Legg Mason, Inc. (LM)

NetscribeFinServ (< 20) Submitted: 2/07/07 7:58 AM : Start Price: $101.97 LM Score: -42.02

Legg Mason serves as the holding company for Legg Mason Capital Management, Western Asset Management Company, Brandywine Asset Management, Royce and Associates, and other subsidiaries. The company classifies its asset management business into three d...

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23Ralph (22.82) Submitted: 12/16/07 7:46 PM : Start Price: $71.78 LM Score: -32.97

Asset management is a scale business and Legg Mason is one of the biggest. However, the company is trading well below industry peers such as TROW and BEN. The market is partly discounting the stock because LM has more fixed income assets compared t...

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ivanhoe1 (50.43) Submitted: 2/21/07 4:31 PM : Start Price: $103.72 LM Score: -41.96

I think this is a good company to invest in.

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mihirarya (78.67) Submitted: 10/23/06 12:19 PM : Start Price: $84.68 LM Score: -42.43

Once the integration of LM with Citigroup's Asset Management business is complete, this Asset Manager will rebound strongly. Short term integration issues coupled with size concerns (more than $800 B in AUM) is ignoring the long-term potential of thi...

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skidaily (< 20) Submitted: 1/26/07 1:20 PM : Start Price: $100.98 LM Score: -43.27

Company is well managed.
Company is undervalued based on historical and industry standards based on Assets Under Management and P/E ratios (after excluding the 1 time gain from the sale of its brokerage business to Citigroup). Once the Citigroup Ass...

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debracharles (37.44) Submitted: 9/30/06 10:45 PM : Start Price: $98.46 LM Score: -46.69

Strong management, once they organize a bit more, they will really take off. Need to stop hiring everybody's relatives and friends. Chairperson of the board is a JOHNS HOPKINS alum who needs to get his company to hire more people from JOHNS HOPKINS. ...

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Steve819 (97.77) Submitted: 8/24/06 4:22 AM : Start Price: $89.62 LM Score: -46.14

Citibank acquistion was a master-stroke. Now let's see Chip pull it off - stock is far too cheap at these levels.

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1medfran (92.46) Submitted: 9/08/08 2:33 PM : Start Price: $45.85 LM Score: 26.76

They own too much common/preferred Freddie/Fannie. This dictates that they must underperform their peers if not the entire S&P. Unless one believes in miracles this portion of their portfolios is toast. I mean, I am an optimist but also a realist. Du...

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goqqq (77.05) Submitted: 8/28/08 10:35 PM : Start Price: $44.39 LM Score: -23.42

a longer term value play, beat down by the credit crisis by solid operational skills will see it through to the other side

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Outatime85 (< 20) Submitted: 9/14/06 5:44 PM : Start Price: $95.78 LM Score: -47.03

In the year leading up to the Citigroup deal, AUM jumped $100 billion (34%) to $400b, with double-digit growth across all three divisions: institutional, wealth management, and mutual funds.

In the year since, AUM (with the CAM acquisition and $13b...

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