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       Sector: Services  >  Industry: Retail (Apparel)
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ROST: Bull or Bear?

Save money, give stock to charity! Graphic_rating_sell ROST
-19.87%
in 145 days

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By  Daleela Farina   (+3.05%  risk: conservative)  06/16/09 Comment


Ross Stores (ROST): Shares cycle through positive trading channel Graphic_rating_buy ROST
+21.44%
in 415 days

Filed under: Earnings reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Target Corp. (TGT), Kohl's Corp (KSS), Technical Analysis, Stocks to Buy

Ross Stores (NASDAQ: ROST) is a leading U.S. off-price retailer of name brand apparel, accessories, footwear and home fashions. The firm operates 888 Ross Dress for Less stores and 55 dd's Discounts locations, in 27 states and Guam. Target (NYSE: TGT) and Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) are major competitors.

<>The company pleased investors late last month, when it reported Q2 EPS of 54 cents and revenues of $1.64 billion. Analysts had been expecting 54 cents and $1.61 bil...
By  Larry Schutts   (-19.12%  risk: moderate)  09/18/08 Comment


ROST: Ross is Working Graphic_rating_buy ROST
Billtrent
13%
 +19.81%
in 481 days

My latest column is up at RealMoney.

This has been a terrible time to own stocks tied to consumer discretionary spending. The Consumer Discretionary SPDR (XLY) is down more than 16% so far this year. So I’m somewhat surprised to find myself giving serious consideration to a retail stock that is up more than 50% since January.

<>Ross Stores (ROST) operates more than 900 stores, selling first-quality, in-season, name-brand and designer apparel and housewares at 20% to 60% off the regular prices of department stores and specialty stores. Ross targets value-conscious women and men between the age...
By  Stock Market Beat   (-14.96%  risk: aggressive)  07/14/08 Comment


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Bullish on ROST ... Graphic_rating_buy ROST
Billtrent
13%
 +0.00%
in 0 minute
(closed on 07/14/08)
By  Stock Market Beat   (-14.96%  risk: aggressive)  07/14/08 Comment


Bullish on ROST ... Graphic_rating_buy ROST
Billtrent
13%
 +0.00%
in 0 minute
(closed on 07/14/08)
By  Stock Market Beat   (-14.96%  risk: aggressive)  07/14/08 Comment





People Bullish on ROST

Larry Schutts
Tracked Blogger
29%
about 1 year ago

Billtrent
Stock Market Beat
Principal
13%
about 1 year ago

Dan Perez
Analyst
N/A
about 1 year ago

xsited
Analyst
 4 %
over 2 years ago


People Bearish on ROST

seismicstock
Principal
70%
3 mos ago

Daleela Farina
Tracked Blogger
N/A
4 mos ago

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Newsmonkey
newsmonkey   (-19.32%  risk: conservative)
Sell the retailers - Ok, here is a dumb question. Who think the retailers will have improved numbers? Not me. I am selling them all.
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Bob   (+0.64%  risk: aggressive)
What do you think of the charts? - http://modj97-predictwallstreet.blogspot.com/
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