Brean Capital Raises Price Target on Foot Locker (FL) to $77 Following 2Q

Foot Locker (FL): Raising PT - Jefferies

Jefferies analyst, Randall Konik, reiterated his Buy rating on shares of Foot Locker (NYSE: FL) after the company FL put up solid 2Q results with sales, margins and EPS ahead of expectations and started 3Q off to a strong start with +MSD comps. The sequential... More

UBS Ups Foot Locker (FL) PT to $76

UBS analyst, Michael Binetti, reiterated his Buy rating on shares of Foot Locker (NYSE: FL) as SSS reaccelerated in 2Q and August-to-Date comps are solid up mid single digits. Unlike many other retailers in 2Q, FL reported positive US traffic. Total FL SSS... More

Pre-Open Stock Movers 8/19: (NWY) (GEO) (CXW) Higher; (HIBB) (EMR) (AKS) Lower

New York & Co. (NYSE: NWY) 13.2% HIGHER; reported Q2 EPS of $0.01, $0.01 better than the analyst estimate of $0.00. Revenue for the quarter came in at $232.8 million versus the consensus estimate of $226.92 million. Net sales and comparable store sales are expected to be flat to up in the low single-digit range.

The GEO Group, Inc. (NYSE: GEO) 9.0% HIGHER; announced that the Federal Bureau of Prisons (the BOP) has extended its contract for the company-owned D. Ray James Correctional Facility (the Facility) for a renewal term through September 30, 2018 under... More

Foot Locker (FL) Tops Q2 EPS by 4c; GM Widened 4 bps

Foot Locker (NYSE: FL) reported Q2 EPS of $0.94, $0.04 better than the analyst estimate of $0.90. Revenue for the quarter came in at $1.78 billion versus the consensus estimate of $1.76 billion.

Second quarter comparable-store sales increased 4.7 percent.

The Company's gross margin rate improved to 33.0... More

Trading Radar for 8/19: Deere (DE), Foot Locker (FL), Agria (GRO), The Buckle (BKE) Report

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for the next trading session:

Before Markets Open:
Earnings:

Agria Corporation (NYSE: GRO) - no Street consensus
Cheetah Mobile (NYSE: CMCM) -... More

Foot Locker (FL) August call volume and volatility elevated into Q2 and outlook

Foot Locker (NYSE: FL) August call option implied volatility is at 112, September is at 32; compared to its 52-week range of 23 to 54 into the expected release of Q2 results on August 19.