Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.
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Beating J.C. Penney At Its Old Game
By John Timmes - May 22, 2013 | Tickers: BBBY, JCP, JOSB
J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) has been widely discussed recently for the ousting of CEO, Ron Johnson. Johnson tried to reinvent the historical retailer and did away with two of it's best known strategies, sales prices and coupons. Unfortunately for Johnson, customers did not share his vision, and J.C. Penney suffered greatly.
Two retailers that have embraced these strategies have been enjoying the increasing health of the U more »
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Every Girl Crazy 'Bout a Sharp Dressed Man
By AnnaLisa Kraft - April 18, 2013 | Tickers: JOSB, M, MW
Men's Wearhouse (NYSE: MW), the "You're Going to love the way you look," company and Jos. A Bank Clothiers (NASDAQ: JOSB) are the two most direct plays on mens fashion. Are these really going to make your portfolio look sharp?
Clean shirt, new shoes
Jos A. Bank, the manufacturer and retailer of mens apparel has 603 stores in 44 states. It was founded in 1905. The stock is more »
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Every Girl Crazy 'Bout A Sharp Dressed Man
By AnnaLisa Kraft - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: JOSB, M, MW
Mens Wearhouse (NYSE: MW), the "You're Going to love the way you look," company and Jos. A Bank Clothiers (NASDAQ: JOSB) are the two most direct plays on mens fashion. Are these really going to make your portfolio look sharp?
Clean shirt, new shoes
Jos A. Bank, the manufacturer and retailer of mens apparel has 603 stores in 44 states. It was founded in 1905. The stock is down more »
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This Stock Is Dressing Up
By Marshall Hargrave - March 22, 2013 | Tickers: ANN, EXPR, FRAN, JOSB, MW
It appears that The Men’s Wearhouse (NYSE: MW) has caught the attention of investors, with the stock moving up over 15% in a single day last week. Have no fear, there is still room for Men's Wearhouse to move higher; the stock is still 20% below its 52-week high.
The run up was due to the news that shows that Men's Wearhouse has engaged Jefferies to evaluate more »
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Positive Near Term Catalyst for This Men's Retailer
By Anh HOANG - March 22, 2013 | Tickers: JOSB, MW, TJX
Since the beginning of Mar 2012, The Men’s Wearhouse (NYSE: MW) has experienced a significant jump of more than 20%, from $27.88 per share to nearly $33.50 per share. The positive share movement was due to its narrow fourth quarter loss and its planned sale of its weak performing unit, K&G clothing. Barron’s commented that investors should stay as the stock could trade higher if more »
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After Earnings Warning, Jos. A. Bank Appears Headed for Bad Times
By Alan Ginsberg - March 21, 2013 | Tickers: JCP, JOSB, JWN, MW
On Jan. 25th of this year, Jos. A. Bank Clothiers (NASDAQ: JOSB) announced an earnings warning. Management changed its forecast for fiscal 2012, which ended on Feb. 3, 2013. It is now estimating that earnings per share will be about 20% lower than the prior year or about EPS of $2.80. Sales will show a modest increase, but will be well below originally anticipated results. Prior to the warning more »
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Men's Wearhouse : Weak Outlook
By Shas Dey - March 19, 2013 | Tickers: JOSB, M, MW
The Men's Wearhouse (NYSE: MW) is in a tough retail sector, but its specialty in men's clothing has given it brand-name recognition and a loyal customer base. On Mar. 15, the company announced its 4Q12 results and its decision to evaluate strategic alternatives for K&G.
Men's Wearhouse is a specialty retailer focusing on men's suits and the business of tuxedo rental in both US more »
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Is it Time to Suit Up with this Retailer?
By Leo Sun - March 19, 2013 | Tickers: JOSB, ROST, MW, TJX
The Men’s Wearhouse (NYSE: MW) can be a frustrating enigma. Its price movements are often erratic, yet it has risen more than 60% over the past five years, and 250% over the past decade. Recently, the Houston-based company posted top and bottom line growth that both missed analyst estimates, topped off with utterly mediocre same-store sales growth.
Yet the stock rallied nearly 20% on news of a possible sale more »
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2 Big Questions Surrounding The Future Of Men's Wearhouse
By Dave Koppenheffer - March 18, 2013 | Tickers: JCP, JOSB, MW
Recently, I wrote an article about the pros and cons of Men’s Wearhouse (NYSE: MW), Jos. A. Bank (NASDAQ: JOSB), and J.C. Penny (NYSE: JCP). Little did I know that one of them was going to see some major action soon after I posted my write-up. On March 14th, shares of Men’s Wearhouse exploded 19% to $34.60. But that was over a week ago, since then more »
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Will These 3 Suit Stocks Have Your Portfolio Looking Sharp?
By Dave Koppenheffer - March 11, 2013 | Tickers: JCP, JOSB, MW
When you look good, you feel good, and when you feel good, you play good, and when you play good, you get paid good. So today, let’s take a look at three companies that have had men looking sharp for decades: Men’s Wearhouse (NYSE: MW), Jos. A. Bank (NASDAQ: JOSB), and J.C. Penny (NYSE: JCP).
