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Before the bell: Freddie, Sprint post losses, WFMI, PCLN swing lower

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Whole Foods (WFMI): Analysts Jump Ship After Q3 Disaster

14 days ago

Whole Foods (WFMI): Wild Oats Ruling Reversed, Closed Deal Can Now Face Antitrust Review

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Re: Butt Master's Ridiculous Put Spread.. WFMI

Source: messages.yahoo.com --- 13 days ago
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FiSpace.net Releases Market Commentary for Organic and Healthy Food Companies ORGC, DF, WFMI, LWAY, COIN, and

Source: www.moreover.com --- 9 days ago
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- FiSpace.net, a social networking site for investors, announces the availability of the market commentary 'A Hundred Million Reasons to Start Tracking Tomatoes. ...

SectorWatch.biz Issues MarketStats for Healthy and Organic Companies ORGC, DF, WFMI, LWAY, COIN, and TOF

Source: www.moreover.com --- 29 days ago
IRVINE, Calif., July 22 CA-SectorWatch.IRVINE, Calif., July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- SectorWatch.biz announces theavailability of MarketStats for organic food companies and the release ofarticles and message boards relative to the healthy food market. ...

Options Update: IBM Corp (IBM) and Whole Foods Market (WFMI)

Source: www.theoptionsinsiders.com.com --- 49 days ago
Options Update for IBM Corp (IBM) and Whole Foods Market (WFMI) ...

Options Update: ImClone (IMCL) and Whole Foods Market (WFMI)

Source: www.theoptionsinsiders.com.com --- 20 days ago
Options Update for ImClone (IMCL) and Whole Foods Market (WFMI) ...

SectorWatch.biz Issues MarketStats for Healthy and Organic Companies ORGC, WFMI, LWAY, COIN, OTGO, and CNOA

Source: www.moreover.com --- 35 days ago
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FiSpace.net Releases Market Commentary for Organic and Healthy Food Companies ORGC, DF, WFMI, LWAY, COIN, and TOF

Source: www.prnewswire.com --- 9 days ago
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Your Five-High Short Stack For August 12 (WFMI)

Source: community.investopedia.com --- 8 days ago
There's more than one way to skin a market - short sales let you profit from a downward slide. This week features Whole Foods Market. ...

Before the bell: Freddie, Sprint post losses, WFMI, PCLN swing lower

Source: www.bloggingstocks.com --- 14 days ago

Filed under: Before the bell , Major movement , Earnings reports , Yahoo! (YHOO) , Cisco Systems (CSCO) , Time Warner (TWX) , Market matters , Sprint Nextel Corp (S) , Whole Foods Market (WFMI) , Federal Natl Mtge (FNM) , Economic data , Oil U.S. stock futures were mixed Wednesday morning after Tuesday's big rally. Bigger-than-expected losses at mortgage lender Freddie Mac, which caused it to cut dividends, as well as lower profit at Time Warner dampened mood on Wall Street. Meanwhile, oil held above $119 ahead of inventory report later today, but crude futures were slightly higher. Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE ), the second-largest U.S. mortgage-finance company, posted a larger fourth-quarter loss of $821 million, or $1.63 a share, than analysts estimated as delinquencies rose and cut its dividend to shore up capital. The common-share dividend will be reduced to 5 cents from 25 cents. Bloomberg writes that CEO Syron is "seeking to bolster capital and restore confidence after U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was forced to step in with a rescue plan for Freddie and the larger Fannie Mae." So, first, I doubt investors have much confidence in Syron after reports surfaced he ignored warnings. Second, is Wall Street really surprised the mortgage buyer disappointed? That its credit-related expenses doubled from the previous quarter? Haven't we been there before? FRE shares are down 8.7% in premarket trading at last check. Meanwhile, Time Warn ...

