$19.38 -0.12 (-0.62%)
12/3/2009 4:00 PM

Hibbett Sports, Inc. (HIBB)

CAPS Rating: 3 out of 5

The Company is a growing operator of sporting goods stores in small to mid-sized markets predominantly in the Sunbelt, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest.

Current Price $19.38 Mkt Cap $555.11M
Open $0.00 P/E Ratio 19.50
Prev. Close $19.50 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $19.26 - $19.84 Volume 367,092
52-Wk Range $12.03 - $22.39 Avg. Daily Vol. 371,000

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6 Outperform
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boiseidfool (67.18)
Submitted May 27, 2008

This company is one of 62 listed on the BetterInvesting Growth Screen in January 2008. It met 4 criteria: it is projected by Value Line to double earnings in the next five years, has actually doubled earnings in the past 5 years, is selling at… More

gunark (92.98)
Submitted May 23, 2008

Better than expected results means buy buy buy, right? Wrong. The worst is yet to come for the US consumer.

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Member Avatar 00100 (96.28) Submitted: 8/20/2009 2:13:31 PM : Outperform Start Price: $18.63 HIBB Score: -6.06

Upthumb. Excellent price to cash flow. Zero debt. 10% 5 year growth rate. Higher margins than peers.

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Member Avatar TMFSysun (63.67) Submitted: 4/24/2009 2:42:57 PM : Outperform Start Price: $20.55 HIBB Score: -34.03

Description:

Local-oriented sporting goods retailing chain that has carved a niche market for itself in low-population counties (30,000-100,000 individuals) where its other national chain competitors don't enter. Hibbett stores are generally positioned in strip malls anchored by Wal-Marts, which, in the markets Hibbett enters, are the community's retail center.

Hibbett has a very intelligent expansion plan, whereby the company only enters markets that are within a 2-hour driving distance from an existing Hibbett Store, allowing the company to leverage pre-existing consumer awareness about its brand.

The Numbers:

The company's best quality is its ability to grow organically with no debt. Hibbett has gone from 52 stores in 1994 to over 700 stores in 2008. Net income has grown by 18% annually for the past 11 years and ROE has increased from 15% to 25% in the same period. Comparable store sales have only been negative once in over ten years, that was -3.1% in 2007, but has on average grown +3.5% annually for 11 years now.

Conclusion:

Hibbett is a simple company that has found a market niche which it is very good at exploiting. The company has great management that has produced industry-high return on equity, and the only thing stopping Hibbett from growing even further is the amount of land in the US. Currently Hibbett is in 23 or so states, meaning there is still more than 50% of the contiguous US to expand to.

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Member Avatar pong2015 (63.14) Submitted: 4/17/2009 1:48:12 AM : Outperform Start Price: $20.65 HIBB Score: -34.60

Asterism Output:
11.46 / 15.8
13.5 / 19

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baylesparty1

baylesparty1 (< 20) Score: +71.06

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gowcats 97.07 1/22/2008 Outperform 5Y $13.54 +43.13% -9.57% +52.70
SIP08ISU 93.79 4/21/2009 Underperform 3W $20.22 -4.15% +34.67% +38.82
vbharrison 28.27 3/3/2008 Outperform 3Y $15.79 +22.74% -13.60% +36.34
ElAbel 76.82 4/17/2008 Outperform 5Y $16.17 +19.85% -15.95% +35.80
TheMobSquad 46.79 3/24/2008 Outperform 5Y $15.93 +21.66% -14.13% +35.79
GenericMike < 20 5/1/2009 Underperform 3M $20.95 -7.49% +27.56% +35.05
Bonas08 < 20 1/24/2008 Outperform 1Y $16.36 +18.46% -14.46% +32.92
KNsurfer 61.39 1/29/2008 Outperform 3W $17.06 +13.63% -15.30% +28.93
hmlamo 68.74 5/8/2009 Underperform 3M $20.31 -4.58% +21.60% +26.18
ValuePicksOnly 85.30 2/6/2008 Outperform 5Y $17.58 +10.24% -13.85% +24.09 1 Comment

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TrackBBTCapMkts 68.21 6/5/2009 Outperform NS $18.93 +2.38% +18.25% -15.88
TrackJMP < 20 4/15/2009 Outperform NS $19.56 -0.92% +33.03% -33.95
TrackJPMorgan 76.55 2/9/2009 Underperform NS $14.39 +29.60% +2.31% -27.29 5/26/2009 @ $18.65
TrackZacks 71.96 11/26/2008 Underperform 3M $14.68 +36.72% -3.55% -40.27 4/11/2009 @ $20.07 1 Comment
TrackNeedham < 20 11/24/2008 Outperform NS $13.67 +41.77% +38.24% +3.53
TrackSusquehanna 72.81 5/14/2008 Outperform NS $19.56 -0.92% -18.82% +17.90
TrackStifel 94.69 2/20/2008 Underperform NS $16.48 +17.60% -14.15% -31.74
TrackNeedham < 20 1/28/2008 Outperform NS $16.06 +28.77% -3.78% +32.55 6/30/2008 @ $20.68
TrackZacks 71.96 1/22/2008 Underperform 3M $14.89 +5.71% -24.41% -30.12 10/20/2008 @ $15.74 1 Comment
TrackSterneAgee 77.55 1/9/2008 Outperform NS $16.91 +14.61% -17.47% +32.07
TrackFBRCapitalM 73.06 7/12/2007 Outperform NS $28.87 -57.08% -8.33% -48.76 1/15/2008 @ $12.39
TrackPiperJaff 80.94 12/1/2006 Outperform NS $31.35 -57.83% -9.30% -48.53 3/17/2008 @ $13.22
TrackWedbush < 20 11/1/2006 Outperform NS $29.25 -42.15% +2.36% -44.51 1/7/2008 @ $16.92
TrackNCPI < 20 10/31/2006 Outperform NS $28.38 -25.33% +6.94% -32.27 12/3/2007 @ $21.19
TrackJimCramer < 20 3/23/2006 Outperform 3W $32.53 -40.42% -9.03% -31.39

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