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Discount, Variety Stores Industry

Hot Stocks in This Industry	Wal-Mart Stores, Target, Costco Wholesale, Dollar Tree.
Sector	Consumer Non-Durables
Related Industries	Cigarettes, Cleaning Products, Department Stores, Food - Major Diversified, Grocery Stores, Office Supplies, Paper & Paper Products, Personal Products, Recreational Goods, Other, Specialty Retail, Other, Sporting Goods, Sporting Goods Stores, Toys & Games, Wholesale, Other.
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Stocks in Discount, Variety Stores

• 99 Cents Only Stores

• Big Lots

• BJ's Wholesale Club

• Costco Wholesale

• Dollar Tree

• Duckwall-Alco Stores

• Family Dollar Stores

• Fred's

• Maui General Store

• PriceSmart

• Target

• Tuesday Morning

• Wal-Mart Stores

Discount, Variety Stores Upgrades

Date	Ticker	Analyst	Old Rating	New Rating
10/23/2009	NDN	Sidoti & Co	Neutral	Buy
10/06/2009	FDO	BMo Capital	Market Perform	Outperform
10/02/2009	COST	Robert W. Baird	Neutral	Outperform
10/01/2009	BIG	JP Morgan	Neutral	Overweight

Discount, Variety Stores Downgrades

Date	Ticker	Analyst	Old Rating	New Rating
11/06/2009	FRED	Wedbush	Neutral	Underperform
10/30/2009	NDN	Bank of America	Neutral	Underperform
08/17/2009	BJ	J.P. Morgan	Overweight	Neutral
07/07/2009	BJ	Goldman Sachs	Neutral	Sell

Discount, Variety Stores New Coverages

Date	Ticker	Analyst	Rating
10/15/2009	WMT	Standpoint Research	Buy
09/30/2009	FDO	RBC Capital	Sector Perform
09/30/2009	DLTR	RBC Capital	Outperform
09/30/2009	WMT	Bernstein	Market Perform

Discount, Variety Stores Earnings

Date	Ticker	Actual	Expected	Prev Yr Qtr
11/10/2009	PSMT	0.35	0.30	0.39
10/07/2009	COST	0.85	0.77	0.92
10/07/2009	FDO	0.43	0.41	0.38
09/10/2009	DUCK	0.78		0.90
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Stock of the Day

The Discount, Variety Stores Industry's COSTCO (COST) was InvestorGuide.com's Stock of the Day on 10/7/2009.
Costco's 4Q Profit Takes a Hit
Once upon a time, before the prolonged recession began, people use to love these well-known warehouse retailers such as Sam's Club, BJ's, and Costco. Something about buying enough mayonnaise to feed an army or a small family for years was appealing. When the stability of the economy came into question, people took a step back and starting thinking much harder about purchases. As a result, some of these once thriving companies started to feel the pressure. Consumers are starting to return to the market, but Costco's recent earnings report showed some areas of concern. The company reported that fiscal fourth-quarter earnings dropped 6%. What were some of the issues that caused this decline? Can the retailer compete with popular discount stores? Read more

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