FeedPosted Feb 24th 2011 5:00PM by Steven Mallas (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Sears Holdings (SHLD)
Sears Holdings Corporation (SHLD) is having a sale today. On its stock. Question is, do you think it's cheap enough to be a value?
I have reservations about buying the current dip. At the time of this writing, shares of the retailer were off by 5.8% to $82.19. Active volume backed the move. Granted, it's not like the stock is at the 52-week low of $59.21. Things aren't that dire. But the company isn't close to the 52-week high of of $125.42, either. And as for the one-year chart, well, I'm not sure the image is one to praise.
Continue reading Sears Holdings Drops After Earnings Report
Posted Feb 24th 2011 8:38AM by Jason Raznick (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, General Motors (GM), Target Corp. (TGT), Sears Holdings (SHLD)

U.S. stock futures are lower this morning, as oil prices continued to surge. Futures on the
Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 46 points to 12,048 and S&P 500 stock futures fell 7.50 points to 1,298. Nasdaq 100 futures declined 14.50 points to 2,289.
Negative sentiment ruled the European markets today. While STOXX Europe 600 Index has dropped 0.71%, London's FTSE 100 Index moved down 0.47%.
Most Asian markets ended lower, with Japan's Nikkei Stock Average dropping 1.19%, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 dropping 0.70% and China's Shanghai Composite gaining 0.56%.
Continue reading U.S. Stock Futures Down on Surging Oil Prices
Posted Jan 21st 2011 11:30AM by Jason Raznick (RSS feed)
Filed under: Competitive Strategy, Penney (J.C.) (JCP), Sears Holdings (SHLD)
On Thursday, Dillard's (DDS) announced that it plans to form a wholly-owned real estate investment trust. The company will transfer some of its properties to the REIT and then lease back the properties from the entity. The company said that the move may enhance its ability to access debt or preferred stock and improve its liquidity.
The market is currently pricing REITs at rich valuations, and the transaction will allow Dillard's to better monetize its significant real-estate assets. By transferring these holdings into a publicly traded REIT, Dillard's should be able to unlock additional shareholder value. According to Craig Johnson, an analyst at Customer Growth Partners, "the sum of the parts can be greater than the sum of the whole."
Continue reading Buy Select Retailers on Dillard's Move into REITs
Posted Nov 19th 2010 10:40AM by Connie Madon (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Sears Holdings (SHLD)
It's been a strange marriage right from the start. Kmart, the discounter, joined with Sears, the department store retailer in 2005.
Both lines are in stiff competition with other brands, the USA Today reports. Kmart's competing with Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT), while Sears's competitors include Home Depot (HD) and Lowe's (LOW).
The Kmart-Sears combo has been lagging in the retail sector. On Thursday, Sears Holdings (SHLD) posted a loss of $218 million or $1.98 per share, compared with a loss of $127 million or $1.09 per share in the period last year. Revenue fell 5% to $9.68 billion. Analysts had expected $9.89 billion.
Continue reading Sears: A Retail Sector Laggard
Posted Nov 18th 2010 12:40PM by Brent Archer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Major Movement, Earnings Reports, Bad News, Sears Holdings (SHLD), Options, Technical Analysis
Sears Holdings (SHLD - option chain) stock is trading lower today after the company reported Q3 earnings this morning, posting a loss of $218 million, or $1.98 per share, on revenue of $9.68 billion. Analysts had forecast a loss of $1.07 per share on revenue of $9.95 billion. If you think this stock won't be rising too far in the coming months, then it could be a good time to look at a bearish hedged play on SHLD.
This morning, SHLD opened at $63.00. So far today the stock has hit a high of $64.44 and a low of $62.02. As of 12:10, SHLD is trading at $62.44, down $3.76 (-5.7%). The chart for SHLD looks bearish and S&P gives SHLD a negative 2 STARS (out of 5) sell ranking.
Continue reading Sears Posts Huge Q3 Loss
Posted Sep 22nd 2010 5:40PM by Paul Foster (RSS feed)
Filed under: Sears Holdings (SHLD), Options, Freep't McMoRan Copper (FCX)

Freeport McMoRan (
FCX) closed up $1.52 to $84.51. Copper prices closed up 2.54% according to Bloomberg. Overall option
implied volatility of 40 is near its 26-week average of 43 according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional price movement.
Sears Holding Corporation (
SHLD) closed up $3.62 to $71.77. SHLD October
call option implied volatility is at 38, puts are at 54. This is versus its 26 week average of 42, according to Track Data. Active volume suggesting larger price movement. Puts are trading higher than calls on SHLD being difficult to borrow.
Options Update is by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.Posted Aug 19th 2010 1:30PM by Brent Archer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Major Movement, Earnings Reports, Bad News, Sears Holdings (SHLD), Options, Technical Analysis

