Hot Topic, Inc. (HOTT)

approaching its low

a good teen retailer

Back on board ahead of continued strong revenues. I'm sure long-term they can find a way to waste the cash, but for the next little while I expect them to LOOK good on paper.

Any company who hires a Chief Musical Officer is too awesome to be true.

The EBIT is at a 3 year high but the projected growth rate is expected to decline. Despite nearing the upcoming school year, the economy is not prepared to increase retail spending.

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

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.

the cash and properties of this company is equivalent to about $5,45/share.

even in this economy the company will make about $0.5/share for the year.

NO DEPT

Enjoyment of dangerous shorts...once the squeeze ends this will bring points.

Mmm...emo clothing...

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 Topic's performance has actually been fairly impressive, especially when you consider the current recessionary environment. Earnings are strong and operating cash flows are even stronger. As the company enters into its mature stage and slows down CapEx, free cash flows should improve, as well.

HOTT appears to be significantly undervalued even after the run-up over the past few months. Looks like it should be selling closer to $18 from my analysis.

For a more detailed write-up on the company, see my Seeking Alpha article, "Hot Topic: Turning Shorters Into Goth Kids":

http://seekingalpha.com/article/136852-why-hot-topic-is-a-dangerous-short

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

Fools, listen up! This stock is no 1-Star, and you shouldn't ride it as an underperformer only because its a retail store. Hot Topic has $0 debt and $97M cash money, and has outperformed analyst expectations the last four quarters.

Don't say I didn't warn you...

going down in points with a lot of good company right now. hopefully long term will see a change.

High P/E plus inconsistent earnings history, selling dying fashion trends and overpriced compared to sector members. Recent rise is a short-squeeze and is worth around 5 bucks and is headed there soon.

Riding the wave really on this. Though they did post some good numbers and are growing. Should be interesting.

P/E too high, low profit margins. Priced to fall.

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Wall Street is burning to the ground, and yet this company has a PE of 22?!