$30.30 0.71 (+2.40%)
11/6/2009 4:02 PM

CEC Entertainment, Inc. (CEC)

CAPS Rating: 2 out of 5

The Company is engaged in the family restaurant/entertainment center business.

Current Price $30.30 Mkt Cap $689.01M
Open $29.59 P/E Ratio 11.29
Prev. Close $29.59 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $29.49 - $30.48 Volume 440,059
52-Wk Range $12.96 - $34.77 Avg. Daily Vol. 318,000

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edwinaanne (90.64)
Submitted March 27, 2008

RESTAURANTS / CONSUMER SERVICES /ENTERTAINMENT
30 YEAR OLD COMPANY FRANCHISEES OPERATE 534 RESTUARANTS. OWNER OF CHUCK E CHEESE’S RESTAURANTS. CHUCK E CHEES’S OFFERS FAMILIES WITH KIDS A ONE-OF-A-KIND TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE THAT… More

kristm (99.69)
Submitted August 06, 2008

I never have liked this company, it encourages kids to beg their parents for quarters and eat unhealthy crap - plus the characters and games are pretty lame. But beyond that..--CEC is better known for its games than its food, but most companies in… More

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Member Avatar CroMagnon1948 (48.77) Submitted: 10/30/2009 4:50:44 PM : Outperform Start Price: $29.17 CEC Score: +0.99

Great earnings.

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Member Avatar stockfreak1 (< 20) Submitted: 10/30/2009 2:17:40 AM : Outperform Start Price: $28.16 CEC Score: +6.82

where a kid can be a kid

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Member Avatar kristm (99.69) Submitted: 8/6/2008 12:35:45 AM : Underperform Start Price: $36.37 CEC Score: +3.04

I never have liked this company, it encourages kids to beg their parents for quarters and eat unhealthy crap - plus the characters and games are pretty lame. But beyond that..

--CEC is better known for its games than its food, but most companies in the arcade/gaming business are going away because families prefer to play games over and over for free on their home game console or computer. If they had room for something more active like, say, a go-cart track - but they don't.
--The food sucks, CiCi's pizza buffet has better cardboard pizza than these people do and it costs a lot less. They might be better than Little Caesars, but if so not much.
--Food prices are rising all over, every restaurant chain is getting squeezed hard by increasing food costs and this one won't fully escape that either.
--The economy is tight, gas prices are high - luxuries like playing games during dinner with the kids aren't going to be as affordable as they were.

My only counter thought to this is the whole "staycation" argument - people will go to CEC instead of Disney or Six Flags for vacation this year. That's pretty lame, but it might happen. However, those people who normally go to CEC instead of Disney or Six Flags during good times will be staying home during bad times, so that won't really help things very much.

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edwinjorodriguez

edwinjorodriguez (83.99) Score: +93.03

The ceo selling his shares,cant be good.

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Member Name Member
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ajsiegel 98.64 11/20/2008 Outperform 5Y $14.73 +105.70% +36.13% +69.57
VijayaRB 46.91 12/26/2007 Outperform NS $27.46 +10.34% -24.89% +35.24
rockwell07 31.49 9/24/2007 Outperform 3M $28.05 +8.02% -26.36% +34.38
DJ40blade < 20 12/4/2007 Outperform NS $27.76 +9.15% -23.53% +32.68
jimbuffet < 20 8/22/2007 Outperform 1Y $29.08 +4.20% -22.76% +26.96
shavedchevy93 31.82 8/27/2007 Outperform 3M $29.87 +1.44% -23.48% +24.92
edwinjorodriguez 83.99 3/3/2009 Underperform 5Y $22.91 +32.26% +52.25% +20.00
CastorPollux 90.36 7/21/2008 Outperform NS $28.30 +7.07% -12.57% +19.64
ugurmarket 94.23 7/21/2008 Outperform NS $28.30 +7.07% -12.57% +19.64
cbrach 64.63 7/21/2008 Outperform 5Y $28.30 +7.07% -12.57% +19.64

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TrackJesupLamont < 20 10/8/2009 Outperform NS $25.84 +17.26% +0.54% +16.72
TrackSterneAgee 83.73 7/7/2009 Outperform NS $30.70 -1.30% +20.57% -21.87
TrackSoros 65.62 3/31/2008 Outperform NS $28.88 +4.92% -15.82% +20.73 1 Comment
TrackSMHCapital 92.70 3/25/2008 Outperform NS $30.35 -0.16% -17.71% +17.55
TrackCharlesPayn 35.46 4/27/2007 Outperform 3M $42.48 -28.67% -24.26% -4.41
TrackMerriman < 20 11/1/2006 Outperform NS $39.00 +10.41% +5.35% +5.06 2/15/2007 @ $43.06
TrackKeyBanc 90.40 9/26/2006 Outperform NS $33.23 -8.82% -14.17% +5.36
TrackCLKing < 20 9/13/2006 Outperform NS $32.80 -7.62% -13.22% +5.60

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