Retail Slump
Friday, May 26, 2017 - 12:26pm | 426Read More...Strong third-quarter results from Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) have Baird doubling down on the stock. The firm reiterated its Outperform and $200 price target on Costco after the warehouse club reported a Q3 EPS of $1.40, beating estimates of $1.31, and comps up 5 percent. “...
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Retail Earnings Expectations: Costco And Lowe's
Monday, May 22, 2017 - 8:58am | 616Read More...Reports from two big-box retailers will be among earnings highlights this week. Both of them are considered to be less affected by big e-commerce. Wall Street analysts expect good showings from each of them. The parade of big retailers sharing their latest quarterly results continues. While so...
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Retail Earnings Expectations: Home Depot And Target
Sunday, May 14, 2017 - 12:45pm | 661Read More...Reports from two big-box retailers will be among earnings highlights this week. Wall Street analysts expect very different results each of them. Just one of them exceeded earnings expectations in the previous two periods. The parade of big retailers sharing their latest quarterly results has...
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Benzinga's Bulls And Bears For The Past Week: Semiconductors And Warren Buffett
Monday, May 8, 2017 - 10:08am | 692Read More...Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. That includes the outlook for three prominent semiconductor stocks. Also, Warren Buffett's name was seen a number of times in the week's coverage. The major indexes lingered near all-time highs this past week...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Amazon, Novartis, Tesla And More
Sunday, May 7, 2017 - 2:06pm | 642Read More...This weekend's Barron's takes a look at why the king of e-commerce must avoid becoming too profitable. Other featured articles offer the prospects for retail stocks that benefit from woes in the sector and a Swiss drug giant with an underappreciated pipeline. The outlook for the...
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Does Costco's Special Dividend Prove Retailing Isn't Dead?
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 10:34am | 465Read More...2017 could prove to be a record-breaking year for retailers closing their stores, but one company demonstrated a sign of strength by doing something no other retailer has done since early 2016. Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) announced on Tuesday it will pay investors more than $3...
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Barron's Big Money Poll: The Bulls Rule
Monday, October 17, 2016 - 6:44am | 653Read More...The cover story in this weekend's Barron's shares the results of the latest Big Money Poll. U.S. money managers share their outlook for interest rates, the economy and more, including stock picks for the next 12 months. Other featured articles offer various Barron's stock...
















