Destination Maternity Corporation (NASDAQ:DEST)

Z200 (37.63) Submitted: 3/5/2012 9:41:57 PM : Start Price: $14.72 DEST Score: +29.34

03/05/12 Looks like a good time to buy in.

tofoolornotoo (68.17) Submitted: 2/28/2012 4:26:04 PM : Start Price: $18.12 DEST Score: +11.71

Destination Maternity is the only nationwide specialty maternity retailer out there. I think what they are selling is desperately needed. At a market cap of just $241 million and a price to earnings ratio of 8, there is room for growth.

mrindependent (34.35) Submitted: 10/28/2011 4:20:17 PM : Start Price: $16.58 DEST Score: +13.70

value stock

QuedaddyMike (58.83) Submitted: 5/29/2011 1:14:20 PM : Start Price: $19.96 DEST Score: -0.75

momentum, trending up, 4 of 4 quarters increased earnings, 7% under industry value, 16% under sector value

HardnoseDotCom (73.45) Submitted: 4/25/2011 1:31:30 PM : Start Price: $22.64 DEST Score: -12.75

low PEG, strong price uptrend

iddqkfyou (< 20) Submitted: 12/28/2009 5:05:03 AM : Start Price: $8.80 DEST Score: -104.65

Why is it priced for growth at a time like this? Who is going to bring up children now? The birth rate is going to fall..... Not to suggest that we are Rome or Russia......... Am I wrong?

FPFGeorge (75.88) Submitted: 7/26/2007 10:28:34 AM : Start Price: $11.57 DEST Score: +75.80

Current fashion trends that include maternaty like clothes that are competing with MWRK's products are coming to an end. Sales at MWRK stores should recover next year.

germo (< 20) Submitted: 7/19/2007 8:17:59 AM : Start Price: $11.68 DEST Score: -77.37

This company struggles from poor management that is only able to grow through acquisition, and they've already bought up everybody they can. The competitors left are mostly Wal-Mart and Target. Mgm't bailed on the stock last Nov. pulling out 50% of their holdings in the company (a cool $21 million). Won't outperform until they come up with a business strategy that will work.

NetscribeRetail (95.38) Submitted: 3/28/2007 3:22:10 AM : Start Price: $15.17 DEST Score: +30.27

Mothers Work, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and retail of maternity apparel. It offers casual and career wear, formal attire, lingerie, sportswear, and outerwear with its maternity line. It sells under the brands like Mimi Maternity (Mimi), A Pea in the Pod (Pea), and Destination Maternity. Further, Mothers Work sells its products on the Internet at MaternityMall.com and its brand-specific Web sites, as well as through a product and license agreement with Kohl’s.

As per market research it is said that 4 million babies are born every year in U.S. and American women spend an estimated $1.2 billion annually on maternity wear. This makes for an attractive market to invest in or at least that’s what one may think, but there are various other factors, which may affect a company’s sales and margins. Like in case of Mothers Work, company is facing decline in its sales from past five consecutive months. Its first quarter for the year saw a dip in sales and reason for that, as claimed by the company is unseasonably warm weather, which affected its fall collection sales. Its coming quarter too is suffering from declining sales due to colder weather, which is affecting its spring collection sales. It is like one talks of whether when have nothing much to talk about.

Keeping its declining sales aside, company is doing well with its margins due to lower markdowns and lower promotions and also improved inventory as compare to last year. Additionally, if we consider companies past performance, we see is its top line growing annually and rising profit. Apart from stores company sells its products online as well. Looking at the US online retail sales, which were $329 billion in 2005 and with continuous innovations, it is expected to reach to $329 billion in 2010. It is expected that online retail sales will represent 13 percent of the total US retail sales in 2010. In the coming quarters company plans to add on more stores and all this sure gives some more hope for company’s top line growth prospects. With this investors can rest as company has more months lined up to improve its top line.

FancyGoldfish (93.32) Submitted: 3/26/2007 1:38:23 PM : Start Price: $15.43 DEST Score: +28.72

mothers work inc maternity clothes has a few months left of a good run.

lerchel (< 20) Submitted: 12/20/2006 1:04:58 PM : Start Price: $19.50 DEST Score: +1.52

A mother's work is never done... hopefully this pick's work will never be done contributing to my CAPS score!

johnporche (31.33) Submitted: 11/26/2006 9:09:47 PM : Start Price: $22.31 DEST Score: -12.62

For the long term a good play, buy after the market punishes it in December. No discernible competition.

jacklelane (29.00) Submitted: 10/17/2006 11:24:15 PM : Start Price: $24.64 DEST Score: -23.11

already up 114.51%