PC Mall, Inc. (MALL)
The Company together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries is a direct marketer of computer hardware, software, peripheral, electronics and other consumer products and services.
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Mitch1970
(< 20)
Submitted: 10/3/2008 5:46:11 PM :
Start Price:
$6.18
MALL Score:
+5.88
I hate admitting this but, PCMalls been riding on a wave that will soon be going bankrupt. The unregulated management and leniency towards fraud has led to lawsuits that are causing the companies own financial system to collaps within itself.
Another problem is that with all the lawsuites filed against them PCMall is no longer capable of maintaining inventory which in turn has kept people from buying merchandise through them. In our, want-it-now society, people aren't accepting the concept of "backorder" anymore. Added to that, a warehouse that's costing PCMall hundreds of thousands of dollars to lease per month is being left empty.
PCMALL's purchase of SARCOM couldn't have come at a worse time and it shows. With management problems already running rampant in their own HQ, now they find themselves trying to resolve the issues of a company that too was on the brink of self destruction.
PCMall has been a great investment for me in the past, but let this be a warning, the company is going to crash and you don't want to be anywhere near it when it does. You've been warned.
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trell49
(54.74)
Submitted: 5/30/2008 12:22:41 PM :
Start Price:
$12.95
MALL Score:
-33.68
As long as Apple is doing well, so will Mall!!!
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10yrsgone
(< 20)
Submitted: 3/17/2008 11:11:55 AM :
Start Price:
$9.32
MALL Score:
-16.36
solid small cap survivor.
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TokReason2
(< 20)
Submitted: 1/24/2008 9:18:50 PM :
Start Price:
$8.05
MALL Score:
-7.64
At the bottom of the bear market in October 1974 a Forbes article interviewed Buffett. Buffett, for the first time in his life, made public prediction about the stock market.
"How do you feel? Forbes asked.
"Like an oversexed guy in a whorehouse. Now is the time to invest and get rich."
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MPOWERD
(27.12)
Submitted: 1/4/2008 8:17:38 PM :
Start Price:
$8.02
MALL Score:
-4.21
Mac Mall should be able to ride Apples novelty for the next few years. PC Mall who owns Mac mall is the 1 U.S. direct marketing reseller of Apple computers.
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coolseagle
(< 20)
Submitted: 12/26/2007 3:50:59 PM :
Start Price:
$10.07
MALL Score:
-15.57
- PC Mall acquired SARCOM in a $55m deal. Simple rationale is that company must be doing good at cashflow end to take up such an endeavor.
- Major holder is pushing for 10% stock buyback. Again, this is a positive sign.
- Apple's products are selling like hot cakes, and Mall being a direct reseller, got to benefit from it, same with Sun's servers.
Stock is very volatile, though I think it will find support at current levels.
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HawksStocks
(49.52)
Submitted: 10/18/2007 1:45:42 AM :
Start Price:
$17.56
MALL Score:
-39.96
Leading stock in moving industry. Technical analysis looks good. I am relatively new to charting, but it looks like a nice cup with handle. Purchased in RL too.
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chief63
(98.26)
Submitted: 10/16/2007 9:25:56 PM :
Start Price:
$17.89
MALL Score:
-39.86
Stats seem quite good. A little more debt than I generally like to see but not too bad. Cash flow looks good espesially in comparison to the debt. Inside ownership is good and institutional ownership is not bad either. Seems like a solid pick to outperform for a while to come.
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echofarmer
(94.73)
Submitted: 9/22/2007 5:59:51 PM :
Start Price:
$14.00
MALL Score:
-31.60
Nice cash flow number, nice balance sheet, could be better margins... but what the heck, it's not real money.
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ColdDraftBeer
(< 20)
Submitted: 9/20/2007 11:35:11 AM :
Start Price:
$12.94
MALL Score:
-28.09
5-star stock on sale today.
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TDL5150
(93.92)
Submitted: 5/5/2007 6:38:15 PM :
Start Price:
$11.19
MALL Score:
-22.08
Will out perform the rest of the year based on a merger and new product releases from IBM & Apple. Fourth Quarter and 2008 will start seeing decline
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walbert78
(90.04)
Submitted: 3/20/2007 2:15:51 PM :
Start Price:
$10.19
MALL Score:
-22.27
PC Mall and CDWC will lead the industry in electronic sales online. Simple and plan.
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NetscribeComptrs
(55.66)
Submitted: 1/3/2007 1:24:18 AM :
Start Price:
$10.71
MALL Score:
-24.61
PC Mall, Inc. (MALL) is a rapid response, direct marketer of computer hardware, software, peripheral and electronics products. MALL offers products to business, government and educational institutions, as well as to individual consumers. It sells products using direct marketing techniques, direct response catalogs, dedicated inbound and outbound telemarketing sales executives, the Internet and three retail showrooms.
MALL recently acquired the products business from Government Micro Resources Inc. This acquisition provides the company with a much more seasoned sales force in its government segment. Additionally, it brings high-end products into MALL’s product line-up and allows the acquired salesmen to sell its existing lower end products. Due to this factor, MALL’s government business has grown more than double in size. Further, it won a 3-year, $100 million blanket purchase agreement to provide IT products.
The company is largely selling products of world known giants Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, to name a few. These companies are into expansion spree and bringing in user-friendly and technologically advanced products which are likely to be in demand going ahead. Further, MALL operates in an industry that has narrow margins. Nevertheless, the company has identified this glitch and is cutting costs. During the third quarter 2006, the company’s selling, general and administrative expenses dipped by 2.45% and gross margins and net margins improved by 95 basis points and 69 basis points respectively, as compared to the same period last year. On the back of strong fundamentals and growth oriented strategies the stock will zoom, going ahead.
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