Stocks in News: AutoZone, Inc., Bank of Montreal, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., Cobalt International Energy, Inc.

Lakeway, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/27/2013 -- ThePennyStockProfiler.com, an investment community with a special focus on updating investors with recent news on the U.S. stock market, issues news alert on the following stocks:-

AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO) decreased 0.63% and closed at $376.15. The Company reported second quarter net sales of $1.9 billion, an increase of 2.8% from the second quarter of fiscal 2012. Domestic same store sales or sales for stores open at least one year decreased 1.8% for the quarter. Net income for the quarter increased $9.3 million or 5.6% to $176.2 million. The gross profit, as a percentage of sales was 51.9%. AutoZone repurchased 513 thousand shares of its common stock for $185 million during the second quarter, at an average price of $361 per share. The Company's inventory increased 7.0% over the same period last year.

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Bank of Montreal (USA) (NYSE:BMO) soared 1.37% and closed at $62.12. The Company posted first quarter ended January 31, 2013, net income of $1,048 million or $1.53 per share on a reported basis and net income of $1,041 million or $1.52 per share on an adjusted basis.

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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBRL) augmented 8.66% and closed at $72.75. The Company reported second quarter profit of $35.2 million or $1.47 a share from $25.6 million or $1.10 a share a year earlier. Revenue was up 4.4% to $702.7 million, ahead of analysts' projections of $694 million. Gross margin edged up to 65.2% from 65%. Restaurant same-store sales were up 3.3%.

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Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CIE) went down 2.20% and closed at $23.09 on a traded volume of 5.0 million shares. The company posted fourth quarter loss of $66.5 million or 16 cents per share compared to loss of $51.1 million or 13 cents per share in the same quarter last year. The company didn't report any revenue for either period. Analysts, on average, expected a loss of 11 cents per share. Total operating costs and expenses increased 23% to $64.4 million. The company incurred $3.2 million in interest expense during the recent quarter compared with none in the year-ago period.

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