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Earlier in the week, I exhibited a bearish tone on Ross Stores (ROST). I haven’t had a change of heart necessarily, but I do have to concede that the company’s latest earnings report, issued yesterday morning, was a good one.

According to Reuters, Q4 net profit increased 18% to $1.37 per share. While this number merely met Wall Street’s projection, I enjoyed the growth rate. Furthermore, same-store sales experienced a healthy 4% expansion.

Continue reading Ross Stores Reports Earnings Results: What Should Investors Think?

Ross Stores Reports Earnings Results: What Should Investors Think? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ross Stores (RST), a retailer whose colleagues include Kohl’s (KSS) and Wal-Mart (WMT), is set to report earnings for the fourth quarter on Thursday, March 17. Should investors give this one a look before the release?

Arguably, one probably should. According to Trey Thoelcke’s fundamental review of the chain’s current status, things appear to be going well. Same-store sales were robust during the month of November, rising 6%; in December, they increased 4%. More recently, comps in February went up a respectable 3%.

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Buy Ross Stores Before Earnings? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ANN logoAnn Taylor (ANNoption chain) shares are rising today after the company reported earnings this morning, posting a fiscal-Q4 profit of $7.97 million, or 14 cents per share. Excluding one-time items, ANN earned 19 cents per share on revenue of $515.3 million. Analysts had forecast a profit of 17 cents per share on revenue of $515.1 million. ANN also forecast Q1 revenue of $510 million and fiscal-2011 revenue of $2.18 billion. Analysts have forecast Q1 revenue of $488 million and 2011 revenue of $1.98 billion. If you think that the stock won’t fall by too much in the coming months, then now could be a good time to look at a bullish hedged trade on ANN.

ANN opened this morning at $27.38. So far today the stock has hit a low of $26.50 and a high of $27.98. As of 11:55, ANN is trading at $27.19 up $2.98 (12.3%). The chart for ANN looks neutral and S&P gives ANN a neutral 3 STARS (out of 5) hold ranking.

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Ann Taylor Jumps 12% On Strong Q4 Earnings, 2011 Outlook originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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H&R Block (HRB)Over the past few years, the shareholders of H&R Block (HRB) have taken many hits. The recession slowed growth and the company’s digital strategy has been lacking.

But there are some signs that things are improving. In fact, on news of H&R Block’s fiscal third-quarter results, the stock is up about 5%.

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H&R Block Gets Less Taxing for Investors originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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