Fortune Brands, Inc. (FO)
A holding company with operating companies engaged in the manufacture, production and sale of Home and Hardware products, Spirits and Wine and Golf products.
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ads01
(44.58)
Submitted: 2/13/2007 10:24:31 AM :
Start Price:
$75.33
FO Score:
-29.70
Got to love Mr. Beam and his Titleist...
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AGCAPS
(66.88)
Submitted: 3/27/2009 1:42:57 PM :
Start Price:
$29.83
FO Score:
-10.32
I am thinking about 7% dividends
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ArmyStockTrader
(38.02)
Submitted: 4/23/2009 10:25:43 AM :
Start Price:
$34.48
FO Score:
-19.78
As a long-term investor, I invest in stocks that have a history of paying healthy dividends and yet I am also a value investor, always looking for companies with solid business foundations yet struggling due to the current financial situation; hence resulting in an undervalued stock share price. I got FO actually from the Fool Stock Advisor, and purchased 22 shares at $24.60; I have already made a fat profit just in share price appreciation but I am in this for the long term.
As the Motley Fool advisor said, they are well diversified, and Jim Beam and other sprits still sell well even when the economy is sour, well we all want our escape from financial woes, right? Then when the economy does recouperate then Moen water faucets and Titliest Golf Balls will be selling better since more people will be hitting the greens and building and remodeling homes.
I like Fortune Brands' business strategy of divisersification and this is why I believe you cant go wrong with the FO.
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babyruth29
(80.23)
Submitted: 8/12/2008 9:59:32 PM :
Start Price:
$58.66
FO Score:
+22.42
I wonder when they will recover from bad news on the housing front?
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bagdropboy
(59.53)
Submitted: 8/16/2009 3:17:38 AM :
Start Price:
$38.63
FO Score:
+11.93
Fortune Brands is a relatively safe company overall. But their exposure to the golf industry and the housing industry will drag the stock down. The spirit sales will maintain stable with natural increases throughout the holiday season. But again it won't be enough to rally this stock. Look for Fortune Brands to turn around in the spring of 2010.
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beacheye
(20.77)
Submitted: 10/12/2006 4:30:24 PM :
Start Price:
$70.10
FO Score:
-30.62
Great stock in good times or bad. Cheers
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BoiseKen
(86.34)
Submitted: 1/21/2009 12:23:36 PM :
Start Price:
$36.92
FO Score:
-32.85
p/e will expand as the economy recovers -- watch out for the debt ... steady premium booze brand.
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boomrsix
(90.26)
Submitted: 10/30/2008 10:20:55 AM :
Start Price:
$34.58
FO Score:
-6.89
If BO wins and everyone in the Earned Income Credit Crowd gets tax rebates that amount to welfare checks or an extention of the Earned Income Credit.....I predict a very bullish period for this wine and spirits producer.
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bowerbeast
(77.33)
Submitted: 6/8/2009 12:28:14 AM :
Start Price:
$35.65
FO Score:
-10.19
this stock will recover nicely once the economy starts revving up. Home hardware, golf, wine - what more could you ask for? Oh, and solid brand names all.
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BrianMav
(88.56)
Submitted: 10/1/2006 2:27:08 AM :
Start Price:
$69.19
FO Score:
-31.58
Good, solid companies that pay high dividends will always be in demand. Fortune owns a lot of brands associated with vice and recreation, and as people become financially better-off, they seek out such pleasures.
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brianpivar
(97.70)
Submitted: 10/19/2009 2:44:05 AM :
Start Price:
$42.96
FO Score:
+11.03
Earnings down from this quarter a year ago nearly 50%, P/E at 60, stock has gained 15% in a year, yet earnings have dropped 50%, time for a pullback?
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brintoul
(97.44)
Submitted: 1/21/2009 3:06:29 PM :
Start Price:
$37.89
FO Score:
-32.66
Good conglomerate.
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bruins1967
(88.61)
Submitted: 5/7/2007 4:14:00 PM :
Start Price:
$74.83
FO Score:
-25.59
Number 1 golf brand, and oh bye the way Tiger. Best locks, doors,and whiskey. Nuff said.
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BSHumphreyII
(87.18)
Submitted: 12/15/2008 8:57:00 PM :
Start Price:
$38.05
FO Score:
-26.34
Liquor, Titleists, Master Locks, AND a big yield? I'll buy.
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budbaby
(58.30)
Submitted: 2/9/2009 8:51:34 PM :
Start Price:
$32.53
FO Score:
-11.14
Fool talked me into it
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CAPSinator
(48.58)
Submitted: 6/19/2007 9:25:23 PM :
Start Price:
$77.44
FO Score:
-25.49
Less stringent trade laws with China.
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cfrazier03
(66.32)
Submitted: 9/28/2006 10:02:19 PM :
Start Price:
$69.59
FO Score:
-31.73
Fortune is a stock for the long term. Not closely followed for a long period they suprised people with a meteoric rise and haven't been able to follow up with fast enough growth to exceed expectations and have been carrying a lot of debt. That said with healthy dividends, cash flow and a return to healthy debt levels the stock will be punished in the short term with fears about CPG companies and recession but is a great long-term investment.
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chebguy
(65.56)
Submitted: 1/17/2007 4:23:54 PM :
Start Price:
$77.85
FO Score:
-31.88
solid fundamentals, fair value
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ChiefUSN
(85.63)
Submitted: 8/25/2006 4:50:29 AM :
Start Price:
$66.59
FO Score:
-32.45
Golf and good whiskey are American needs.
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