FRED: Analysis & Opinions

  1. Fred's Sales Decline in December - Analyst Blog

    January 08, 2013
    Recently, Fred's Inc. (FRED) reported total sales and comparable sales for December 2012, both of which declined ...
  2. Fred Posts Weak Comp Sales in Nov - Analyst Blog

    November 30, 2012
    Recently, Fred's Inc.'s (FRED) reported total sales and comparable sales for November 2012. Both total sales and ...
  3. Fred's 3Q EPS Misses, Revs In Line - Analyst Blog

    November 21, 2012
    Fred's Inc.'s (FRED) third quarter 2012 earnings of 18 cents declined 25% from the prior-year quarter earnings of 24 ...
  4. Stock Market News for October 15, 2012 - Market News

    October 15, 2012
    Benchmarks lost their initial gains to end mostly flat as apprehensions about contracting profits of financial ...
  5. Fred's Posts Weak Same Store Sales - Analyst Blog

    October 05, 2012
    Discount-store operator, Fred's Inc. (FRED) reported 1% year-over-year rise in total sales to $170.9 million, for ...
  6. Mixed Quarter for Fred's - Analyst Blog

    August 27, 2012
    Fred's Inc. (FRED) second quarter 2012 adjusted earnings of 13 cents per share missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate ...
  7. China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited and More Big Movers in ...

    August 23, 2012
    It's been a bad day for the market after the morning's trading. The Nasdaq is trading down 0.2%; the S&P 500 is down ...
  8. Stock Market News for July 17, 2012 - Market News

    July 17, 2012
    A third consecutive monthly fall in consumer spending dragged the benchmarks to their seventh decline out of eight ...
  9. Fred's Reports Lower Comps in June - Analyst Blog

    July 10, 2012
    Same-store sales at Fred's Inc. (FRED) slipped 4.0% year over year in the five-week period ended June 30, 2012. This ...
  10. Fred's Stores Ready For Better Second Half

    August 30, 2011
    Discounter Fred's Stores had a mixed quarter as consumers were feeling uncertain about the economy. But the chain is ...
  11. Family Dollar Still Plans To Grow

    April 01, 2011
    Dollar General had another outstanding quarter,and after it has turned down a takeover bid, has plans to expand and ...
  12. Dollar Tree Gets No Respect

    February 28, 2011
    Dollar Tree had another impressive quarter with strong sales and earnings gains. The market, however, didn't like ...
  13. 99 Cents Continues Dollar Store Trend

    November 10, 2010
    99 Cents Only Stores posted blistering earnings for its fiscal 2011 second quarter. But with only a small gain in ...
  14. Dollar Tree Racks Up Big Gains

    December 01, 2009
    Dollar Tree had a terrific quarter of earnings, but how will it do as the recovery begins?
  15. Retail Sector In Status Quo

    September 07, 2009
    Retailers are still having a hard time bringing in the business, despite expected seasonal highs.
  16. Retail Sales Hurt By Rising Gas Prices

    June 19, 2009
    The battle between gas prices and retail sales continues, but there are a couple of stores still doing well.
  17. Some Bargains Still Reign Supreme

    June 04, 2009
    Are former discounters and value-oriented stires liek Wal-Mart and Target being collectively challenged by the ...
  18. Five 52-Week High Fliers For August 28

    August 28, 2008
    Explore five stocks making new highs with a focus on Fred's. Is this a case of overvalue, or could investors buy ...
  19. Add Costco To Your Shopping List (COST)

    July 22, 2008
    Sometimes there is just no pleasing a bear market. Costco's results have been stellar, yet the shares are lagging.
  20. The Most Important Metric You Forgot

    October 04, 2005
    The cash conversion cycle (or cash cycle) is one of the best early-warning systems available to you. Let's take a ...
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