TSC Ratings' Updates: Limited Brands

Net operating cash flow has decreased to $1,108.00 million or 40.20% when compared with the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing it to the industry average, the firm's growth rate is much lower.

The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed compared to the computers and peripherals industry average but is greater than that of the S&P 500. The net income has decreased by 17.4% when compared with the same quarter one year ago, dropping from $746.00 million to $616.00 million.

DELL had been rated a buy since Aug. 4, 2008.

Exco Resources(XCO Quote) has been downgraded from buy to hold. Exco Resources, an independent oil and natural gas company, engages in the acquisition, development and exploitation of onshore oil and natural gas properties in North America. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, expanding profit margins and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and generally poor debt management.

Compared with its closing price of one year ago, XCO's share price has jumped by 32.02%, exceeding the performance of the broader market during that same time frame. Although XCO had significant growth over the past year, our hold rating indicates that we do not recommend additional investment in this stock at the current time.

The gross profit margin for XCO is currently very high, coming in at 143.50%. It has increased significantly from the same period last year. Along with this, the net profit margin of 127.00% significantly outperformed against the industry average.