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Fly News Breaks for March 21, 2019
KR, WMT
Mar 21, 2019 | 08:52 EDT
Loop Capital analyst Andrew Wolf kept his Hold rating and $102 price target on Walmart (WMT), saying the company's U.S. grocery comps outperformed the supermarket chains in 2018 as it has since 2016, even though the gap has narrowed. The analyst notes that Kroger (KR) made the biggest strides last year, and that the company was also the best performer in the 2013-2015 period supermarkets last made strong market share gains. Looking ahead, Wolf says the accelerating food-price inflation anticipated by the USDA could also "bode well for continued further same-store sales acceleration for both Walmart and the grocers in 2019."
News For WMT;KR From the Last 2 Days
WMT
Mar 28, 2024 | 16:23 EDT
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WMT
Mar 28, 2024 | 12:00 EDT
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KR
Mar 28, 2024 | 09:53 EDT
Telsey Advisory analyst Joseph Feldman raised the firm's price target on Kroger to $62 from $60 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The firm's meetings with Kroger and investors have increased the firm's visibility and confidence in Kroger's sustainable long-term growth opportunity, the analyst tells investors. Further, Kroger is transitioning to a food-first model from traditional food retail. This transition should create new growth areas that are significantly more profitable than food retail and should boost the profit profile over time, the firm adds.
WMT
Mar 28, 2024 | 09:50 EDT
After Walmart (WMT) and Vizio (VZIO) pulled and refiled their notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Wednesday, Dealreporter told its readers that the move "may have investors wondering if this could become another Amazon (AMZN) and iRobot (IRBT) situation," contacts tell The Fly. While the M&A-focused publication said "there are traces of that same dynamic here," it added that "this pull-and-refile suggests this deal is on stronger footing than AMZN-IRBT," according to contacts. The news service sees "a genuine chance that this deal could get a prolonged look from regulators due to some of the similar dynamics at play compared to IRBT and AMZN," it reportedly said.