Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL) reported
solid Q3
results, with strong comp numbers. The performance was “a testament to the company's more diversified/evolved operating model,”
as Foot Locker continues to adjust its assortment by category, brand and channel, Brean Capital’s Eric Tracy said in a report. He
maintains a Buy rating on the company, while raising the price target from $77 to $78.
Foot Locker reported its Q3 EPS at $1.13, ahead of Brean Capital’s and the consensus estimate of $1.10. Comp growth came in at a
solid 4.7 percent, beating Brean Capital’s estimate of 4.0 percent.
Model To Continue to Deliver
Foot Locker is increasingly diversifying its operating model, which “serves to limit over-reliance on any one category/brand,”
Tracy mentioned.
Management re-affirmed the FY 2016 guidance for comps at mid-single-digit growth and EPS at
double-digits.
Tracy considers the target as achievable, given the company’s flexibility in “allocations by style (lifestyle/ retro), vendors
(adidas AG (ADR) (OTC: ADDYY), Under
Armour Inc (NYSE: UA) to a lesser degree), and channel
that allows FL to participate more fully in hottest trends.”
Foot Locker would achieve the target despite the multi-year comps and a slower innovation pipeline
at Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE), which currently
constitutes about 70 percent of mix, the analyst said, adding that the company’s lean inventories and disciplined expense
management would also contribute.
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Latest Ratings for FL
Date |
Firm |
Action |
From |
To |
Nov 2016 |
Wedbush |
Initiates Coverage On |
|
Outperform |
Sep 2016 |
Guggenheim |
Initiates Coverage on |
|
Neutral |
Aug 2016 |
UBS |
Maintains |
|
Buy |
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