The company's efforts to improve productivity and much more aggressively manage their asset base is really starting to become more evident, ... We see this certainly from the standpoint of the company being well ahead of schedule for its restructuring. |
The stock is over-discounted because of massive issues with credibility, ... They told us they'd be OK earlier this week. |
The stock is over-discounted because of massive issues with credibility. They told us they'd be OK earlier this week. |
There's a lot that has to be done at this company to get (margins at) the commercial part above 5 percent. |
There's a near-term impact and we're moving into a more challenging economic environment. |
They last thing they are going to do is reduce leverage and buy back shares, ... This is all good news. Their stock's been down. |
They last thing they are going to do is reduce leverage and buy back shares. This is all good news. Their stock's been down. |
We continue to believe the (Justice Department) will oppose the merger based on the potential for anti-competitive pricing by the merged entity. |
We have decided to take the unusual step and reduce our rating on WHR to Sell to reflect what we strongly believe is the potential for significant near-term downside risk due to a series of massive changes rapidly altering the historic ways the appliance business is conducted in North America, ... The net result of this change will, in our opinion, be a slow, but steadily building decline in market share for WHR, accompanied by steadily increasing pricing pressures, which we believe could far disproportionately impact Whirlpool versus other manufacturers. |
We'll get a better handle about how can this company, in a non-growth environment ,can grow at an above-average rate, |
What's driving the stock down? It looks like Home Depot is not a place where Whirlpool is going to be selling in the near term, |
Whirlpool has argued the merger should receive regulatory approval due to the global nature of the laundry market; however, with only two other domestic top-load washer manufacturers, we believe this lacks credibility. |