Janney Montgomery Scott Maintains a 'Buy' on New York & Co (NWY); Positive Reception to Spring Line; Q1 Guidance Implies EPS Above Street

March 16, 2012 8:07 AM EDT
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Janney Montgomery Scott maintains a 'Buy' on New York & Co (NYSE: NWY) price target of $5.00.

JMS analyst says, "NWY reported a 4Q11 LPS of ($0.18) versus the Street at ($0.16), but we note the consensus would have been ($0.21) excluding an outlier estimate. The results for 4Q11 include non-cash asset impairment charges totaling $2.2 million. For 4Q11, comparable store sales decreased -6.3% versus Retail Metrics' consensus at -5.1% and management guidance of negative mid- to high-single digit. Although the company did not provide specific 1Q12 EPS guidance, guidance given implies EPS well above the Street for 1Q12; the Street is at ($0.15)."

"We are raising our FY12 and FY13 EPS estimates; on a GAAP basis, our FY12 estimate goes to GAAP LPS of ($0.31) from ($0.39) (versus the consensus of ($0.16)); and our FY13 LPS estimate goes to GAAP EPS of $0.07 from $0.03 (versus the consensus of $0.06). We note the 2012 consensus has some outlier estimates. Given the wide range of sell-side FY12 EPS estimates, we choose to begin the year with conservative estimates that we would expect to increase as visibility on the turn improves."

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Shares of New York & Co closed at $3.49 yesterday.


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