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7/2/2009 4:17 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	$20.32	Mkt Cap	$562.57M
Open	$0.00	P/E Ratio	19.34
Prev. Close	$21.27	Div. (Yield)	N/A (N/A)
Daily Range	$20.29 - $21.08	Volume	0
52-Wk Range	$10.31 - $27.00	Avg. Daily Vol.	0

JAS News and Articles

Jo-Ann Stores' 1st-qtr profit more than doubled May 27 at 6:39 PM – Associated Press
S&P upgrades Jo-Ann Stores May 14 at 5:05 PM – Associated Press
Jo-Ann 1Q same-store sales rise 1 percent May 7 at 10:41 AM – Associated Press
Jo-Ann Stores 1Q same-store sales rise 1 percent May 7 at 10:39 AM – Associated Press
Don't Miss This Cheap Stock Apr 15 at 4:20 PM – The Motley Fool
Jo-Ann Stores 4Q profit declines 26 percent Mar 11 at 6:53 PM – Associated Press
The Fool's Look Ahead Mar 7 at 8:01 AM – The Motley Fool
Jo-Ann Stores' 4Q same-store sales dip 2.9 percent Feb 5 at 3:13 PM – Associated Press

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79 Outperform

92 Underperform

All-Star Members

20 Outperform

47 Underperform

Wall Street

4 Outperform

0 Underperform

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NetscribeRetail (84.56)
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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JAS VS S&P 500 (SPY)

JAS Summary

Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Industry: Specialty Retail
Tags: Consumer Discretionary (838), Small Cap (1556), Specialty Retail (136)

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Recs

SnowBawl (< 20) Submitted: 5/15/2009 3:49:38 PM : Outperform

Start Price: $20.37 JAS Score: -1.81

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RookieQB (44.38) Submitted: 4/3/2009 3:59:26 PM : Underperform

Start Price: $16.62 JAS Score: -15.12

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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alphafox99 (< 20) Submitted: 9/16/2008 12:53:38 PM : Underperform

Start Price: $25.85 JAS Score: -3.67

Overvalue at 25 x earnings

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Score Leader

RFID (92.22) Score: +145.80

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

Member Name	Member Rating	Start Date	Time Frame	Start Price	Stock Gain	S&P Gain	Score	Commentary
RFID	92.22	1/22/2008	NS	$9.39	+116.40%	-29.40%	+145.80	1 Comment
slowmoneys	86.77	1/18/2008	NS	$9.59	+111.89%	-33.24%	+145.13
bobby1084	71.74	1/23/2008	3M	$10.47	+94.08%	-30.73%	+124.81
Value5	< 20	1/24/2008	5Y	$11.80	+72.20%	-33.40%	+105.60
backtoobasics	59.33	1/29/2008	NS	$11.90	+70.76%	-33.83%	+104.59
zazapicola	< 20	12/21/2007	1Y	$12.90	+57.52%	-39.33%	+96.85	1 Comment
fool90630	93.68	12/28/2007	5Y	$12.97	+56.67%	-39.54%	+96.21
MXer	< 20	12/26/2007	3Y	$13.05	+55.71%	-39.58%	+95.29
stockexploded	< 20	3/17/2008	3Y	$12.56	+61.78%	-29.04%	+90.83	1 Comment
wtb58	< 20	12/10/2007	NS	$14.54	+39.75%	-40.63%	+80.39

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Member Name	Member Rating	Start Date	Time Frame	Start Price	Stock Gain	S&P Gain	Score	End Date
TrackSoleil	82.14	3/20/2009	NS	$15.64	+29.94%	+14.03%	+15.91
TrackWedbush	86.01	1/27/2009	NS	$13.56	+49.85%	+6.75%	+43.10
TrackSoleil	82.14	8/28/2008	NS	$25.45	-50.96%	-32.49%	-18.48	12/4/2008 @ $12.48
TrackSoleil	82.14	3/7/2008	NS	$14.20	+52.39%	+4.27%	+48.13	6/13/2008 @ $21.64
TrackKeyBanc	92.38	9/24/2007	NS	$22.39	-9.25%	-41.08%	+31.83
TrackCLKing	< 20	7/24/2007	NS	$25.90	-21.54%	-41.23%	+19.69
TrackBBTCapMkts	76.12	6/1/2007	NS	$32.27	-30.09%	-3.96%	+26.13	8/31/2007 @ $22.56

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