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Closing Bell: The Directionless Day (AAPL, ANF, BA, FXI, ISPH, MRK, NSM, TXN)

Stocks had another mixed day, despite some key winners and losers. China's surprise rate hike came amid word of a rate by the European Central Bank, expected on Thursday of this week. Brent Crude hit what appears to be a two-year high and even Ben Bernanke's remarks on inflation didn't add much to the mix. That being said, it was not known until the final minute if the markets were going to be in the red or the black for the trading day.

Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow Jones: 12,393.90 -6.13 (-0.05%)

S&P500: 1,332,63 -0.24 (-0.02%)

Nasdaq: 2,791,19 +2.00 (0.07%)

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades

Continue reading Closing Bell: The Directionless Day (AAPL, ANF, BA, FXI, ISPH, MRK, NSM, TXN)

Analyst Calls: ANF, BBBY, CIEN, CP, EXPE, ICE, NVDA, QCOM, SONC ...

Analyst Upgrades

  • Expedia (EXPE) to buy from hold at Citigroup.
  • Weatherford (WFT) to outperform from market perform at Wells Fargo.
  • Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) to buy from neutral at BofA/Merrill.
  • MDC Holdings (MDC) to outperform from neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • AutoNavi (AMAP) to buy from neutral at Goldman.
  • Ciena (CIEN) and Nvidia (NVDA) to neutral from underweight at JPMorgan.
  • Canadian Pacific (CP) to outperform from market perform at Raymond James.
  • First Midwest (FMBI) and Quiksilver (ZQK) to buy from hold at Jefferies.
  • Sonic (SONC) to neutral from negative at Susquehanna.
  • MIPS Technologies (MIPS) to buy from hold at Benchmark Co.
  • Arrow Electronics (ARW) and Avnet (AVT) to buy from hold at Stifel Nicolaus.

Continue reading Analyst Calls: ANF, BBBY, CIEN, CP, EXPE, ICE, NVDA, QCOM, SONC ...

Abercrombie Results Confirm International Focus and Solid Growth Outlook

Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) is a leading apparel company that primarily targets teens and young adults in the United States. It competes with retailers like Aeropostale (ARO), Gap (GPS), J.Crew Group (JCG) and Urban Outfitters (URBN), and owns apparel brands such as A&F, Hollister and Gilly Hicks.

Our price estimate for Abercrombie & Fitch stock is $60.44, roughly 10% above the current market price. We estimate that A&F stores account for 29% of the company's stock value compared to 25% for Hollister stores. The Internet and catalog orders contribute around 23%.

Continue reading Abercrombie Results Confirm International Focus and Solid Growth Outlook

Week in Preview: Walmart, Home Depot and More Retail Earnings

earnings expectationsBarnes & Noble, the Gap, RadioShack, and Sears -- that may sound like the lineup at the local mall, but in fact they are just a few of the retailers scheduled to step into the earnings spotlight this week. Following last week's disappointing January retail sales numbers from the Commerce Department but strong fourth-quarter reports from Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) and Nordstrom (JWN), the coming week will offer plenty more data on the sector for investors to mull over.

Walmart

Bentonville-based Walmart (WMT) offered free holiday shipping, closed its Moscow office and named a chief merchandising officer during its fourth quarter. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters forecast earnings for that period to come to $1.31 per share, up from $1.17 in the same quarter of last year. The world's largest retailer also is expected to post revenues of $117.7 billion for the three months that ended in January. That's 3.5% more than a year earlier.

Continue reading Week in Preview: Walmart, Home Depot and More Retail Earnings

Abercrombie & Fitch Growing Globally, Improving Margins

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) is a leading apparel company that primarily targets teens and young adults in the U.S. It competes with retailers like Aeropostale (ARO), Gap (GPS), J.Crew Group (JCG) and Urban Outfitters (URBN), and owns apparel brands such as A&F, Hollister and Gilly Hicks.

Looking at the Holiday Season

Our price estimate for Abercrombie & Fitch stock is $53.34, roughly 6% above market price. We estimate that A&F Stores account for 37% of the company's stock value compared to 29% for Hollister stores. The Internet & Catalog Orders contribute around 19%.

