Piper Jaffray Remains Sidelined on Dollar Tree (DLTR) Following 2Q Comp Miss
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UBS Cuts Price Target on Dollar Tree (DLTR) to $100; Reiterates Buy
August 26, 2016 8:25 AM EDTUBS maintained a Buy rating on Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR), and cut the price target to $100.00 (from $108.00), following the company's 2Q earnings report.
Analyst Michael Lasser commented, "Its easy to take the view that WMT is becoming trouble for the dollar stores.... More
MKM Partners Downgrades Dollar Tree (DLTR) to Neutral
August 26, 2016 8:01 AM EDTMKM Partners downgraded Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) from Buy to Neutral.
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Shares of Dollar Tree closed at $85.50 yesterday.
... MoreDollar General takes the battle to Wal-Mart with price cuts
August 25, 2016 1:17 PM EDTBy Sruthi Ramakrishnan
(Reuters) - Discount retailer Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) said it was cutting prices on its most popular items such as bread, eggs and milk, intensifying a price war with retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) to win back market share.
Dollar General's shares fell as much as 14 percent on Thursday after the company reported quarterly sales below estimates, blaming aggressive competition, lower food prices and a reduction of food stamp coverage in several U.S. states.
Larger rival Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:... More
Pre-Open Stock Movers 08/25: (AEPI) (NYMX) (GES) (TLYS) Higher; (SIG) (DG) (DLTR) Lower (more...)
August 25, 2016 9:23 AM EDTToday's Pre-Open Stock Movers
AEP Industries (NASDAQ: AEPI) 42% HIGHER; Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY) and AEP Industries (NASDAQ: AEPI) have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Berry will acquire all of the outstanding shares of AEP in a cash and stock transaction. Aggregate consideration will be $765 million, including AEPs net debt. Each AEP shareholder will elect to receive either $110 in cash or 2.5011 shares of Berry common stock per AEP share in the transaction, subject to... More
Wall St. slips on healthcare, consumer names; Fed eyed
August 25, 2016 9:10 AM EDTBy Chuck Mikolajczak
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were modestly lower on Thursday, weighed down by a drop in healthcare and consumer names, while financials advanced slightly after two more Federal Reserve officials pushed the case for a rate hike.
Healthcare stocks , down 0.8 percent, came under pressure for a second straight day. St. Jude Medical (NYSE: STJ) shares fell 5 percent after short-selling firm Muddy Waters said it bet that the shares would fall because of cyber security vulnerabilities in the company's cardiac devices.
Mylan NV (NASDAQ:... More
Dollar Tree (DLTR) Misses Q2 EPS by 1c; Updates FY16 Outlook
August 25, 2016 7:29 AM EDTDollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) reported Q2 EPS of $0.72, $0.01 worse than the analyst estimate of $0.73. Revenue for the quarter came in at $5.02 billion versus the consensus estimate of $5.09 billion.
Comps rose 1.2%.
GUIDANCE:
Dollar Tree sees Q3 2016 EPS of $0.76-$0.82,... More
Stocks with Implied Volatility Movement
August 25, 2016 5:00 AM EDTDollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) implied volatility is above its IV index mean
... MoreDollar Tree (DLTR) volatility increases into Q2 and outlook
August 24, 2016 3:24 PM EDTDollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) September call option implied volatility is at 34, October is at 27, compared to its 52-week range of 18 to 37 into the expected release of Q2 results on August 25.
... MoreTrading Radar for 8/25: Sears (SHLD), Dollar General (DG), JinkoSolar (JKS), Tiffany (TIF), Signet (SIG) Report
August 24, 2016 3:15 PM EDTThe Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for the next trading session:
Before Markets Open:
Economics:
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Earnings:
1-800-FLOWERS.Com (Nasdaq: FLWS) - consensus loss $0.14
Burlington Stores (NYSE: BURL) - consensus EPS $0.30... More