Stocks to Watch: Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW), News Corp, US Airways Group, Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS)

Lakeway, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/22/2013 -- 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:-

Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) shares decreased 2.51% and closed at $37.67 in yesterday’s session. The company is scheduled to report fourth quarter 2012 earnings press release on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time with: Robert A. Niblock, chairman, president and chief executive officer; Gregory M. Bridgeford, chief customer officer; and Robert F. Hull, Jr., chief financial officer.

Additionally, the company yesterday announced that Lara Lee will join the company as senior vice president, customer experience design, effective Feb 25. Lee will report to Robert J. (Bob) Gfeller, customer experience design executive.

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News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA) shares fell 1.57% and closed at $28.25 in the last trading session. The company, on Feb. 6, cut its forecast for annual earnings, saying underperformance at several businesses including its Fox broadcast network would offset a gain in earnings in the most recent quarter.

The company earned $2.38 billion, or $1.01 per share, in the fiscal second quarter. That's up from $1.06 billion, or 42 cents per share, a year earlier. Adjusted earnings came to 44 cents per share, beating the 43 cents per share expected by analysts. Revenue was $9.43 billion, up 5 percent from $8.98 billion. The company says its pay TV network business helped grow revenue. Analysts forecast revenue of $9.26 billion.

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US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE:LCC) shares increased 0.30% to $13.37. JP Morgan upgraded US Airways from Neutral to Overweight and raised the price target from $18.00 to $18.50 on Feb. 19.

Additionally, PSA pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l or ALPA, recently said that they have reached a tentative agreement with PSA Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of US Airways Group, Inc. after nearly four years of negotiations.

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Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) shares dropped 1.56% and closed at $49.10. Argus upgraded shares of Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research report released on Tuesday morning. Argus currently has $66.00 price target on the stock. Additionally, analysts at Morgan Stanley raised their EPS on shares of Las Vegas Sands in a research note to investors on Monday, February 4. They now have an overweight rating and a $60.00 price target on the stock.

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