Continue reading Abercrombie & Fitch Growing Globally, Improving Margins

Analyst Calls: ANF, CA, HBAN, MSFT, NTAP, NVDA, OWW, ORCL, RHT ...

Analyst Upgrades

  • Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) to positive from neutral at Susquehanna.
  • tw telecom (TWTC) to outperform from neutral at Cowen.
  • Agree Realty (ADC) to buy from neutral at Janney Capital.
  • Millicom (MICC) to buy from neutral at Nomura.
  • BioMed Realty (BMR) to outperform from market perform at FBR Capital.
  • Realty Income (O) to buy from neutral at BofA/Merrill.

Continue reading Analyst Calls: ANF, CA, HBAN, MSFT, NTAP, NVDA, OWW, ORCL, RHT ...

Abercrombie & Fitch Near 52-Week High After Q4 Report

Did you catch the action in Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) today? The market apparently loved the data in the fourth-quarter report. With a little more than an hour to go before the end of the regular session, I'm seeing a quote of $57.37. That puts the gain in the shares at 7.4%. Volume is quite strong.

The 52-week low for this retailer is $29.94 and the 52-week high is $58.50. The chart shows the upward movement in the stock over the last twelve months. Not the smoothest rise ever plotted on a graph, but a rise nonetheless.

Continue reading Abercrombie & Fitch Near 52-Week High After Q4 Report

Analyst Calls: ANF, CAM, CLX, EXPE, GME, MU, NAV, NOK, WMT ...

Analyst Upgrades

  • Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) to outperform from market perform at Wells Fargo.
  • Trinity Industries (TRN) to buy from hold at BB&T.
  • Cameron (CAM) to outperform from sector perform at RBC Capital.
  • Expedia (EXPE) to positive from neutral at Susquehanna.
  • Micron (MU) to buy from hold at Lazard Capital.

Continue reading Analyst Calls: ANF, CAM, CLX, EXPE, GME, MU, NAV, NOK, WMT ...

Week in Preview: Mid-Quarter Earnings (DELL, SJM, MAR, JWN)

earnings expectationsWe're well into the quarter now and the earnings reports continue to roll out.

This week, Dell (DELL) highlights a handful of results from tech companies. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters are looking for fourth-quarter earnings of 37 cents per share from the one of the world's top PC purveyors. That's up from 28 cents per share during the same period a year ago. Dell also is expected to report its revenue grew 5.5% year over year to $15.7 billion, for the three months that ended in January.

Continue reading Week in Preview: Mid-Quarter Earnings (DELL, SJM, MAR, JWN)

Analyst Calls: AA, AAPL, ATHR, BKS, CL, CLX, EL, HBAN, NCR, NVDA, XRTX ...

Analyst Upgrades

  • TCF Financial (TCB) to buy from hold at Deutsche Bank.
  • Exelon (EXC) to market perform from underperform at Wells Fargo.
  • Nvidia (NVDA) and Boyd Gaming (BYD) upgraded to overweight from equal weight at Barclays.
  • Estee Lauder (EL) to buy from neutral at UBS.
  • Webster Financial (WBS) to buy from hold at Jefferies.
  • Skilled Healthcare (SKH) to outperform from market perform at Morgan Keegan.
  • Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR) to outperform from market perform at Leerink.
  • NCR Corp. (NCR) to outperform from neutral at Wedbush.
  • Barnes & Noble (BKS) to neutral from underperform and Pioneer Natural (PXD) to outperform from neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • Autodesk (ADSK) to buy from neutral at Goldman.

Continue reading Analyst Calls: AA, AAPL, ATHR, BKS, CL, CLX, EL, HBAN, NCR, NVDA, XRTX ...

Week in Preview: Retailers Offer Up Earnings (WMT, ANF, LOW, TGT)

shop windowLast week, Macy's (M) and JCPenney (JCP) kicked off the retail earnings season by posting better-than-expected earnings for the most recent quarter. Many more quarterly reports from retailers are due this week, and by and large expectations of analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters are high.

