$30.62 -0.88 (-2.79%)
11/6/2009 4:04 PM

Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. (JAS)

CAPS Rating: 1 out of 5

The Company is a retailer of fabrics, crafts, serving customers in their pursuit of apparel and craft sewing, crafting, home decorating and other creative endeavors.

Current Price $30.62 Mkt Cap $813.11M
Open $0.00 P/E Ratio 21.88
Prev. Close $31.50 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $30.22 - $32.21 Volume 609,268
52-Wk Range $10.31 - $31.83 Avg. Daily Vol. 357,000

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NetscribeRetail (91.61)
Submitted April 26, 2007

Jo-Ann stores, is a specialty retailer of crafts and fabrics, serving customers in their pursuit of apparel and craft sewing. Operating in a fragmented market with many fabric dealers, Jo-Ann is enjoying the tag of being the largest specialty… More

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mcmjon (< 20)
Submitted April 22, 2008

ROA and ROE are awful, both short term and long term. Sentiment is terrible. Minimal leverage means the short shouldn't smoke you, like a levered short can.

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Member Avatar Displacement (78.00) Submitted: 9/25/2009 7:47:05 PM : Outperform Start Price: $26.28 JAS Score: +14.34

I like their chances at renegotiating leases and trimming costs - their July earnings report showed a much smaller loss than usual and I think that's why we've seen such a run since then. I don't see any reason why they can't sustain, or even improve, that trend.

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Member Avatar TMFmrquakeroats (86.73) Submitted: 9/8/2009 9:55:22 AM : Underperform Start Price: $23.45 JAS Score: -23.87

Rated one star.

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Member Avatar RookieQB (< 20) Submitted: 4/3/2009 2:59:26 PM : Underperform Start Price: $16.62 JAS Score: -55.09

Its had a decent run with the bulls even with declining profit margins. it's about time for this stock to reverse course.

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slowmoneys

slowmoneys (76.48) Score: +236.30

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

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Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		S&P
Gain 		Score Commentary
slowmoneys 76.48 1/18/2008 Outperform NS $9.59 +219.29% -17.01% +236.30
bobby1084 70.84 1/23/2008 Outperform 3M $10.47 +192.45% -13.88% +206.34
Value5 < 20 1/24/2008 Outperform 5Y $11.80 +159.49% -17.20% +176.69
backtoobasics 69.76 1/29/2008 Outperform NS $11.90 +157.31% -17.74% +175.05
zazapicola < 20 12/21/2007 9/17/2009 Outperform 5Y $12.90 +137.36% -24.58% +161.94 1 Comment
fool90630 93.60 12/28/2007 Outperform 5Y $12.97 +136.08% -24.84% +160.92
MXer < 20 12/26/2007 Outperform 3Y $13.05 +134.64% -24.89% +159.53
stockexploded < 20 3/17/2008 Outperform 3Y $12.56 +143.79% -11.79% +155.58 1 Comment
wtb58 < 20 12/10/2007 Outperform NS $14.54 +110.59% -25.81% +136.40
Foxpicker 46.88 11/7/2007 Outperform 5Y $16.28 +88.08% -25.35% +113.44
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Member Name Member
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackSoleil 83.54 3/20/2009 Outperform NS $15.64 +95.80% +37.44% +58.36
TrackWedbush < 20 1/27/2009 Outperform NS $13.56 +125.81% +29.59% +96.22
TrackSoleil 83.54 8/28/2008 Outperform NS $25.45 -50.96% -32.10% -18.86 12/4/2008 @ $12.48
TrackSoleil 83.54 3/7/2008 Outperform NS $14.20 +52.39% +4.79% +47.61 6/13/2008 @ $21.64
TrackKeyBanc 90.40 9/24/2007 Outperform NS $22.39 +36.76% -26.36% +63.12
TrackCLKing < 20 7/24/2007 Outperform NS $25.90 +18.22% -26.21% +44.43
TrackBBTCapMkts 72.49 6/1/2007 Underperform NS $32.27 -30.09% -3.96% +26.13 8/31/2007 @ $22.56

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