$27.86 -0.38 (-1.35%)
11/6/2009 4:07 PM

Meredith Corp (MDP)

CAPS Rating: 2 out of 5

A media and marketing company that is engaged in magazine and book publishing, television broadcasting, integrated marketing, and interactive media.

Current Price $27.86 Mkt Cap $1.25B
Open $28.09 P/E Ratio 13.79
Prev. Close $28.24 Div. (Yield) 0.90 (3.20%)
Daily Range $27.52 - $28.21 Volume 235,804
52-Wk Range $10.60 - $33.17 Avg. Daily Vol. 435,000

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Wall Street

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tenmiles (99.99)
Submitted April 22, 2008

Company facing obvious, secular headwinds within the magazine industry, but at current $32.98 price, appears to largely discount all but a complete collapse. Meredith publishes 25 magazines with a total circulation of 30 million, making it the second… More

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Member Avatar Jusie (66.79) Submitted: 7/27/2009 3:27:12 AM : Underperform Start Price: $28.61 MDP Score: +12.59

Primary business continues to be magazine publishing and subscriptions. Although Meredith has one of the largest consumer databases in the world, especially for Amerincan women, it will probably go the way of the newspapers.

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Member Avatar nartable (< 20) Submitted: 1/5/2009 7:01:44 PM : Underperform Start Price: $17.58 MDP Score: -42.07

The increased online presence may not pay off, and I question whether the foreign content expansion will take into account different cultural viewpoints. Subscription and ad revenue loss from print content seriously hurts. Even though they're very good with the dividend, I'll be out in a few days.

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Member Avatar dspl4Js (97.45) Submitted: 1/2/2009 10:54:30 PM : Outperform Start Price: $16.98 MDP Score: +46.40

Good divedend, while we wait until things start to get some normalcy back to them. good valuation,strong fundamentals

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zanaf (91.29) Score: +100.66

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SavantTheIdiot 99.08 2/23/2009 Outperform NS $12.47 +123.36% +39.30% +84.07
haydoniv 99.48 2/18/2009 Outperform NS $13.06 +113.28% +37.83% +75.46
LANaturist 90.58 2/27/2009 Outperform 1Y $12.79 +117.83% +45.34% +72.49
TopDividendPayer 98.58 12/1/2008 Outperform NS $14.78 +88.45% +27.84% +60.61 1 Comment
TopDividendUltra < 20 12/1/2008 Outperform NS $15.28 +82.37% +25.60% +56.77
bryan3star 96.79 2/6/2009 Outperform NS $15.35 +81.45% +25.95% +55.50
gtfann 99.03 2/6/2009 Outperform NS $15.52 +79.53% +25.13% +54.40
jkpollock 85.20 12/5/2008 Outperform NS $15.31 +82.02% +31.50% +50.53
blkwhtcorp 85.85 12/8/2008 Outperform 5Y $16.20 +72.03% +21.66% +50.37
TMFMarathonMan 98.88 1/2/2009 Outperform NS $16.37 +70.20% +20.54% +49.66

Wall Street

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TrackRothCapital 75.81 10/23/2009 Outperform NS $31.73 -12.20% -2.33% -9.86
TrackZacks 69.52 4/29/2009 Outperform 3M $24.19 +9.05% +12.91% -3.86 7/31/2009 @ $26.38 1 Comment
TrackJohnRogers < 20 12/3/2008 Outperform 1Y $15.23 +82.95% +31.79% +51.16 4 Comments
TrackJGreenblatt 48.54 6/13/2008 Outperform 1Y $28.87 -5.13% -28.37% +23.24 6/12/2009 @ $27.39 2 Comments
TrackJPMorgan 78.71 10/25/2007 Outperform NS $56.74 -50.90% -25.99% -24.91
TrackJohnKeeley < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $53.30 -47.73% -26.44% -21.30 1 Comment
TrackKiplinger 60.72 1/3/2007 Outperform 1Y $51.86 -46.28% -19.57% -26.71
TrackMatrix 89.45 9/8/2006 Outperform NS $44.42 -37.27% -12.20% -25.07

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