Walmart (WMT), the king of retailers, is expected to buck the trend, though. Analysts anticipate that the Bentonville-based company will report that its third-quarter earnings grew only 6.7% year-over-year to 90 cents per share. During the three months that ended in October, Walmart announced an acquisition in South Africa and kicked-off the holiday shopping season, and revenue for that period is predicted to have risen 3.0% to $102.4 billion. Looking ahead to the fourth quarter, analysts so far expect sequential and year-over-year growth of both earnings and revenue. Walmart results have not fallen short of consensus estimates in the past five quarters.

Continue reading Week in Preview: Retailers Offer Up Earnings (WMT, ANF, LOW, TGT)

Options Update: CBOE Volatility Index-VIX Up 1.93 to 20.57; S&P 500 Down 1.19%

Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) is expected to report Q3 EPS on November 16. November option implied volatility is elevated at 59, while January flat at 48, according to Track Data, suggesting larger near-term price movement.

SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) overall implied volatility is at 21; the 26-week average is 20. Gold was down 2.54% to $1367.70, according to Bloomberg.

Options Update is by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.

Analyst Calls: ANF, BBT, COH, GPS, JCG, KKR, MOT, OSG, UA, UBS, WEC ...

Analyst Upgrades

  • BB&T (BBT) was upgraded to buy from neutral at Janney Montgomery.
  • Amylin (AMLN) was upgraded to outperform from market perform at Leerink.
  • Wells Fargo upgraded Morton's Restaurant (MRT) to outperform from market perform.
  • Check Point (CHKP) was upgraded to overweight from neutral at HSBC.
  • Deutsche Bank upgraded Excel Maritime (EXM) to buy from hold.
  • JinkoSolar (JKS) was upgraded to buy from hold at Auriga.
  • Piper Jaffray upgraded Compellent (CML) to overweight from neutral.
  • BofA/Merrill upgraded Crane (CR) to buy from neutral.
  • Goldman upgraded Wisconsin Energy (WEC) to conviction buy from buy and American Electric (AEP) to buy from neutral.
  • Motorola (MOT) was upgraded due to increasing carrier support by MKM Partners.
  • Under Armour (UA) was upgraded to buy from neutral at Sterne Agee.

Continue reading Analyst Calls: ANF, BBT, COH, GPS, JCG, KKR, MOT, OSG, UA, UBS, WEC ...

Analyst Calls: ACLI, ADM, ANF, BLK, BP, COST, EMC, FO, NE, PEET, UNFI ...

Analyst Upgrades

  • Deutsche Bank upgraded EMC (EMC) to buy from hold after channel checks indicated storage demand remains solid. The firm sees potential upside in 2011 from the company's new products and upped its target for shares to $25 from $20.
  • BB&T upgraded American Commercial (ACLI) to buy with a $50 target based on pricing leverage and cost reductions.
  • Argus upgraded Abercrombie (ANF) to buy with a $52 target based on accelerating comps.
  • PerkinElmer (PKI) was upgraded to equal weight from underweight at Barclays.
  • Valeant (VRX) was upgraded to market perform from underperform at Wells Fargo with a $26 to $28 valuation range.
  • Blackrock (BLK) was upgraded to buy from hold at Deutsche Bank.

Continue reading Analyst Calls: ACLI, ADM, ANF, BLK, BP, COST, EMC, FO, NE, PEET, UNFI ...

Options Update: Abercrombie & Fitch Volatility Flat as Shares Rally on Sept. Sales

Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) closed up $3.44 to $42.03 on better-than-expected same-store sales. Call option volume of 18K contracts compares to put volume of 16K contracts. October put option implied volatility is at 43, November and January is at 46, near its 26-week average, according to Track Data, indicating non-directional larger price movement.

Adobe (ADBE) options active and volatility increases as shares rally 11%.

BMC Software (BMC) calls active as shares rally 6% to a ten-year high.

CBOE Volatility Index-VIX up 7 cents to $21.56 into September employment report.

Options Update is by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.

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