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The holiday shopping season seems to be going better than early forecasts suggested. So here are seven retail stocks that might be worth a look. All have double-digit returns on equity and double-digit long-range EPS growth forecasts. Each is up more than 10% over the past year as well. DSW (NYSE...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...

Much of the focus this week will be on retailers. The wave started with last week's strong results from Dillard's (NYSE: DDS), Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) and Macy's (NYSE: M). Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) posted solid results as well. On the schedule for this week are Abercrombie & Fitch, (NYSE: ANF), Home...

Shoppertrak may suggest that retailers have little to look forward to this coming holiday season, but here are seven retailers that are riding high now. The share prices of most of them have jumped more than 10% in the past month and they are all trading near their 52-week highs. AutoZone (NYSE:...

Earnings season is not over yet. Among the companies on deck to report quarterly results this coming week are Deere (NYSE: DE), Smucker (NYSE: SJM) and Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL). Analysts expect Deere's per-share earnings to be more than 13% higher than a year ago. Smucker's earnings are forecast to...

The earnings spotlight turns to retail this coming week with quarterly reports due from the likes of Kohl's (NYSE: KSS), Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN). Analysts are looking for earnings growth from these three. And investors may take some comfort from the fact that, last week, many...

Wedbush is out with its report today on Gap (NYSE: GPS), lowering its PT from $19 to $18. In a note to clients, Wedbush writes, "Our new $18 price target is derived by applying a discounted multiple of 11x (vs. GPS' 5-year historical average of ~14x) to our new F12 EPS estimate of $1.60, given...

Six weeks ago, I didn't have the most favorable opinion of Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) homepage adjustments. Referred to as “doodles,” these logo alterations were created to add a little eye-catching fun to Google.com. Last year, the search engine giant famously converted its logo into a fully...

A team of strategists from Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) has offered at basket of 50 stocks they believe are potential leveraged buyout targets. The companies on their list have market capitalizations below $25 billion. They have positive free cash flow and net margins that fall below the industry...

Despite risks from a “weak consumer, merchandise margin pressure, and prospects for increased promotions at the department and specialty stores, we continue to believe that the off-price sector is well positioned for 2H,” Deutsche Bank reports. “Specifically, off-price names retailers should...

According to Wedbush, Gap (NYSE: GPS) price target is lowered to $19. Wedbush said that management reduced F11 guidance to below consensus levels alluding to a combination of challenging sales trends and unexpectedly high product costs in H2. “Specifically, management cited ~20% AUC increases in...

Deutsche Bank is out with its report today on Gap (NYSE: GPS), lowering its PT from $19 to $18. In a note to clients, Deutsche Bank writes, "We believe that Gap Inc's FY11 EPS plan reduction to $1.40-$1.50 from $1.88-$1.93 is capitulation that the company can not currently produce product for...

Goldman Sachs is out with its report today on Gap (NYSE: GPS), lowering its PT from $20 to $17. In a note to clients, Goldman Sachs writes, "We further lower our margin estimates, taking our 2011/12/13 EPS to $1.44/1.45/1.53 from $1.71/$1.73/1.83. We also lower our 6-month target to $17 from $20 (...

Piper Jaffray has downgraded Gap (NYSE: GPS) from Overweight to Neutral and has lowered the price target from $25 to $19.

Citi lowered its price target on Gap (NYSE: GPS) from $25 to $22. In a research report published today, Citi named lower earnings per share estimates for 2011 and 2012 as reasons for lowering its price target on Gap. In the report, Citi states, "We are lowering our 2011 EPS estimate for GPS to...