Whole Foods (WFMI) falls apart

Source: www.bloggingstocks.com --- 14 days ago

Filed under: Earnings reports , Forecasts , Starbucks (SBUX) , Whole Foods Market (WFMI) Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFMI ) was one of the great retail growth stories of the last five years. From mid-2003 to early 2006, the company's shares rose $25 to $77. After a couple of tough years, the stock is back under $20. Whole Food's most recent quarterly results were abysmal, adding to the perception that the best days for the health food chain are over. WFMI's net income dropped to $39 million from $49 million in the same quarter a year ago. The company also suspended its dividend and cut capital spending for non-store activities by $50 million. According to the AP , "The natural foods grocer said it now expects sales growth of 6 percent to 10 percent for the year - rather than the previously stated 25 percent to 30 percent growth. And the company said its comparable-store sales are expected to grow 1 percent to 5 percent, down from the previously anticipated 7.5 percent to 9.5 percent growth." Not unlike Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX ), Whole Foods is caught in a downturn it cannot arrest. Larger food chains looked at the WFMI success and decided to open natural food sections of their own. Whole Foods charges a premium for its products and, in a slow economy, consumers are less likely to accept that. The recession will end, but competition from larger food retailers will not. Whole Foods may have to drop its prices permanently. That means its old mar ...

Whole Foods Market (WFMI)

Source: www.zacks.com --- 35 days ago
We think the company's strong natural foods brand and strong comp-store sales should enable the company to re-accelerate earnings growth. This part was added on experimental basis to see the effect. This part was added on experimental basis to see the effect. This part was added on experimental basis to see the effect. This part was added on experimental basis to see the effect. This part was added on experimental basis to see the effect. This part was added on experimental basis to see the effect. This part was added on experimental basis to see the effect. This part was added on experimental basis to see the effect. ...

Analyst upgrades: TEVA, WFMI, CTAS, BCSI and AIG

Source: www.bloggingstocks.com --- 30 days ago

Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades , Cintas Corp (CTAS) , Whole Foods Market (WFMI) , Amer Intl Group (AIG) , Teva Pharm Indus ADR (TEVA) MOST NOTEWORTHY: Teva Pharmaceutical, Blue Coat Systems and American International Group were today's noteworthy upgrades: Deutsche Bank upgraded shares of Teva Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ: TEVA ) to Buy from Hold to reflect the company's greater growth prospects following the acquisition of Barr (NYSE: BRL ). The firm raised the target to $56 from $47. ThinkPanmure upgraded Blue Coat Systems (NASDAQ: BCSI ) to Buy from Source of Funds based on the company's growth prospects following positive channel checks. American International Group (NYSE: AIG ) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Banc of America on valuation, as they find the risk/reward attractive at current levels. OTHER UPGRADES: Goldman upgraded the Semiconductor Production Equipment sector to Neutral from Cautious and added Verigy (NASDAQ: VRGY ) to its Conviction Buy List. Morgan Stanley upgraded Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFMI ) and Cintas (NASDAQ: CTAS ) to Equal Weight from Underweight. Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ: ROCK ) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Piper. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments ...

Trade idea for Whole Foods (WFMI) upgrade

Source: www.bloggingstocks.com --- 28 days ago

Filed under: Major movement , Analyst upgrades and downgrades , Good news , Whole Foods Market (WFMI) , Options , Technical Analysis Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI ) shares are trading higher today after an analyst at Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock to Equal-weight from Underweight, as noted by Eric Buscemi. If you agree with Morgan Stanley and 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 WFMI. After hitting a one-year high of $53.65 in October, the stock hit a one-year low of $20.18 last week. WFMI opened this morning at $23.27. So far today the stock has hit a low of $22.37 and a high of $24.06. As of 12:45, WFMI is trading at $22.50, up $1.12 (5.2%). The chart for WFMI looks bearish and steady, while S&P gives the stock a positive 4 STARS (out of 5) buy rating. For a bullish hedged play on this stock, I would consider an August bull-put credit spread below the $19 range. A bull-put credit spread is an options position that combines the purchase and sale of put options to hedge risk in case the stock doesn't do what you think but still leverage nice returns. For this particular trade, we will make a 15.6% return in just four weeks as long as WFMI is above $19 at August expiration. Whole Foods would have to fall by more than 15% before we would start to lose money. WFMI hasn't been below $20 at all in the past year and has shown support around ...

