The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. (BONT)

xMacroeconomics (< 20) Submitted: 11/29/07 11:02 AM : Start Price: $11.28 BONT Score: 47.84

A pitch stolen from a friend:





The Bon-Ton carves out and maintains a niche in smaller secondary markets by


offering a higher proportion of better to moderate merchandise in an upscale


environment with ...

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zolibork (20.06) Submitted: 7/01/07 7:02 PM : Start Price: $39.21 BONT Score: -60.46

Barron's bullish pick. PEG of .84 and forward PE of 9.42

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scottidog (41.42) Submitted: 5/13/08 12:31 PM : Start Price: $9.14 BONT Score: -46.24

P/E = 12.3x v.17.2x for S&P 500
Price/Sales = 0.6x v 1.5x
Profit Margin = 0.3% v 7.8%
Return on Equity = 12.3% v 15.6%
Return on Assets = 2.9% v 3.9%
Long Term Growth Rate = 18.0% v 12.7%
PEG Ratio = 0.7x v 1.4x

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Emhfool (71.02) Submitted: 4/23/08 8:48 AM : Start Price: $7.14 BONT Score: 40.55

This is a bad company. Do I want to own a part of this business at any price? Certainly not. You're buying debt and a terrible business model. A recession will not be kind to this company.

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StatsGeek (99.98) Submitted: 1/03/08 4:00 PM : Start Price: $7.14 BONT Score: -37.27

This pick will either lose me 100 points or make me 500. It has a lot of debt but is servicing it fine for now. Like many of my picks, it will probably go against me before it goes for me.

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BuyingRetail (77.91) Submitted: 10/09/07 7:32 PM : Start Price: $22.32 BONT Score: -53.85

Smart product development planning. They just need to make sure they don't follow Kohl's into discount product ilnes.

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Valuesleuth (89.31) Submitted: 10/25/06 7:49 PM : Start Price: $36.72 BONT Score: -65.88

FMV $60. Dynamic company with excellent fundamentals.

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MOHDALHARTHY (< 20) Submitted: 4/05/07 10:07 AM : Start Price: $53.65 BONT Score: -65.28

GROWING IS CLEAR FROM GRAPH

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t4198gn (47.24) Submitted: 3/13/07 4:49 PM : Start Price: $50.75 BONT Score: -67.75

A relatively safe and undervalued stock that will show future profits growing each year.

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ARBinEXILEman (83.30) Submitted: 2/13/07 12:14 PM : Start Price: $42.09 BONT Score: 63.89

short term trading sell - based soley on price

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