Burlington Stores, Inc. BURL

Investing.com -- Goldman Sachs revealed in a note Thursday that it has added Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Burlington Stores (NYSE: BURL), Huntington Ingalls (NYSE: HII), Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) to its U.S. Conviction List in the bank’s October update.

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Burlington Stores (BURL) has drawn fresh attention after recent trading left the share price at US$254.83. Investors are weighing that level against the retailer’s track record and its latest reported financial metrics. The current US$254.83 share price comes after a mixed run for Burlington Stores, with the past week’s 7 day share price return up 6.38%, but the 30 day and 90 day share price returns down 19.17% and 20.56% respectively as earlier momentum faded. See how Burlington Stores...

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