Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFMI)

Paltin (38.87) Submitted: 8/27/06 3:09 AM : Start Price: $52.59 WFMI Score: 64.42

Whole Foods has two big things going for it-- a well known brand and customers who are willing to pay more for quality. They're a great company, well managed and respected.

However, at a P/E of 47, you need to get lucky and stay lucky to be worth th...

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fergus101 (90.86) Submitted: 10/04/06 11:36 AM : Start Price: $52.59 WFMI Score: -64.42

Fabulously well run by a highly competent management team. Great stores that are always bristling with customers. Folks in towns where there are no Wholefoods begging for the company to build one in their area. This is no more a grocery store chai...

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ennui (77.71) Submitted: 1/30/07 8:24 PM : Start Price: $42.96 WFMI Score: -47.48

Where I would shop if they had a store in my town. To help people like me, they are in the process of opening many new stores. This has caused some short-term profit squeeze, but should lead to long term accelerated growth.

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anshubhatia (40.62) Submitted: 8/19/06 6:22 PM : Start Price: $52.18 WFMI Score: -63.84

This is a great growth company. Despite a decent quarter, market too focused on short term results, punished the company after the latest quarter. Health consciousness in what we eat, is only going to increase with aging of baby boomers.

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homeinhickory (39.97) Submitted: 9/07/06 1:35 AM : Start Price: $50.38 WFMI Score: -62.59

Organics is where it is at. More and more families and parents are realizing all the crap that is in the food we buy at the local Supercenter. Let's face it, the crowd they cater to doesn't get affected by $3 or $4 gas prices. This is a long term big...

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PaulaBux (< 20) Submitted: 10/04/06 1:10 AM : Start Price: $57.58 WFMI Score: -64.99

Okay, I work here. I'm biased. But really, it IS a great company, we DO know what we're doing and the stores I go to are always packed. Will it continue to have the over 30% growth that it's had the last 3 years? Probably not, but for a long term...

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TMFDitty (99.28) Submitted: 5/10/07 1:50 PM : Start Price: $39.77 WFMI Score: -39.75

I'm in. Backing out expansion capex, I put this firm's "maintenance" free cash flow at about $340M. Weighed against about $5.6B in enterprise value, it's now trading for a slight discount to projected growth -- an EV of 16x FCF.




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bmark39 (87.17) Submitted: 12/07/06 11:12 PM : Start Price: $46.88 WFMI Score: -52.06

Whole Foods is a great franchise with tremendous unexplored potential. I see most of their competition falling by the wayside as consumers gravitate to the quality found in these stores. As more and more people become concerned with the practices o...

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Ghostal (53.86) Submitted: 9/29/06 9:28 PM : Start Price: $57.82 WFMI Score: 64.73

40+ multiple for a grocery store chain? No thanks.

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ongkaili (< 20) Submitted: 7/02/08 11:49 AM : Start Price: $22.84 WFMI Score: 20.06

bought puts on this stock when it was around $28, shortly after their poor earnings and i've made almost a 150% profit until now.

why did i buy the puts? lowered demand for organic foods (product) and poor management is a recipe for a medi...

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