$27.96 0.07 (+0.25%)
11/6/2009 4:00 PM

Layne Christensen Company (LAYN)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

The Company provides drilling and construction services and related products in two principal markets: water and wastewater infrastructure and mineral exploration, as well as being a producer of unconventional natural gas for the energy market.

Current Price $27.96 Mkt Cap $544.19M
Open $27.40 P/E Ratio 28.84
Prev. Close $27.89 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $27.40 - $28.65 Volume 116,987
52-Wk Range $10.36 - $35.14 Avg. Daily Vol. 176,000

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Toddq34 (< 20)
Submitted April 08, 2008

Layne Christensen Co., which provides drilling and construction services, said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings soared 44 percent, mostly due to growth in its mineral exploration division.

The company earned $9.6 million, or 50… More

goldpandan (52.57)
Submitted March 14, 2008

will not perform until we see the end of credit mess or recovery from recession

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Member Avatar sett0047 (23.05) Submitted: 6/22/2009 9:07:37 AM : Outperform Start Price: $19.78 LAYN Score: +22.21

These guys lead the water to the horse. A pure-play in sewage and waste water infrastructure projects.

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Member Avatar fdude71 (93.24) Submitted: 2/4/2009 1:54:24 PM : Outperform Start Price: $18.57 LAYN Score: +19.98

water infrastructure play. Low PE (7.5) and good management.

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Member Avatar leftfield4sure (74.93) Submitted: 1/5/2009 12:03:50 AM : Outperform Start Price: $23.30 LAYN Score: +2.22

just another value based water bid also IR MLI ROK

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Score Leader

pennysplants

pennysplants (99.37) Score: +108.91

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This player feels very strongly about this pick and has marked it a Top Pick. Top Picks do not affect a player’s score. pennysplants 99.37 12/5/2008 Outperform 5Y $11.98 +133.39% +24.48% +108.91
Dezertenergy 53.74 12/8/2008 Outperform NS $12.61 +121.73% +21.58% +100.15
jvdauron7 99.74 12/5/2008 6/9/2009 Outperform 1Y $12.88 +117.08% +31.50% +85.58
recgraph 84.14 12/9/2008 Outperform 1Y $15.83 +76.63% +19.94% +56.68
mullettfarm 96.37 12/10/2008 Outperform 3Y $15.68 +78.32% +21.66% +56.65
megustodinero 86.92 12/10/2008 Outperform 1Y $16.09 +73.77% +22.04% +51.73 1 Comment
surfnica 98.13 12/4/2008 Outperform NS $16.43 +70.18% +27.79% +42.39
Terraform < 20 7/13/2009 Outperform 5Y $18.17 +53.88% +21.89% +31.99
Monica109 96.83 4/2/2009 Outperform 5Y $17.35 +61.15% +30.17% +30.99
3cl1ps3 < 20 12/19/2008 Outperform 1Y $18.59 +50.40% +20.97% +29.43

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TrackDADavidson 51.08 5/11/2009 Underperform NS $20.93 +33.59% +17.91% -15.67
TrackUBS 86.41 1/27/2009 Underperform NS $18.20 +53.63% +29.59% -24.03
TrackHilliard 45.54 1/13/2009 Outperform NS $19.93 +40.29% +24.89% +15.40
TrackJanney 78.51 1/13/2009 Underperform NS $19.93 -10.74% -8.64% +2.10 3/31/2009 @ $17.79
TrackRonBaron < 20 3/31/2008 Outperform NS $35.02 +1.17% -11.16% +12.33 9/30/2008 @ $35.43 1 Comment
TrackEveillard 89.92 12/31/2007 Outperform NS $49.21 -28.84% -10.19% -18.64 3/31/2008 @ $35.02 1 Comment
TrackJimCramer < 20 11/28/2007 Outperform 3W $58.00 -51.79% -23.71% -28.08
TrackJohnKeeley < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $55.48 -49.60% -26.44% -23.17 1 Comment
TrackMorganJos < 20 12/6/2006 Outperform NS $33.00 +28.30% -1.36% +29.66 4/9/2008 @ $42.34

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