Talbots (TLB) Downgraded at Janney, Reduced to Sell

Talbots (TLB) has been downgraded today from “neutral” to “sell” by the research analysts at Janney Montgomery Scott.  Talbots was down during intraday trading and finished trading at $4.52.

Talbots is slated to release their next earnings report on June 7 and is estimated to post EPS of 4 cents.  Their last earnings report was released on March 24, 2011 and announced an EPS of -14 cents with revenue totaling 292.6 million which was down -7.4 % year to year.  TLB is currently trading below its 50 & 200-day moving averages and 2011 is currently an down year for the company.

The Talbots, Inc. (TLB) is a specialty retailer and direct marketer of women’s apparel, accessories and shoes sold almost exclusively under the Talbots brand.  The company has market capitalization of $318,000,000 and 69,906,000 shares outstanding.  TLB has a 52-week high of $15.37 with the low being $4.26.