Sears Holdings (
SHLD -
option chain) stock is trading lower today after
the company posting a second-quarter loss of $39 million, or 35 cents per share this morning. Excluding one-time items, SHLD lost 19 cents per share on revenue of $10.46 billion. Analysts had forecast a loss of 18 cents per share on revenue of $10.62 billion. If you think this stock won't be rising too far in the coming months, then it could be a good time to look at a bearish hedged play on SHLD.
This morning, SHLD opened at $66.80. So far today the stock has hit a high of $66.80 and a low of $61.89. As of 12:10, SHLD is trading at $62.25, down $5.00 (-7.4%). The chart for SHLD looks bearish and
S&P gives SHLD a negative 2 STARS (out of 5) sell ranking.
Continue reading Sears Q2 Loss Bigger than Expected
Posted Jun 5th 2010 12:40PM by Steven Mallas (RSS feed)
Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), Target Corp. (TGT), Sears Holdings (SHLD)
Walmart (WMT) is a big-cap, blue-chip business in retail, one that competes with Sears Holdings (SHLD) and Target (TGT), among others. It's generally considered one of the safer, although considerably more boring, names in the universe of equities. However, could it be a defensive play in this economy?
Difficult to say for certain. As I've said before, I don't care what stock you hold in your portfolio, it'll go down if the markets become very choppy, defensive reputation or not. And Walmart isn't necessarily the first idea you think of when you think defensive. Usually, you might come up with a Coca-Cola (KO) or a Kraft (KFT) ... something with food involved, something that sells products consumers use and need every single day and can buy at multiple locations, not just at one single shopping source.
Continue reading Could Walmart Be a Defensive Play?
Posted May 22nd 2010 12:40PM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Wal-Mart (WMT), General Motors (GM), Home Depot (HD), Target Corp. (TGT), Applied Materials (AMAT), Sears Holdings (SHLD), Gap Inc (GPS), Lowe's Cos (LOW), Staples Inc (SPLS), Hormel Foods (HRL), Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF), Limited Brands (LTD), Deere and Co (DE), Nordstrom, Inc (JWN), Polo Ralph Lauren'A' (RL), salesforce.com inc (CRM), GameStop Corp (GME)
Below are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage on BloggingStocks. Click through to the original posts for more details.
- Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) shares sold off after it posted a narrower Q1 net loss, but same-store sales rose.
- Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT) swung from a year-ago loss to a Q2 profit that was better than expected.
- Deere & Co. (DE) reported better-than-expected Q2 earnings and improved sales, and raised its full-year outlook.
- Dell Inc. (DELL) posted better-than-expected Q1 earnings, but the gross margin was disappointing, and shares fell.
- GameStop Corp. (GME) higher Q1 earnings beat consensus estimates but same-store sales declined.
- Gap Inc. (GPS) said its higher Q1 earnings beat expectations while revenue fell in line with estimates.
Continue reading Earnings Highlights: Dell, Gap, GM, Home Depot, HP, Sears, Target, Walmart ...
Posted May 20th 2010 8:30AM by Melly Alazraki (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, International Markets, Market Matters, Applied Materials (AMAT), Sears Holdings (SHLD), Symantec Corp (SYMC), Economic Data

U.S. stock market futures fell sharply lower Thursday morning, indicating Wall Street is set to extend Wednesday's declines. Concerns over European debt persisted and the new unilateral regulations by Germany continued to shake markets. Investors also digested news the
Senate vote on Wall Street financial regulation failed as they awaited employment data out of the U.S.
Overseas, Asian markets fell Thursday, with Japan's Nikkei dropping 1.5% and China's Shanghai index down 1.2%. Geopolitical concerns as tensions between the U.S. and North Korea grew, didn't help sentiment there.
Continue reading Before the Bell: Wall Street Headed for Sharp Declined at Open
Posted May 18th 2010 5:30PM by Steven Mallas (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Wal-Mart (WMT), Target Corp. (TGT), Sears Holdings (SHLD), Costco Wholesale (COST)

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (
WMT), perhaps the most famous retailer in the world, whose competitors include Costco Wholesale Corporation (
COST), Sears Holdings (
SHLD), and Target Corporation (
TGT), is actually in the green as I compose this opening sentence during the afternoon trading session. Can you believe it? A stock actually in the green! After an earnings report, no less! It is currently higher by $1.62, or 3%, to $54.35. The traders are loving it, because volume is above average with a couple hours left to go before the bell tolls.
Wal-Mart hasn't been the most exciting stock over the last
twelve months. The range hasn't been too wide, with a 52-week low of $47.35 and a 52-week high of $56.27. And the stock has sort of meandered around in something of a sideways pattern (you do get a dividend with the shares, though, so there is a total-return situation going on).
Continue reading Wal-Mart's Q1: Comps Aren't So Cool
Posted May 12th 2010 9:30AM by Jeff Reeves (RSS feed)
Filed under: Amazon.com (AMZN), McDonald's (MCD), Sears Holdings (SHLD), Gannett Co (GCI), Eastman Kodak (EK), Nordstrom, Inc (JWN)

Call it Christmas come early: Last week we learned that stocks posted an average gain of about 9% for March retail sales. We also learned consumer spending in the U.S. rose in March by the most in five months, and many economists are predicting continued spending acceleration as the economy adds more jobs and gets back into the groove.
Already we've seen some red hot runs in the retail sector in anticipation of the consumer's return. Several consumer-related exchange-traded funds (
ETFs) have been tearing things up on Wall Street lately -- lapping the broader market at least four times over!
There are lots of great individual retail stocks out there -- and no shortage of reasons to buy Walmart (
WMT). But the fact is that blue chip retailers can often lag the broader sector, and small-cap retailers can sometimes be too volatile for many investors.
Continue reading Three Retail ETFs Beating the Market Four Times Over
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