If forced to dump Wild Oats, Whole Foods (WFMI) could see shares soar

Source: www.bloggingstocks.com --- 21 days ago
Filed under: Deals , Law , Whole Foods Market (WFMI) If a new legal ruling forces Whole Foods to reverse its Wild Oats buy-out, WFMI shares could soar. A federal appeal court has decided that the FTC's challenge of the merger between Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFMI ) and Wild Oats should have gone forward. A lower court has said the FTC had to cease its investigation into whether the marriage was anti-competitive. According to The Wall Street Journal , "Jeffrey Schmidt, head of the FTC's competition bureau, said the agency is hopeful the ruling will ultimately allow the FTC to undertake a full review of competitive issues raised by the combined companies." Whole Foods ended up with 74 Wild Oats stores which it plans to cut down to 50. The FTC could ask the new company to close other locations in areas where the new parent has two stores, and, perhaps a monopoly for that region. The FTC could also argue that the entire merger constitutes an antitrust threat. That news could not be better for WFMI shareholders. If Wild Oat has to be spun back out, it would need to re-brand it stores, add expensive management, and undertake its own marketing, In other words, it would be a severely weakened competitor for Whole Foods instead of a thorn in the side of WFMI shareholders. Shares in WFMI are off well over 40% this year. Stocks in many other major food retailers are closer to flat. Part of the may be due to the concern that premium products do p ...

Whole Foods (WFMI) Upgraded To HOLD: All That Bad News Now Priced In

Source: www.clusterstock.com --- 30 days ago

A bevy of issues have plagued Whole Foods' (WFMI) tanking stock: an economic climate averse to high-priced asparagus rampant food inflation costly Wild Oats Integration etc. However, Morgan Stanley has upgraded WFMI to EQUAL-WEIGHT largely because they believe these issues have been sufficiently priced in: We still see same-store sales erosion as a risk, and the company's levered balance sheet and negative free cash flow are valid concerns, but at current valuations, we believe the stock is already pricing in a lot of bad news. We see smoother sailing ahead in 2009 as margin problems fade and Wild Oats merger positives start to emerge. Morgan Stanley upgrades Whole Foods (WFMI) from Underweight to EQUAL-WEIGHT. See Also: Sorry Whole Foods (WFMI), Worst Yet To Come For Food Prices ( WFMI , WMT ) Whole Foods Clobbered By Wild Oats Integration? Or Are Strapped Shoppers Spurning $17 Asparagus ( WFMI , WMT ) US Food-Price Crisis? Only At Whole Foods ( WFMI ) ...

Whole Foods (WFMI) Target Slashed, May Blow Quarter

Source: www.clusterstock.com --- 20 days ago

Goldman is cutting its estimates and lowering its target to $26 for Whole Foods (WFMI). Absent a strategic shift that Goldman hopes would include a pullback in square footage growth, store-level cost reductions, and a lower dividend, the bank just doesn't see many positives for the organic food retailer: We believe the risk ahead of WFMI's 3Q results on Tuesday, August 5, is more heavily skewed to the downside , despite the shares' ~30% drop since 2Q earnings in May. This would be a function of another quarter of ID sales deceleration (to 4.5%) and earnings pressure ($0.31, down 12% yoy) , but also recognition of subpar core profit growth in 2009 . While we think the current P/E multiple embeds some degree of this increasingly probable scenario, our new below-consensus 2009 EPS estimate of $1.45 might prove optimistic, especially if consumer spending continues to weaken and IDs moderate further. Regarding the court ruling that subjects Whole Foods' one-year-old acquisition of Wild Oats to further antitrust scrunity, Goldman sees it as only a minor risk, but still a "negative overhang". The bank sees a complete unraveling of the deal as "unlikely". Goldman reiterates NEUTRAL on Whole Foods (WFMI), cuts target to $26. See Also: Whole Foods (WFMI): Wild Oats Ruling Reversed, Closed Deal Can Now Face Antitrust Review ( WFMI , WMT ) Whole Foods (WFMI) Upgraded To HOLD: All That Bad News Now Priced In ( WFMI ) ...

