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The main stock indexes failed to make big moves on Wednesday ahead of Nvidia's earnings report, while Meta settled a landmark social media case.
Consumer stocks were lower late Wednesday afternoon, with the State Street Consumer Staples Select S

The sales guide came down, and the margin guide came forward in the same update; the open question is how much of that second half is already in the share price.
Investing.com -- Truist cut its rating for Nike (NYSE: NKE) to Hold from Buy in a note Wednesday and lowered its price target to $42 from $47, saying an update from Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) has muddied the picture on the sportswear group's recovery.
Investing.com -- Telsey Advisory Group downgraded Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) to Market Perform from Outperform and slashed its price target to $145 from $255 in a note Wednesday, citing a tougher recovery path at recently acquired Foot Locker.
Look out for another bad quarter from Nike.

DKS stock fell more than 30% in the previous session, marking its biggest single-day plunge on record.

CEO Elliott Hill has started fixing Nike’s business. Winning back the consumers and cultural cachet it lost could be much harder.

Nike is on the verge of becoming a dividend aristocrat. However, its earnings need to improve materially, or else the payouts would become increasingly unsustainable.

It has been a frustrating 2026 for NIKE (NKE) and Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), with shares underperforming in a big way.

Nike (NKE) closed the most recent trading day at $39.48, moving 3.12% from the previous trading session.
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Nike stock declined along with other footwear brands after Dick’s Sporting Goods missed earnings expectations.

A number of stocks fell in the morning session after Dick's Sporting Goods reported weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings and warned of rising inventory levels that are forcing heavy promotional discounting across the athletic retail sector. Shares of athletic footwear and apparel makers retreated after Dick's Sporting Goods reduced its full-year profit outlook according to the company’s press release, signaling broader margin pressures across the sportswear market. Retail executives noted tha

Nike stock declined along with other footwear brands after Dick’s Sporting Goods missed earnings expectations.
Nike (NKE) is taking the right strategic steps but execution is taking longer than expected due to i

ISN's Joe Schloesser urges brands to make cybersecurity a part of the broader conversation around supply chain risk.

NKE's global brand, innovation, athlete partnerships and reach, alongside WWW's specialized footwear brands and category focus, highlight the key fundamentals.

Palantir highlighted as Zacks Bull and GoPro Bear of the Day

Dick’s Sporting Goods stock falls sharply after the sports retailer misses second-quarter earnings expectations and reduces its fiscal-year profit outlook.

Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. lowered its full-year outlook amid weakness at its recently acquired Foot Locker unit, overshadowing sales gains during the World Cup.
UK footwear foam manufacturer Zotefoams, which supplies global brands including Nike, has reportedly entered a consultation phase which could see 100 jobs at risk as it looks to offshore production to Vietnam.

NKE's Running business is gaining momentum as performance-led innovation drives growth, market-share gains and renewed consumer demand.

Consumer discretionary businesses are levered to the highs and lows of economic cycles. Over the past six months, it seems like demand may be facing some headwinds as the industry’s 6.2% return has lagged the S&P 500 by 4.8 percentage points.

We saw potential where the market was wary. Here's why Target's Fiddelke and Starbucks' Niccol are making progress, and Hill bears watching.

NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) and On Holding (NYSE:ONON) are two firms competing with each other in a David versus Goliath scenario. Both the stocks are down by more than 35% year-to-date. Starting from the former, Cramer has discussed the firm several times over the past couple of months. He has focused on the firm’s ongoing turnaround […]
