Staples, Inc. (SPLS)

NetscribeRetail (51.90) Submitted: 1/08/07 1:57 AM : Start Price: $25.26 SPLS Score: 5.47

Staples is the world’s leading office products retailer selling office supplies and services, business machines, computers and peripherals, and office furniture through approximately 1,800 superstores, and Internet operations. It generates revenues f...

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BostonKate (38.83) Submitted: 9/20/06 7:00 PM : Start Price: $24.36 SPLS Score: 3.70

Clean, well-lit, always stocked, and reasonably informed and helpful staff: Staples outperforms Office Max and Office Depot by a mile in consumer experience. Staples seems to have overcome its senior management issues of the last few years, and conti...

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TMFWBuffettJr (99.80) Submitted: 9/27/06 7:52 PM : Start Price: $24.25 SPLS Score: 4.38

Simply put, earnings have outpaced the stock price for too long. The stock has done well, but the underlying company has done better. This creates an anomaly which will be corrected in my opinion. Everyone knows Staples. A big blue chip type comp...

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peaseblossom67 (88.14) Submitted: 6/30/07 3:48 PM : Start Price: $23.63 SPLS Score: 18.40

Staples, Inc., a large-cap value company in the consumer services sector, is expected to underperform the market over the next six months with very low risk. The long-term outlook is brighter. Shares are under heavy accumulation by financial instit...

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gregmoran (92.40) Submitted: 10/22/07 11:00 AM : Start Price: $21.69 SPLS Score: 26.78

1. the Easy Button = brilliant
2. Sponsor of NBC's "The Office" (funniest show ever)
3. low P/E ratio
4. offers dividend

I'm long on SPLS during this downturn but also keeping a close eye on their competition. Good MF SA pi...

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browndhb (95.18) Submitted: 4/12/07 2:11 PM : Start Price: $26.29 SPLS Score: 3.84

SPLS will continue to benefit from the current trend of working from home. As more homes get computers, high speed internet, etc. This becomes more of a viable option for many. Even if you don't telecommute, a home office is almost a necessity the...

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stockdogs (< 20) Submitted: 5/14/08 3:27 PM : Start Price: $23.48 SPLS Score: 13.35

time for staples to replace office depot and office max. When something's been around too long and lost its pizazz, time to say goodbye. Staples is bigger store with much better lay out. Must keep prices competitive to succeed. Not sure yet if I woul...

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himaggarwal (< 20) Submitted: 10/22/07 3:08 PM : Start Price: $21.83 SPLS Score: 26.41

Staples is set to rebound back, DELL collaboration shud add a lot of new footfalls. People always look for Dell in stores :D. They think it is cheaper than everything else around.


Looking at the India perspective, Staples has joined hand...

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noahchilly (87.23) Submitted: 3/15/08 1:18 AM : Start Price: $20.54 SPLS Score: 17.56

SPLS has an advantage over Office Depot, but it will take time to really show, especially in this economy.

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Haise (20.82) Submitted: 11/15/06 12:28 PM : Start Price: $25.49 SPLS Score: 4.01

Even though the valuation is rich, well-managed companies like this one don't get cheap unless something goes wrong. I also don't expect must P/E expansion, but based on EPS growth alone the stock should outperform the market over the next year.

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