The Dangers Of Overreacting To The Current Economic Environment: Whole Foods Market (WFMI) And Tween Brands (TWB)

Source: www.247wallst.com --- 7 days ago

Subprime lenders like New Century Financial, Novastar, and, to a large extent, Countrywide Financial, learned a hard lesson in the dangers of operating businesses as though the then-current good economic times would last forever. Now the economy has taken a turn for the worse, and companies are struggling to react to new realities. Whole Foods Market (WFMI) is trying to convince shoppers that it actually can be a good place for value-conscious consumers, as its results disappoint Wall Street. Today's Wall Street Journal reports that Tween Brands (TWB) is converting 560 of its Limited Too stores into Justice stores, its lower-price point brand. According to The Journal, "The strategy shift by the New Albany, Ohio, retailer, which sells apparel aimed at 7- to 14-year-old girls, comes as the economic slowdown is causing preteens and teens, along with older consumers, to trade down to lower-priced goods." I'm not sold on either of these ideas for responding to the economic environment. When times are good, few people realize that they can get bad and, now that they're bad, it's hard to imagine them getting good again. But history has demonstrated amply that economic conditions do bounce back and forth, with a general trend toward the good. Whole Foods has built an empire over the past 25+ years with its emphasis on a unique upscale environment and high-quality, all-natural and organic products. Investors were rewarded with high margin ...

Top 10 Early Bird Analyst Calls (AIG, CTAS, KBW, NTES, NKE, SAY, SHW, SWK, TEVA, WFMI)

Source: www.247wallst.com --- 30 days ago
These are only some of the early bird analyst calls that we have seen in early Monday pre-market trading, but these are some of the more active stock names: American International Group (NYSE: AIG) Raised to Buy at Banc of America. Cintas Corp. (NASDAQ: CTAS) Raised to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley. KBW (NYSE: KBW) Cut to Market Perform at FBR. NetEase (NASDAQ: NTES) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse. Nike (NYSE: NKE) Cut to Neutral at HSBC. Satyam Computer Services (NYSE: SAY) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley; Cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse. Sherwin Williams (NYSE: SHW)... ...

Whole Foods (WFMI): Wild Oats Ruling Reversed, Closed Deal Can Now Face Antitrust Review

Source: www.clusterstock.com --- 22 days ago

Your government, hard at work: Now that the Whole Foods (WFMI) and Wild Oats integration is well under way, the DC US appeals court has reversed a lower court's ruling that the takeover can go through without first being scrutinized by antitrust authorities. The deal, completed last August, saw WFMI purchase the 110-store Wild Oats for $565 million. Since then, Whole Foods has sold 35 of the Wild Oats stores, closed 12 more and converted an additional 1/3 to Whole Foods stores. The merger has not been undone, just sent back to the lower court for further consideration. However, tell us how this deal can be reversed now? Also, considering that every major supermarket in the country--including Wal-Mart (WMT)--has organic/natural food offerings, we're not sure what about Whole Foods would constitute a monopoly. See Also: Whole Foods (WFMI) Upgraded To HOLD: All That Bad News Now Priced In ( WFMI ) Sorry Whole Foods (WFMI), Worst Yet To Come For Food Prices ( WFMI , WMT ) ...

The 52-Week Low Club (WFMI)(INAP)

Source: www.247wallst.com --- 14 days ago
Acco Brands (ABD) Quartlerly loss. Down to $6.90 from 52-week high of $26.09. Bristow Group (BRS) Lower earnings last quarter. Off to $36.01 from 52-week high of $58.98. Internap Network (INAP) Awful quarter. Sells down to $2.65 from 52-week high of $17.18. Whole Foods (WFMI) Misses all the numbers. Drops to $18.26 from 52-week high of $53.65. Douglas A. McIntyre ...

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