Showing posts with label Talbots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Talbots. Show all posts

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Talbots (TLB) (MSO) (MW) (AHC) (NCS) (XUE) (LF) Biggest NYSE Gainers

Talbots (NYSE:TLB), Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE:MSO), The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (NYSE:MW), A H Belo Corp (NYSE:AHC), NCI Building Systems, Inc. (NYSE:NCS), Xueda Education (NYSE:XUE) and LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. (NYSE:LF) were the biggest gainers on the NYSE, Wednesday, December 7.

Talbots (TLB) ended the session up 67.95 percent, closing at $2.62. They traded in a range of $2.39 to $2.75. A total of 12,629,771 shares changed hands.

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (MSO) ended the session up 32.37 percent, closing at $4.13. They traded in a range of $3.81 to $4.30. A total of 4,484,029 shares changed hands.

The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (MW) ended the session up 20.12 percent, closing at $32.66. They traded in a range of $29.60 to $32.76. A total of 3,791,973 shares changed hands.

A H Belo Corp (AHC) ended the session up 15.13 percent, closing at $4.87. They traded in a range of $4.15 to $5.04. A total of 176,356 shares changed hands.

NCI Building Systems, Inc. (NCS) ended the session up 11.83 percent, closing at $10.40. They traded in a range of $9.82 to $10.55. A total of 481,203 shares changed hands.

Xueda Education (XUE) ended the session up 11.42 percent, closing at $5.17. They traded in a range of $4.50 to $5.33. A total of 161,462 shares changed hands.

LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. (LF) ended the session up 10.56 percent, closing at $5.97. They traded in a range of $5.41 to $5.98. A total of 1,355,241 shares changed hands.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Talbots (TLB) (TOL) (VE) (AON) (ATW) (AYR) Ratings, Price Target

Talbots (TLB), Toll Brothers, Inc. (TOL), Veolia Environnement (VE), Aon Co. (AON), Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (ATW) and Aircastle Limited (AYR) ratings and price targets.

Wedbush upgraded Talbots (TLB) from an “Underperform” rating to a “Neutral” rating. They have a price target of $3.00 on the company.

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) raised its price target on Toll Brothers, Inc.
(TOL) to $22.00.

Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) downgraded Veolia Environnement (VE) from a “Buy” rating to a “Hold” rating.

RBC Capital upgraded Aon Co. (AON) from a “Sector Perform” rating to an “Outperform” rating.

Morgan Keegan upgraded Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (ATW) from a “Market Perform” rating to an “Outperform” rating.

Guggenheim initiated coverage on Aircastle Limited (AYR). They placed a “Buy” rating on the company.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Zions (ZION) (CHKP) (NUVA) (TLB) (HANS) (HAS) Upgraded

Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ: ZION), Check Point Software (NASDAQ: CHKP), NuVasive (NASDAQ: NUVA), Talbots (NYSE: TLB), Hansen Natural Co. (NASDAQ: HANS) and Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS) upgraded by analysts.

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) upgraded Check Point Software (CHKP) from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating. They have a price target of $71.00 on the company.

Longbow Research upgraded Hansen Natural Co. (HANS) from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating.

BMO Capital Markets upgraded Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) to a “market perform” rating.

NuVasive (NUVA) was upgraded by Robert W. Baird from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating. They have a price target of $42.00 on the company, up from $32.00.

Talbots (TLB) was upgraded by Janney Montgomery Scott from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating. They have a price target of $3.00 on the company.

Zions Bancorporation (ZION) was upgraded by Compass Point from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating. They have a price target of $23.00 on the company, up from $21.00.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Ratings on (SFD) (TLB) (TSN) (VE) Downgraded

Ratings on Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD), Talbots (NYSE: TLB), Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) and Veolia Environnement (NYSE: VE) downgraded by analysts.

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) downgraded Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD) from an “underperform” rating to a “sell” rating. They have a price target of $20.00 on the company.

Lazard Capital downgraded Talbots (TLB) from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating.

Bank of America downgraded Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN) from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating. They have a price target of $17.00 on the company.

WestLB downgraded Veolia Environnement (VE) to a “buy” rating.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Morgan Stanley (MS) Likes (MSFT)(BAC)(AKS)(PEP), Among Laggards

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) released a list of stock laggards today in a report, with parameters of trailing their respective sectors by at least 10 percent over the last six months.