So suit up for a look at the overall market for men more »
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Men's Wearhouse is Dressed For Success
By Josh Kohn-Lindquist - March 1, 2013 | Tickers: JOSB, M, MW
One of the simplest ways to get an overview of a company's operations is through a SWOT analysis. Here, the main strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the company are laid out for all to see. Men's Wearhouse (NYSE: MW) has faced a 25% drop in its share price due to a trio of guidance cuts, a downgrade from Cowen, and the impact of its most more »
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Fool Me Once, Shame on You; Fool Me Twice, Shame on Me
By Alan Ginsberg - February 13, 2013 | Tickers: JOSB, RL, SKS
In my opinion Jos. A. Bank (NASDAQ: JOSB) is a scam, not an ingenious marketing company. Its entire business model depends on its ability to continue to grossly over-inflate its stated selling prices to the public and then to liquidate its inventory by running continuous sales and promotions that average about 70% of the ticketed selling price. The initial markup from landed cost is roughly 7 times, while the actual more »
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The Benefit of Diversification
By Tyler Wofford - February 5, 2013 | Tickers: HOG, JOSB, YHOO
Most investors would agree that it is probably not best to put "all your eggs in one basket." If people invest in several companies in a few different industries, their portfolios will not be as volatile as others. Therefore, these next few companies have nothing in common - besides the fact that they are publicly traded and just released earnings reports like every other publicly traded company.
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Suit Up With This Stock
By Timothy Green - January 17, 2013 | Tickers: JOSB, M, JWN, MW
I like companies that do one thing extremely well. Often companies try to be too much to too many people, and performance suffers because of it. You need to know your market and work hard to dominate it. You need to be laser-focused on your customer base and their needs. This is exactly what Men's Wearhouse (NYSE: MW) does.
Company Overview
Men's Wearhouse is the largest seller of more »
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Is Jos. A. Bank Clothiers a Scam?
By Alan Ginsberg - January 9, 2013 | Tickers: JOSB, M
Current Price 43 PE 13 Ticker Josb
For purposes of this post I am using a straight forward definition of a scam. A scam is a dishonest plan, especially for getting money. I have attempted to discuss the company’s original sales prices, store sales and promotion practices and gross margins. Management refused to co-operate in any way with regard to answering my inquiries. I have about 25 years experience more »
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Should You Buy This Debt-Free Men's Retailer?
By Anh HOANG - December 12, 2012 | Tickers: JOSB, M, MW, TJX
Are you interested in investing in men’s suits retail, including tuxedo rentals? This specialty retailer has been generating profits and positive free cash flow for the last 10 years, with no help of leverage. In addition, according to Barron’s, even though it posted lower than expected third quarter earnings results and adjusted its full year guidance downward, its shares could rise as high as 25% next year. It more »
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Three Retailers With Room to Grow
By Damon Churchwell - December 10, 2012 | Tickers: BIG, COST, HSNI, JOSB
Here are a few more of the stocks from my watchlist, particularly retailers. I like the fact that these companies are planning to expand their brick-and-mortar bases. They may also be viewed as adept at finding original avenues whereby to build profits.
Jos. A. Bank (NASDAQ: JOSB) recently announced that it intends to build its store count 33%, to around 800 units eventually, depending on the company’s performance. It more »
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A Household Name in Gated Communities
By Paula Wendland - October 26, 2012 | Tickers: COH, GPS, GES, JOSB, LULU
Whenever a stock like Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) begins to make headlines and draw the attention of pundits on CNBC, the same two camps advance the same two arguments that we’ve been hearing about growth stocks for years.
The bulls claim that the company is in the early stages of growth, that its niche market can afford the company’s products, and that the value of the brand and more »
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Five Companies for a Baltimore Portfolio
By Mike Steele - October 24, 2012 | Tickers: JOSB, LM, MKC, TROW, UA |
Are Tom Clancy and Edgar Allen Poe your favorite authors? Are "The Star Spangled Banner" and songs from the musical "Hairspray" both in your MP3 playlist? Do you drink Natty Boh with your soft shell crabs? Are your favorite birds Ravens and Orioles? If you answered yes to these questions, you might be from Baltimore.
Individual investors are most successful when they buy into the idea that they are owning more » -
Time To Crack Open The Bank
By Chad Henage - September 20, 2012 | Tickers: JOSB, M, MW
If you've been an investor for very long, you know that retail stocks can be treacherous. If a company stays current with fashion trends, and has a business model that can be replicated, investors can make a lot of money. However, analysts usually don't see the end of this growth coming, and if you don't get out at the right time you can end up losing a lot as well. You can imagine when I saw the title, “The Best Looking Company in Retail” that it would catch my attention. The Motley Fool's own Mark Reeth put forth the case for investing in Jos. A Bank Clothiers (NASDAQ: JOSB).