Trading higher following earnings/guidance: JMBA +9.7%, KKD +2%... Trading lower following earnings/guidance: LOW -9.9%, CPB -2.1%.
Other notable mentions: Leaders: AEO 10.3% (announces plans to exit its Children's Brand 77kids and CFO departure), FOH 19.5% (in view of the unusual market activity on the NYSE MKT in the shares; NYSE MKT has contacts co; Co reports that its policy is not to comment on unusual market activity), GET 1.9% (Colorado State Economic Development Commission awards co Aurora Project state sales tax incentive)... Laggards: AVP -3% (Avon Products trading ~5% lower premarket following reports related to Coty's withdrawn bid, downgraded to Sell from Neutral at UBS), BBY -0.9% ( selects Spencer Stuart to run CEO search), GMAN -1.5% (announces public offering of ~3 mln shares of common stock by certain selling stockholders and 40,000 shres of common stock by the co).
Analyst related: Upgrades: SWY 2.3% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup), AEO 10.3% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Brean Murray), SONC 3.8% (upgraded to Overweight at boutique firm), SVU 4.3% (upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Longbow)... Downgrades: ROST -1.8% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at Canaccord Genuity), TJX -1% (downgraded to Hold from Buy at Canaccord Genuity), BBY -0.9% (Best Buy downgraded to Hold from Buy at BB&T)... Misc: CQB -3.6% (initiated with an Underperform at Imperial Capital).






