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$10.07 -0.54 (-5.09%)
10/10/2008 4:10 PM

Brown Shoe Company, Inc. (BWS)

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The Company operates in the footwear industry. Its current activities include the operation of retail shoe stores and the sourcing and marketing of footwear for women, men and children.

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50 Outperforms
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Accessories (55), Textile - Apparel Footwear & Accessories (27), Small Cap (1922)
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Brown Shoe Company, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $10.07
Last Trade Time: 10/10/2008 4:10 PM
Open: $9.50
Previous Close: $10.61
Daily Range: $8.70 - $10.61
52-Week Range: $10.25 - $20.92
Volume: 1,584,362
Market Cap: $745.84M
P/E Ratio: 14.93
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Brown Shoe Company, Inc. (BWS)

Avatar SH2F088 (95.67) Submitted: 9/12/07 2:58 AM

BWS has a decent track record with positive earnings each of the last nine years. Revenue and especially earnings saw a significant boost in 07. I think the price got ahead of itself earlier this year, but now the sell off is overdone.

S&P gives it three stars with a fair value of $24.8...More

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Avatar ikonik (< 20) Submitted: 11/20/07 9:16 PM

bloated carcass

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 (BWS)

Avatar speda12 (< 20) Submitted: 10/08/08 7:50 PM : Underperform Start Price: $12.05 BWS Score: 5.28

Shorting consumer goods now.

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Avatar ikonik (< 20) Submitted: 11/20/07 9:16 PM : Underperform Start Price: $15.90 BWS Score: -1.48

bloated carcass

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Avatar realjamis (79.93) Submitted: 10/23/07 3:47 PM : Outperform Start Price: $19.88 BWS Score: -9.98

Stock prices for shoe companies have been doing very poorly in the past 6 months or so. For many of these companies, there is little basis for this drop in price - instead, prices are just mimicking the industry. I think BWS is undervalued because of this effect, and is due for an appreciation sometime in the future.

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Avatar SH2F088 (95.67) Submitted: 9/12/07 2:58 AM : Outperform Start Price: $19.35 BWS Score: -8.04

BWS has a decent track record with positive earnings each of the last nine years. Revenue and especially earnings saw a significant boost in 07. I think the price got ahead of itself earlier this year, but now the sell off is overdone.

S&P gives it three stars with a fair value of $24.8. I think they will hit this over the next year or two which I expect to out perform the S&P 500 over the same time frame.

FPE, current ratio, long term debt, and growth expectations all look good.

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Avatar ezn1 (21.86) Submitted: 7/13/07 1:25 PM : Outperform Start Price: $24.84 BWS Score: -16.55

shoes.com is one of the best product websites I have ever experienced - and I have bought way too many shoes from them. When I followed my investment philosophy and investigated who is behind shoes.com, I found Brown Shoes. At the time it was trading at $45+. Not sure why they are down but I feel they are worth a shot based on the excellence of shoes.com

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TrackCLKing < 20 02/27/08 Outperform NS $16.24-38.00%-36.05%-1.95
TrackBreanMurray 94.74 06/26/07 Outperform NS $24.00-58.03%-41.02%-17.01
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