FBR Capital Cuts Price Target on Francesca's (FRAN) to $12 Following 1Q Report

Wedbush Cuts Price Target on Francesca's (FRAN) Following 1Q and Guidance

June 10, 2016 7:45 AM EDT

Wedbush maintained a Neutral rating on Francesca's Holdings (NASDAQ: FRAN), and cut the price target to $10.00 (from $12.00) following the company's 1Q earnings report. Interim CEO, Richard Kunes, emphasized his prior involvement and commitment to Vision 2020 and the new leadership team. 2Q EPS... More

Mizuho Securities Remains Sidelined on Francesca's (FRAN) Following 1Q Results

June 9, 2016 2:58 PM EDT

Mizuho Securities maintained a Neutral rating and $11.00 price target on Francesca's Holdings (NASDAQ: FRAN) following the company's 1Q earnings report. FRAN reported 1Q EPS of $0.18 vs. $0.17 LY on already reported comps of +2%.

Analyst Betty Chen commented, "Although we are impressed with managements... More

Newtek Business Services (NEWT) Declares $0.35 Quarterly Dividend; 11% Yield

June 9, 2016 2:20 PM EDT

Newtek Business Services (NASDAQ: NEWT) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share, or $1.4 annualized.

The dividend will be payable on June 30, 2016, to stockholders of record on June 20, 2016, with an ex-dividend date of June 16, 2016.

The annual yield on the dividend is 11... More

Stifel Remains Sidelined on Francesca's (FRAN) Following 1Q Earnings Report

June 9, 2016 1:28 PM EDT

Stifel reiterated a Hold rating on Francesca's Holdings (NASDAQ: FRAN) following the company's 1Q earnings report. FRAN reported EPS of $0.18, $0.01 above its recently updated guidance and consensus of $0.17. Management introduced cautious 2Q guidance given the current environment and recent trends, but does anticipate further stabilization and possible improvement in 2H.... More

Pre-Open Stock Movers 06/09: (ACUR) (CBK) (RADA) Higher; (RH) (INSM) (TMH) Lower (more...)

June 9, 2016 9:27 AM EDT

Today's Pre-Open Stock Movers:

Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACUR) 25.5% HIGHER; announced that topline results from cohort 2 of clinical study AP-LTX-400 (Study 400) confirmed that LTX-04P tablets, a hydromorphone hydrochloride... More

Francesca's (FRAN) Tops Q1 EPS by 1c; Issues Light Q2 Outlook

June 9, 2016 7:32 AM EDT

Francesca's (Nasdaq: FRAN) reported Q1 EPS of $0.18, $0.01 better than the analyst estimate of $0.17. Revenue for the quarter came in at $106.1 million versus the consensus estimate of $106.76 million.

Comparable sales increased 2%, including an ecommerce comparable sales increase of 38%

GUIDANCE:

Francesca's... More

Trading Radar for 6/9: Smucker (SJM), Francesca's (FRAN), Limoneira (LMNR), Agilysys (AGYS) Report

June 8, 2016 2:53 PM EDT

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for the next trading session:

Before Markets Open:
Economics:
8:30am EDT

Initial Claims - Street sees 265kContinuing Claims - no Street consensus

Earnings:

Christopher & Banks (NYSE:... More

Francesca's (FRAN) puts active into Q2, June straddle priced for 11% movement into Q2

June 8, 2016 2:31 PM EDT

Francesca's (NASDAQ: FRAN) call put ratio is 1 to 1.78, June 10 straddle is priced for 11% movement into Q2.

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Francesca's (FRAN) June volatility elevated into Q2 and outlook

June 8, 2016 10:43 AM EDT

Francesca's (NASDAQ: FRAN) June call option implied volatility is at 81, July is at 58; compared to its 52-week range of 35 to 88 into the expected release of Q2 results on June 9.

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