Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS)

AresFinancial (99.05) Submitted: 1/04/08 1:28 PM : Start Price: $32.25 BKS Score: 13.43

1. Ebooks will do to you, what ITunes did to Tower Records.
2. People sitting around drinking coffee in a 12000SQ FT is not going to pay the rent
3. Public library is still free and just as close to home
4. 60-80% of all books purchased are not read
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NetscribeRetail (35.20) Submitted: 1/03/07 12:39 AM : Start Price: $38.79 BKS Score: 26.24

Barnes and Nobles Inc is a specialty retailer of books along with music and movies. It operates two different store formats, namely the Barnes and Nobles books store, which is 681 in number and B.Dalton bookseller, which are 118 in number. The compan...

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PatNoone (< 20) Submitted: 8/18/06 8:53 PM : Start Price: $35.86 BKS Score: -29.02

Has been out of favour.. but results have proven their long time value

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ksmg4 (54.27) Submitted: 10/16/07 5:33 PM : Start Price: $37.09 BKS Score: -15.95

always will be bricks and mortar book stores and this is by far class in industry

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racoveanul (79.77) Submitted: 9/28/07 12:42 PM : Start Price: $34.53 BKS Score: -12.33

Classic Altman Z >3, Conan Holder score between 12 and 14, beta > 1.2. These stocks made the screen (Reuters will pull the screening tool on october 4th but then again there are others): BKS,TUP,PCU,SKM,ASF,SSI,RL,CHL,COLM,PACR,ACN. I had already pic...

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yield2u (37.46) Submitted: 5/07/08 11:20 PM : Start Price: $31.77 BKS Score: -13.78

Now is not the time for consumer stocks however these guys have 0 debt which should give an edge during tough times. Boost from aggressive share buyback plan. 1.9% dividend yield is nice with only 30% payout ratio and lots of cash. Long term play onl...

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thestockstalker (90.42) Submitted: 6/05/08 8:03 PM : Start Price: $29.41 BKS Score: 7.14

Books are not the highest priority right now when people are struggling to pay the bills... It's not like they are the cheapest things either. Earnings futures look bleak, especially as the Internet phases out the mass printed word.

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Guin3666 (97.06) Submitted: 9/26/06 8:34 PM : Start Price: $37.07 BKS Score: -29.33

Love bookstores so going to support this company... cheaper than Borders but facing tough comparisons for sales with Harry Potter last year.

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NoVaAmPro (94.71) Submitted: 11/24/06 11:17 AM : Start Price: $38.45 BKS Score: -27.02

I admit some bias--I love B&N, but then I can't be the only one, as crowded as they get. Launch of new B&N MasterCard should drive up sales to impulse buyers, and people love to pick up a book and sip a Starbucks mocha; most of the time people purch...

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biffinnh (71.45) Submitted: 8/12/08 9:44 PM : Start Price: $26.48 BKS Score: -6.21

Just a bounce play for the short term, not sure what kind of legs this really has...

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