Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFMI)

TMFBreakerWade (90.23) Submitted: 8/14/06 5:24 PM : Start Price: $49.69 WFMI Score: -52.32

I have an intrinsic knowledge of the supermarket retail business and let me say that whole foods is the best looking grocery store that I have EVER seen. Now here is something that you can't read in any headline. The perception of whole foods has ...

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TMFRik (98.72) Submitted: 8/01/06 10:07 PM : Start Price: $68.38 WFMI Score: -62.68

People e-mail the company, begging for a Whole Foods in their neighborhood. They decide what city to move to based on how close the nearest store is. The food's expensive, but there's more and more people who fit the target profile and whose demand i...

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TMFMmbop (96.48) Submitted: 4/18/06 2:36 AM : Start Price: $64.70 WFMI Score: -62.58

Howard Schultz has called this one of the best companies in America. The brand is strong, and organic and natural foods are set to grow to a near $20 billion industry by 2010. Although the price is a little steep today, this stock should best the ind...

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Worldfrog (< 20) Submitted: 7/20/06 3:09 PM : Start Price: $56.94 WFMI Score: -60.43

Another growth pick. This one has almost no debt, generates strong FCF, growing sales and EPS, and has lots of room to expand. Margins show strength despite the entry of other competitors, including the warning of entry by huge food retailer Walmar...

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gopirque (48.30) Submitted: 4/11/08 12:33 AM : Start Price: $32.89 WFMI Score: -24.62

I've seen a lot of "hype" about this stock until I was able to see Whole Foods in person. I spent several weeks in Colorado and I am thoroughly impressed with several things about WFMI.

Customer Service: There are many knowledgable peopl...

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anontmp (87.75) Submitted: 3/20/08 8:37 AM : Start Price: $31.16 WFMI Score: -24.25

Whole foods has become a value play as it's been beaten down and now the PEG is over 1. It should generally hold up even if the economy slows. Technically, it is showing signs of turning positive.

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antichrononology (< 20) Submitted: 2/04/08 11:24 PM : Start Price: $41.39 WFMI Score: 30.29

Another boom soon to bust upscale trend market. Trendy customer base lacks loyalty, overhead is too high, sheer cost in waste disposal alone will drive them out of existence. A fad stock, with a fickle customer base, and over inflated expectations. N...

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goalie37 (45.71) Submitted: 12/05/06 1:42 PM : Start Price: $47.72 WFMI Score: -41.41

I ran the numbers on WFMI for a friend, hoping to show her that this was a speculative stock she should avoid. Instead, this is what I found:


Dividend Yield: 1.45% (the 18 cent quarterly payment is more than double what it was in 2004)
Quarterly ...

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pw1623 (67.61) Submitted: 3/24/08 3:24 PM : Start Price: $33.35 WFMI Score: -25.45

Great company with good leadership....forum bs will eventually blow over. People love the stores and I've never heard a bad word said about their stores. Stock is on sale at this levels as this company warrants higher multiples.

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minnjim1 (85.97) Submitted: 5/07/07 7:52 PM : Start Price: $44.29 WFMI Score: 32.61

Upscale niche market, high prices, vulnerable to price-undercutting competitors.

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