Cowen Lowers Price Target on lululemon (LULU) to $52 on Weak Print, But Still Reasons to Remain Bullish

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Lululemon (LULU) PT Cut to $45 at Canaccord Geunity, Sees Red Flags

December 10, 2015 8:41 AM EST

Canaccord Genuity maintained a Hold rating on Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU), and cut the price target to $45.00 (from $52.00), following the company's 3Q earnings report. LULU's adjusted EPS of 35c missed consensus 37c estimate mainly due to elevated expense growth partly offset by lower tax rate. Traffic declined in the last few weeks of October and continued that trend until Thanksgiving. To Canaccord, this indicates that the consumer is responding when LULU ramps up promotions. Canaccord remains cautious on the stock... More

Lululemon (LULU) PT Trimmed to $40 at FBR Capital as Gross Margin Recovery Pushed Out

December 10, 2015 7:00 AM EST

FBR Capital maintained an Underperform rating on Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU), and cut the price target to $40.00 (from $42.00), following the company's 3Q earnings report. LULU reported adjusted EPS of $0.35, vs. consensus estimates of $0.37 and guidance of $0.35$0.37. The bigger issue was the 4Q guide down and continuation of higher inventory into 4Q15/1Q16. Management guided 4Q EPS to $0.75 to $0.78.

Analyst Susan Anderson commented,... More

Lululemon (LULU) PT Cut to $50 at Mizuho

December 9, 2015 1:41 PM EST

Mizuho Securities analyst Betty Chen reiterated a Neutral rating and lowered her price target on Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) to $50.00 (from $58.00) as below consensus forward guidance suggests further margin pressure amidst ongoing inventory concern.

Chen commented, "While improved QTD comp momentum (we believe +MSD-HSD)... More

Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 12/9: (FSNN) (VRA) (TERP) Higher; (AEZS) (SIGM) (ONTY) Lower

December 9, 2015 12:47 PM EST

Fusion (Nasdaq: FSNN) 63.6% HIGHER; announced that it has acquired Fidelity Voice and Data ("Fidelity"). Beachwood, Ohio-based Fidelity provides cloud voice, cloud connectivity, security, data center and cloud storage services to approximately 2,000 small, medium, and large business customers in the Midwest and throughout the U.S. Fusion expects to complete the integration of Fidelity by the end of the second quarter of 2016.

Vera Bradley (Nasdaq: VRA) 36.4% HIGHER; reported Q3 EPS of $0.27, $0.07 better than the analyst estimate of $0.20. Revenue for the... More

Pre-Open Stock Movers 12/09: (VRA) (SUNE) (CARA) Higher; (AEZS) (ONTY) (SIGM) Lower (more...)

December 9, 2015 9:32 AM EST

Aeterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS) 27.9% LOWER; announced the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering (the Offering) of common shares and warrants with a public offering price of US$5.55 for one common share together with a warrant to purchase 0.7 of a common share for gross proceeds of US$16.65 million. A total of 3.0 million common shares and warrants to acquire 2.1 million common shares are expected to be... More

lululemon athletica (LULU) Gaining Traction in Men's, but Inventory, Supply Chain Will Add Quarters of Pressure - FBR

December 9, 2015 9:01 AM EST

FBR & Co. affirmed its Underperform rating and $42 price target on lululemon athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) following the company's quarterly report issued earlier.

Analyst Susan Anderson commented, We think LULU is gaining traction in men's and its brand continues to resonate well with women; however,... More

lululemon athletica (LULU) Tops Q3 EPS by 1c; Trims FY15 Outlook

December 9, 2015 5:51 AM EST

lululemon athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) reported Q3 EPS of $0.38, $0.01 better than the analyst estimate of $0.37. Revenue for the quarter came in at $479.7 million versus the consensus estimate of $481.78 million.

Total comparable sales, which includes comparable store sales and direct to consumer, increased... More

Lululemon shares pummeled after profit-margin warning

December 9, 2015 5:42 AM EST

By Julie Gordon and Anet Josline Pinto

VANCOUVER/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Shares of Canadian yogawear retailer Lululemon Athletica Inc (NASDAQ: LULU) plunged on Wednesday after it warned that profit margins were unlikely to fully recover until 2017 and cut its full-year earnings forecast.

The Vancouver-based company, which reported a lower-than-expected third quarter profit, said it expects margins to improve gradually as it works through supply chain problems and an inventory build-up.

But Canaccord Genuity analyst Camilo Lyon said frustration over margin recapture being pushed back to 2017 was likely driving the sell-off, as shares... More

Trading Radar for 12/9: lululemon athletica (LULU), Vera Bradley (VRA), Men's Wearhouse (MW), Layne Christensen (LAYN) Report

December 8, 2015 2:39 PM EST

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

Before Markets Open:
Economics:
7:00am EST

MBA Mortgage Index - no Street consensus

Earnings:

China Zenix Auto (NYSE: ZX) - no Street consensus... More