4 Stocks Making Moves: Green Mountain, Target, Philip Morris, and GameStop

By Chris Hill – Nov 21, 2013 at 6:55PM

NYSE: WMT

Walmart

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$485B

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(-0.08%) -$0.05

Current Price

$60.16

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Philip Morris gets into e-cigarettes, and Target blames Canada. Here are four stocks making moves on the market today.

On Thursday's edition of The Motley Fool's Investor Beat, host Chris Hill and Fool analysts David Hanson and Matt Koppenheffer take a hard and fast look at the market stories investors need to know.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR.DL) is up big today after fourth-quarter profits rose 38%. The company also announced a plan to buy back $1 billion worth of stock. Quarterly profits for Target (TGT 0.18%) were down 46%. Executives at the company pointed to big losses at its Canadian locations as the source of the trouble. Philip Morris International (PM -1.11%) fell after getting a downgrade from Goldman Sachs. The company also announced it would be entering the e-cigarette market. And video game retailer GameStop (GME 6.16%) fell on guidance going into the holiday quarter that came in a bit light. In this segment, our analysts take a look at four stocks making moves on the market today.

Chris Hill and David Hanson have no position in any stocks mentioned. Matt Koppenheffer owns shares of Wal-Mart Stores and Target. The Motley Fool recommends Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and owns shares of GameStop and Philip Morris International. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.