Jefferies Cuts Price Target on Estée Lauder (EL) to $95 Following 4Q and Guidance

Stifel Reiterates Buy on Estée Lauder (EL) Following 4Q EPS Beat

Stifel reiterated a Buy rating and $105.00 price target on Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL) following the company's 4Q earnings report. EL reported EPS at $0.43, beating the consensus estimates by $0.03. Adjusted sales growth of 7% was approximately inline with year-to-date results, with the 2-year CAGR also in line... 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

Estée Lauder (EL) Tops Q4 EPS by 3c; Guides Q1, FY17 EPS Below Views

Estée Lauder (NYSE: EL) reported Q4 EPS of $0.43, $0.03 better than the analyst estimate of $0.40. Revenue for the quarter came in at $2.65 billion versus the consensus estimate of $2.66 billion.

GUIDANCE:

Estée Lauder sees Q1 2017 EPS of $0.73-$0.77, versus... More

Estée Lauder (EL) Declares $0.30 Quarterly Dividend; 1.3% Yield

Estée Lauder (NYSE: EL) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share, or $1.2 annualized.

The dividend will be payable on September 15, 2016, to stockholders of record on August 31, 2016, with an ex-dividend date of August 29, 2016.

The annual yield on the dividend is 1.3... More

Estee Lauder (EL) put volume and volatility increases into Q4 and outlook

Estée Lauder (NYSE: EL) August call option implied volatility is at 103, September is at 27; compared to its 52-week range of 17 to 38 into the expected release of Q4 results on August 19. Call put ratio is 1 call to 2 puts.

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