$7.07 -0.38 (-5.10%)
7/2/2009 4:00 PM

Hot Topic, Inc. (HOTT)

CAPS Rating: 1 out of 5

The Company is a small mall-based specialty retailer operating the Hot Topic and Torrid store concepts.

Current Price $7.07 Mkt Cap $327.91M
Open $0.00 P/E Ratio 14.61
Prev. Close $7.45 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $7.00 - $7.39 Volume 0
52-Wk Range $4.61 - $13.87 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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Top HOTT Bull/Bear Pitches

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JakilaTheHun (99.89)
Submitted May 11, 2009

I tend to be a market contrarian and even though I generally keep a mile away from anything retail, I've decided to green thumb Hot Topic based on the insane amount of red thumbers and short sellers who seem completely oblivious on this stock. Hot… More

MaxPower13 (97.17)
Submitted April 29, 2009

Eventually kids won't want to be vampires any more. Sorry, all I know about Hot Topic I learned from South Park.

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Member Avatar eekthecat (< 20) Submitted: 6/26/2009 9:00:41 AM : Outperform Start Price: $7.12 HOTT Score: +1.43

Right now, this stock is priced historically relatively low. This is a company with very strong financials, and a business model that leaves them effectively with no serious competition. In theory, they are competing with other teen clothing retailers, as well as music retailers. In reality, though, they are serving a niche which no one else (aside from private stores that are increasingly few and far between) is serving, and which is not going to go away. There will always be a popular counterculture, and whatever that is, Hot Topic is going to be there selling to that market. People who think this company is a fad don't understand the store; there's a reason it's called Hot Topic and not the Goth Store or the Emo Store. So long as this company stays on their game, which I have no reason to believe they won't as they're very active in trying to keep on top of the cultural pulse, they have nothing to worry about. The only thing that's going to bring this stock down is investors who don't realize how clever of a business this is.

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Member Avatar bg11235 (98.80) Submitted: 6/17/2009 2:10:19 PM : Outperform Start Price: $7.23 HOTT Score: +0.33

Attractive valuation at its current price; potential bottoming behavior. Keeping it on a short leash.

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Member Avatar dmesq (58.49) Submitted: 6/13/2009 2:28:57 PM : Underperform Start Price: $7.10 HOTT Score: -4.00

Hott Topic showed steadily increasing earnings, and my son wanted me to buy this, because we bought DIS for his mother. And they have t shirts with old band like led Zepplin, and I thought maybe the parents will start buying the t shirts too. I bought it at 9.60 and it took a 20% nose dive within a week.

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TyrantBone

TyrantBone (98.09) Score: +142.00

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Member Name Member
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hhv123 < 20 3/14/2008 Outperform 3W $4.44 +59.23% -32.36% +91.59
motleytop 86.18 5/12/2008 Outperform NS $4.77 +48.22% -35.50% +83.72
Lovelisa 39.69 4/21/2008 Outperform 1Y $4.77 +48.22% -35.12% +83.34
cowboy687 64.00 4/24/2008 Outperform 1Y $4.79 +47.60% -34.47% +82.07
weez04 91.29 3/24/2008 Outperform 1Y $4.79 +47.60% -33.51% +81.11
austinisgreat 49.31 5/13/2008 Outperform 3W $5.12 +38.09% -36.03% +74.12
wildpenguin 71.06 2/6/2008 4/23/2009 Outperform 1Y $5.02 +40.84% -33.16% +73.99 1 Comment
wicketchu 34.89 2/29/2008 Outperform 3M $5.10 +38.63% -33.77% +72.40
Ashleighacid 58.52 5/16/2008 Outperform 3M $5.27 +34.16% -37.10% +71.25
kobla 21.27 4/28/2008 Outperform NS $5.38 +31.41% -35.77% +67.18

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TrackZacks 75.50 2/11/2009 Outperform 3M $9.39 +26.62% 0% +26.62 4/6/2009 @ $11.89 1 Comment
TrackPaliResearc 85.16 11/20/2008 Outperform NS $7.50 +9.33% +8.92% +0.41 12/4/2008 @ $8.20
TrackFBRCapitalM 79.95 6/5/2008 Outperform NS $5.91 +27.75% -35.42% +63.17 5/21/2009 @ $7.55
TrackJanney 89.44 10/9/2007 Outperform NS $8.45 -27.26% -19.24% -8.03 7/28/2008 @ $6.15
TrackJimCramer 64.82 9/21/2007 Underperform 3W $8.11 -12.82% -40.90% -28.08
TrackAGEdwards 93.32 7/31/2007 Underperform NS $9.15 -22.73% -39.45% -16.72
TrackBofASec 95.34 1/4/2007 Outperform NS $11.60 -39.05% -36.41% -2.64
TrackRothCapital 83.55 9/28/2006 Outperform NS $10.92 -3.39% +2.46% -5.85 11/3/2006 @ $10.55

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