$5.90 0.10 (+1.72%)
11/20/2009 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 $5.90 Mkt Cap $260.06M
Open $5.75 P/E Ratio 14.15
Prev. Close $5.80 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $5.74 - $5.94 Volume 3,341,379
52-Wk Range $5.09 - $13.87 Avg. Daily Vol. 1,471,000

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140 Outperform
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All-Star Members

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Wall Street

2 Outperform
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Top HOTT Bull/Bear Pitches

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JakilaTheHun (99.93)
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 (97.97)
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 jester112358 (30.10) Submitted: 11/19/2009 6:03:52 PM : Underperform Start Price: $5.75 HOTT Score: -2.44

Teen unemployment at an all time high. No designer duds for them! Ah teen retail and commercial RE, that's the place to be(not).

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Member Avatar jackbot (37.05) Submitted: 11/19/2009 12:27:33 PM : Outperform Start Price: $5.79 HOTT Score: +2.13

No debt, decent sales, close to annual lows.

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Member Avatar 00100 (96.48) Submitted: 11/19/2009 12:29:11 AM : Outperform Start Price: $5.77 HOTT Score: +3.23

Upthumb. Excellent cash flow. Only 3% sales growth. Negative cap-ex. Good cash on-hand. No debt. Good margins. Not likely to lose their niche. Lowered their guidance. Good valuations now.

Leaderboard

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Score Leader

TyrantBone

TyrantBone (94.71) Score: +142.00

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in HOTT.

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Member Name Member
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4Pepe2 45.53 3/2/2009 Underperform 1Y $9.15 -35.52% +56.27% +91.78
nrbonner 83.13 3/2/2009 Underperform 3Y $8.71 -32.26% +53.57% +85.83 1 Comment
ghtw 99.12 4/7/2009 Underperform 3Y $11.39 -48.20% +35.23% +83.43
BullyforMizzou 89.31 4/20/2009 Underperform 5Y $12.78 -53.83% +29.26% +83.09
TradingBandit < 20 4/20/2009 Underperform 3M $12.78 -53.83% +29.26% +83.09 1 Comment
4everlost 94.18 3/19/2009 Underperform 1Y $9.93 -40.58% +40.86% +81.44
MaxPower13 97.97 4/29/2009 Underperform 5Y $12.30 -52.03% +26.45% +78.48 2 Comments
hmlamo 66.29 4/30/2009 Underperform 3M $12.37 -52.30% +26.12% +78.42
ctdegroot 92.89 3/24/2009 Underperform 5Y $9.68 -39.05% +36.10% +75.15 1 Comment
grwhitney14 94.28 5/4/2009 Underperform 3Y $11.83 -50.13% +24.87% +75.00

Wall Street

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Member Name Member
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TrackPiperJaff 78.45 11/20/2009 Underperform NS $5.77 +2.25% -0.98% -3.23
TrackLongbow 73.67 10/12/2009 Outperform NS $8.15 -27.61% +1.55% -29.16
TrackZacks 70.74 2/11/2009 Outperform 3M $9.39 +26.62% 0% +26.62 4/6/2009 @ $11.89 1 Comment
TrackPaliResearc 85.60 11/20/2008 Outperform NS $7.50 +9.33% +8.92% +0.41 12/4/2008 @ $8.20
TrackFBRCapitalM 73.72 6/5/2008 Outperform NS $5.91 +27.75% -35.42% +63.17 5/21/2009 @ $7.55
TrackJanney 63.32 10/9/2007 Outperform NS $8.45 -27.26% -19.24% -8.03 7/28/2008 @ $6.15
TrackJimCramer 36.31 9/21/2007 Underperform 3W $8.11 -27.25% -24.56% +2.69
TrackAGEdwards 84.75 7/31/2007 Underperform NS $9.15 -35.52% -22.34% +13.18
TrackBofASec 91.37 1/4/2007 Outperform NS $11.60 -49.14% -17.76% -31.38
TrackRothCapital 74.09 9/28/2006 Outperform NS $10.92 -3.39% +2.46% -5.85 11/3/2006 @ $10.55

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