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Short Base Rises for Hot Topic

Hot Topic (HOTT) has 680 mall-based stores in the US and Puerto Rico where it sells accessories and clothes to the youth market (ages 12 to 22). HOTT will report first quarter earnings today, Wednesday the 20th of May, where the EPS estimate is approximately 0.018.

<>The consumer discretionary sector has seen an average decrease in utilization (the measure of supply and demand in the securities lending market) over the last month and is now at 14.55%. HOTT has a significantly higher utilization rate of 49% - this is has increased 55% over the last three months . Over the same period the short...
By  trackseekingalpha   (-11.17%  risk: aggressive)  05/20/09 Comment


Teen retailers buck the trend with strong sales

Filed under: Good news

Retail is abysmal right now, and apparel is getting totally hammered.

But one segment of that market is holding up pretty well: clothing for teens. The USA Today reports that Buckle (NASDAQ: BKE), Hot Topic (NASDAQ: HOTT), and Aéropostale (NYSE: ARO) were the only specialty stores this week to report positive same-store sales in March.

Mary Brett Whitfield, senior vice president at the management consulting and research firm Retail Forward, told the newspaper that "Teens are still growing and might actually need new clothes."

<><>Continue reading <>Teen retailers buck the tr...
By  Zac Bissonnette   (-8.88%  risk: moderate)  04/11/09 Comment


HOTT Has Strong Quarter; Buy Rec Maintained
After Wednesday's close, Hot Topic (HOTT) reported strong results for the fourth quarter.
By  Zacks.com   (-13.23%  risk: moderate)  03/12/09 Comment


HOTT Has Strong Quarter; Buy Rec Maintained
28%
After Wednesday's close, Hot Topic (HOTT) reported strong results for the fourth quarter.
By  reity   (-33.13%  risk: aggressive)  03/12/09 Comment


Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: RHT, AMZN, DLM, BHP, RTP

Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Amazon.com (AMZN), Schlumberger Limited (SLB), Red Hat Inc (RHT), Analyst initiations, YRC Worldwide (YRCW), BHP Billiton Ltd ADR (BHP), Rio Tinto plc ADS (RTP)

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  • Jefferies upgraded shares of Red Hat (NYSE:RHT) to Buy from Hold after their checks indicated Red Hat's November quarter results will be in-line due to solid Jboss sales. The firm also believes a potential new partnership with Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) could provide share upside.
    • <>Barclays upgraded Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) to Overweight from Equal Weight...
    By  Eric Buscemi   (+0.00%)  12/04/08 Comment



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