Among the shares they recommend buying in the group are Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), down 15.1%; Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), down 7.6%; AK Steel Holdings (NYSE:AKS), down 15%; PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP), down 10.9%; Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR), down 15.7%; Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), down 14.2%; and Talbots (NYSE:TLB), down 67.1%.

All of the stocks listed above have ratings of "Equal Weight" or "Overweight."

Morgan Stanley said a strategy of acquiring only laggards — rebalancing every month to buy the worst-performing quintile in the S&P 1500 on a trailing six-month basis — would have resulted in a 60% gain since January 2007, better than the S&P 500.




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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

AnnTaylor Stores (NYSE:ANN) Selloff Overdone Say Janney Montgomery Scott

AnnTaylor Stores (NYSE:ANN) sold off about 6 percent of what appears to be a read-through trade based on the slashing of guidance by Talbots (NYSE:TLB).

JMS says, "On January 11, ANN sold off roughly 6% on what we believe was a read-through trade from the dramatically lowered guidance issued by Talbots (NYSE:TLB). TLB commented specifically on not seeing improvements in weeks 4 and 5 of December as they went deeper into promotions. We believe it is important to note that the issues faced by TLB appear to be company-specific issues with merchandise and promotions; as such, we would use the recent sell-off to accumulate shares of ANN...We do not see risk to our and the consensus estimate of $0.14 for 4Q10 and believe there could be potential for upside. We are also comfortable with our FY2011 EPS estimate of $1.66 versus the street at $1.63."

Janney Montgomery Scott maintains a "Buy" rating on AnnTaylor Stores, which was trading at $24.24, up $1.60, or 7.11 percent, as of 12:43 PM EST. Talbots was trading at $6.12, down $0.12, or 1.92 percent. Janney has a price target on AnnTaylor of $32.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Jefferies Bearish on Coach (NYSE:COH), rue21 (Nasdaq:RUE), Tiffany (NYSE:TIF), Aeropostale (NYSE:ARO), Talbots (NYSE:TLB0), Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN)

While Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) acknowledges some specialty retailers will do better in 2011 than others, it particulary notes those with stronger international exposure, although they downgraded Coach (NYSE:COH), rue21 (Nasdaq:RUE), Aeropostale (NYSE:ARO), Tiffany (NYSE:TIF), Talbots (NYSE:TLB0), Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN).

They lowered their ratings on all of the above from "Buy" to "Hold," with the exception of Aeropostale, which they lowered from "Hold" to "Underperform."

They're more bullish on Abercrombie & Fitch Company (NYSE:ANF), Fossil (Nasdaq:FOSL) and Guess? (NYSE:GES).

Jefferies commented on speciality retailers, saying, "Our 2010 call to sell off-price worked in 2H but not in 1H. We believe the value trade of the last few years was cyclical not secular, and expect a very difficult road ahead for this part of the market. Our ARO call follows this theme."

Coach was trading at $54.67, down $0.64, or 1.16 percent, as of 1:03 PM EST. rue21 was trading at $30.19, up $0.88, or 3.00 percent. Tiffany was at $62.43, gaining $0.16, or 0.26 percent. Talbots was trading at $8.42, down $0.10, or 1.17 percent. Urban Outfitters was at $35.26, down $0.51, or 1.42 percent. Aeropostale was at $24.03, down $0.61, or 2.48 percent.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Talbots (NYSE:TLB) Needs to Improve Top-line Performance Say Jefferies (NYSE:JEF)

Talbots (NYSE:TLB) has a strong need to improve their top-line performance say Jefferies (NYSE:JEF), who lowered their EPS estimates and PT on the specialty retailer.

Jefferies lowered their EPS/revenue estimates for full year 2010 and full year 2011 to $0.75/$1.23 billion and $1.00/$1.26 billion from $0.90/$1.23 billion and $1.15/$1.3 billion.

Positives on Talbots is their product line, brand, management shuffle and infrastructure improvements, according to Jefferies.

Jefferies maintains a "Buy" rating on them, citing the sole reason as valuation. Talbots closed at $8.28, down $0.53, or 6.02 percent. They lowered their price target from $18 to $17.