Four free stock picks are being made available today on Zacks.com. The industry?s leading independent research firm highlights one Zacks #1 Rank Strong Buy or a Zacks #2 Rank Buy stock for each of 2010 06 15 17:05
Dress Barn, Inc. (NASDAQ - DBRN) announced today that Patti Simigran has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer for the Company?s maurices division reporting to 2010 06 02 11:58
Dress Barn, Inc. (NASDAQ - DBRN), today announced that it will be presenting at the Piper Jaffray 30th Annual Consumer Conference to be held at The Westin New York at Times Square in New York, NY on 2010 06 01 16:15
Dress Barn, Inc. (NASDAQ: DBRN) today reported sales and earnings results for its fiscal third quarter ended April 24, 2010. Fiscal Third Quarter Results Net earnings for the fiscal third quarter 2010 05 26 16:02
Dress Barn, Inc. (NASDAQ: DBRN) today announces the release of its fiscal 2010 third quarter financial results on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Results will be released over Business Wire at 2010 05 19 09:21
Dress Barn, Inc. (NASDAQ - DBRN) today reported that as a result of stronger than expectedthird quarter sales results and a higher gross margin rate, it is pre-announcing estimated quarterly 2010 05 06 00:01
For the last year and three months I have written a weekly piece on industry rotation that is largely based on price momentum, and described in this old piece that I wrote: A Different Look at Industry Momentum. I have my doubts about that piece around turning points and in choppy markets. I stated as much in my later piece A Different Look at Industry Momentum — II. It seems that the momentum effect has been declining over...
Lehman sues JPMorgan for billions. Lehman Brothers' (LEHMQ.PK) bankruptcy estate sued JPMorgan (JPM), accusing JPMorgan of illegally siphoning off money from Lehman in the days before it filed for bankruptcy. According to the court filing, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon and other top executives used inside knowledge to take advantage of Lehman as its financial state worsened, forcing Lehman to hand over $8.6B in collateral in September 2008 and...
Wednesday was a busy day for Hot Topic (HOTT), the goth-friendly retailer. After the market closed, the company released same store sales for March, which came in at -7.5% versus the expected -11.2%. The company continues to report on a very impressive 2009 period which was boosted by massive Twilight-related sales.
On the brighter side, the Torrid division posted a same store sales increase of 9% for March and 9.7% for the quarter to date. Geared toward plus-size females aged 15-29, Torrid's 155 stores represent...
With the major indices trading slightly higher Tuesday, there were 28 stocks which broke higher on BIG volume. If this is your first time reading one of my breakout reports you'll want to read the section below. However if you are familiar with my daily breakout report you should skip ahead to the list of stocks.
To reiterate previous blog posts like this, the first thing I do is scan the list for familiar names, such as stocks I am quite familiar with or ones which have appeared on similar scans multiple times in the past week or...
With the major indices starting off March with a bang Monday, there were plenty of stocks which traded higher on above average volume. If this is your first time reading one of my breakout reports you'll want to read the section below, however if you are familiar with my daily breakout report you should skip ahead to the list of stocks.
To reiterate previous blog posts like this, the first thing I do is scan the list for familiar names, such as stocks I am quite familiar with or ones which have appeared on similar scans multiple times...
It's looking like a shaky start for Monday, and I always intend my puns - there's more unease to Monday than just Chile's earthquake. News from the copper pit, China and Greece, and US economic data all threaten the very ground securities' valuations stand on.
Copper Shake Up
The 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile Saturday morning has left 700 dead so far, but it is also having a dramatic impact on financial markets. The price of the May-delivery copper contract gained as much as 20.3...
This retail landscape is not your parents’ retail landscape. Gone are the days of fierce brand loyalty and believing that higher cost means higher quality. Today’s shopper is happily snapping up store brands and always bargain-hunting. This shift means looking at your retail ETFs a little differently.
Three trends in particular are revealing themselves to be forces in the world of retail:
I was reviewing my Top 20 Model Portfolio as well as a foundation that I manage, and I was kind of surprised to see how many of my names fall into the Consumer Discretionary space. I started 2009 with a big chunk of the portfolio in several different names in the sector but sold every name into the strength. Lately, we have added several names, including Buckle (BKE), Family Dollar (
The Dress Barn Inc. (DBRN) recently reported fiscal 2010 first-quarter results. The company recorded a GAAP net income of $21.7 million, a growth of nearly 10% over GAAP net earnings of $19.7 million posted in the year-ago period. Excluding certain items, adjusted earnings per share came in at 37 cents, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 12%, or 4 cents.
The company reported a 7.4% growth in net sales to $404.1 million during the quarter, compared to $376.4 million in the year-ago quarter. The...
Geithner pressured to resign over AIG. Loud calls for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's resignation continued on Thursday, over his handling of the AIG (AIG) bailout in particular, and for his management of the financial crisis in general. Geithner, then chairman of the New York Fed, was blamed in a special inspector's report [.pdf] for not being tough enough with AIG's creditors. During hearings in the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday, several Republican Congressmen claimed that Geithner was too...
By Chip Brian Below are the top five companies in the Apparel Retail industry as measured by the price to cash flow ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to ...
By Chip Brian Below are the top five companies in the Apparel Retail industry as measured by the price to cash flow ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to ...
By Chip Brian SmarTrend has detected shares of Dress Barn (NASDAQ:DBRN) have bearishly opened below the pivot of $24.24 today and have reached the first level of support of $23.73. Should the ...
By Chip Brian Below are the top five companies in the Apparel Retail industry as measured by relative performance. This analysis was compiled based on yesterday's trading activity as we search for ...
Dress Barn Inc. (DBRN) [Chart - Analysis - News] lost some ground during trading yesterday, but it appears there is some bullish pressure building up in the background. Looking at yesterday's ...
By Chip Brian Below are the top five companies in the Apparel Retail industry as measured by lowest relative performance. This analysis was based on yesterday's trading activity as we search for ...
By Chip Brian Below are the top five companies in the Apparel Retail industry in terms of sales growth. Dress Barn (NASDAQ:DBRN) had sales growth of 77.1% during the last fiscal year. The company ...
By Chip Brian Dress Barn (NASDAQ:DBRN) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $23.08 to a high of $23.81. Yesterday, the shares fell 2.64%, which took the trading range below the 3 ...
By Chip Brian Dress Barn (NASDAQ:DBRN) is currently trading 5.90% below its May 6th low of $25.36. Investors are looking to see if the shares can regain the May 'flash crash' level which may act ...
NEW YORK (Market Intellisearch) -- The Dress Barn options saw high put activity today. A total of 1,171 put and 41 call contracts were traded raising a high Put/Call volume alert. Today's traded ...
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