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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 EDT

UBS 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 EDT

MKM Partners downgraded Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) from Buy to Neutral.

For an analyst ratings summary and ratings history on Dollar Tree click here. For more ratings news on Dollar Tree click here.

Shares of Dollar Tree closed at $85.50 yesterday.

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Dollar General takes the battle to Wal-Mart with price cuts

August 25, 2016 1:17 PM EDT

By 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 EDT

Today'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 EDT

By 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 EDT

Dollar 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 EDT

Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) implied volatility is above its IV index mean

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Dollar Tree (DLTR) volatility increases into Q2 and outlook

August 24, 2016 3:24 PM EDT

Dollar 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.

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Trading Radar for 8/25: Sears (SHLD), Dollar General (DG), JinkoSolar (JKS), Tiffany (TIF), Signet (SIG) Report

August 24, 2016 3:15 PM EDT

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

Before Markets Open:
Economics:
8:30am EDT

Initial Claims - Street sees 265kContinuing Claims - no Street consensusDurable Orders - Street sees 3.5%Durable Orders, ex-Transportation - Street sees 0.4%

Earnings:

1-800-FLOWERS.Com (Nasdaq: FLWS) - consensus loss $0.14
Burlington Stores (NYSE: BURL) - consensus EPS $0.30... More