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7/3/2008 1:04 PM

Furniture Brands International, Inc. (FBN)

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The Company designs, manufactures, sources & markets home rfurnishings through its four operating subsidiaries: Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc.; Lane Furniture Industries, Inc.; Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc. & HDM Furniture Industries, Inc.

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Ticker Tags

Small Cap (1922), Fixtures (14), Home Furnishings & Fixtures (20), Micro Cap (4824)
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Furniture Brands International, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $12.12
Last Trade Time: 7/3/2008 1:04 PM
Open: $0.00
Previous Close: $13.10
Daily Range: $12.01 - $13.28
52-Week Range: $6.82 - $15.46
Volume: 783,916
Market Cap: $639.59M
P/E Ratio: 41.48
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Avatar steprightup (< 20) Submitted: 12/12/07 1:50 PM

57% above NCAV. Sell at $17.00

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Furniture Brands International, Inc. (FBN)

Avatar justjunk (< 20) Submitted: 6/27/07 8:46 PM

The growing number of new house (mortage-poor), has limited spending on higher end home furnishing (not high high or custom). It


will take lower interest rates or a booming economy to turn this bussines upward


over the S&P, but I expect to see this company handle the downward...More

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Avatar tthwebster (< 20) Submitted: 7/02/08 10:31 PM : Underperform Start Price: $13.23 FBN Score: 7.76

Nobody should be sitting down these days.

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Avatar BigFatBEAR (91.28) Submitted: 6/17/08 12:55 AM : Underperform Start Price: $12.76 FBN Score: -2.73

Nobody likes furniture!

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Avatar shop1 (94.79) Submitted: 4/23/08 12:54 PM : Underperform Start Price: $13.24 FBN Score: 0.37




This company has a lot of problems. From Jan 2005 to Jan 2008, its stock price has dropped 67%. At last report the company showed negative sales growth, negative income, negative EPS, negative return on equity and negative net profit. Right now, investors are contemplating changing board members in hopes that a fresh perspective might help the company improve its performance. Unfortunately, a mere change in the board likely isn't going to help in the short term. With consumers cutting back on spending to compensate for increased fuel costs and increased costs of necessities, its unlikely that consumers are going to devote a lot of income to purchasing furniture. Thus, it is unlikely that FBN will be able to increase sales and profits or improve its financials within the near future. Despite having a dividend and yield of 0.16 (1.18%), an investor would fare better finding another company with solid financials.

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Avatar TheRupturedDuck (99.43) Submitted: 4/17/08 8:13 AM : Underperform Start Price: $13.82 FBN Score: 5.07

momentum bad stocks

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Avatar godsmacks1 (96.49) Submitted: 1/08/08 1:31 PM : Underperform Start Price: $7.54 FBN Score: -71.74

home furnishing and fixture sector

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TrackSoros < 20 03/31/08 Outperform NS $11.67+3.87%-4.29%+8.16 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackBrandes < 20 09/30/07 09/30/07 Outperform NS $9.91+22.29%-17.22%+39.50 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackJimCramer 83.36 09/28/07 09/28/07 Underperform 3W $9.91+22.29%-17.12%-39.41
TrackUBS 96.25 12/08/06 12/08/06 Underperform NS $16.18-25.11%-10.48%+14.63

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