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7/3/2008 1:02 PM

American Reprographics Company (ARP)

CAPS Rating:
*****

A reprographics company in the United States providing business-to-business document management services to the architectural, engineering and construction industry.

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Avatar ferjen (< 20) Submitted: 11/21/07 8:40 PM : Underperform Start Price: $15.43 ARP Score: -19.88

This is a printing company plain and simple. They make most of their money from the Engineering and Construction industry. The penetration of CADD software and acceptance of electronic signing and sealing work against this company. Also, the high prices of fuel, property, and materials are hitting both of these industries hard. I'm seeing it first hand and work is drying up for lack of money. No work means no plans and no plans means no money for ARP. Over the years, I've seen less and less paper with their name on it. And since they are nothing more than a glorified printing company now, why wouldn't Kinko's put the screws to these guys? no chance of beating the market in my opinion. But what do I know? I was challenging for all time worst CAPS rating...but I will be vindicated...

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Avatar HotStove3 (51.49) Submitted: 4/15/08 2:38 PM

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Evidently Boeing thought they had something to offer or they would not have hired them. Sometimes looking too hard at forward trends can cause one to miss large profits in the next 5 to 8 years.

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Avatar FleaBagger (99.66) Submitted: 5/10/08 1:11 PM

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You cannot do at Kinko's what ARP does. And why shouldn't ARP be able to keep up with changes in technology? IBM was a typewriter company, and they didn't go out of business when the typewriter became obsolete.

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