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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Thursday, September 29, 2022, the stock price of CarMax, Inc. (KMX), a used vehicle retailer, dropped by -24.6% per share. The American company’s latest quarterly performance results disappointed Wall Street, especially from the perspective of earnings per share (EPS). The current landscape of high inflation, higher interest rates (making for …
By Kuldip K. Ambastha The stock price of Burlington Stores, Inc. (BURL), an American off-price (discount) department store retailer once known as Burlington Coat Factory, fell by -10.2% per share on the trading day of Thursday, August 25, 2022. 2Q2022 corporate performance results were quite satisfactory, in general. However, 3Q2022 and 2022 corporate performance guidance …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On the trading day of Friday, August 19, 2022, the stock price of Foot Locker, Inc. (FL), a multi-channel athletic shoe and apparel retailer, rose by +20.0% per share. For 2Q2022, the company reported a $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) figure, which surpassed expectations. That said, the company also disclosed a …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha GameStop Corporation (GME), a video game retailer, had an up-and-down trading week for its stock with three negative daily returns and one positive daily return. (Monday, July 4, 2022 was an American holiday – Independence Day / Fourth of July – and thus not a trading day.) (See past coverage if …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha The stock of RH (RH), a luxury lifestyle retailer perhaps better known by its former name of Restoration Hardware, had four negative return days and one positive return day in this past trading week. The worst day’s return was -10.6% per share, as seen on Thursday, June 30, 2022. The company …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Thursday, June 2, 2022, the stock price of Chewy, Inc. (CHWY) rose by +24.2% per share. (See past coverage if needed: “What Caught Our Attention in the Investment World? – Week of March 29-April 1, 2021; By Kuldip K. Ambastha.”) Chewy, Inc. (CHWY), an online retailer of pet food and …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha On Wednesday, October 6, 2021, the stock of Affirm Holdings, Inc. (AFRM), a digital and mobile commerce platform financial technology (fintech) company in the “buy now, pay later” payments arena, rose by +20.0% for the trading day. The catalyst here was a partnership announced between Affirm Holdings and Target Corporation (TGT), …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Krispy Kreme, Inc. (DNUT), a specialty retailer mainly focused on doughnuts, had its second IPO during this past trading week. Thursday, July 1, 2021 was the first trading day for its stock on the NASDAQ Global Select (NasdaqGS) Market platform. The stock reference price range was initially set at $21-$24 per …
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By Kuldip K. Ambastha Chewy Inc. (CHWY) is an American company focused on the online retailing of pet food and other pet-related items. On the trading day of Wednesday, March 31, 2021, the stock rose by +5.4% due to impressive quarterly performance figures. In the latest quarter, sales exceeded $2 billion for the first time …
By Kuldip K. Ambastha Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM), a home products retailer, had two strongly positive daily returns to end this past trading week: +18.5% (Thursday, March 18, 2021) and +8.2% (Friday, March 19, 2021). For the most recent fiscal quarter, the company exceeded consensus estimates related to earnings and revenues. All of its underlying brands …
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