$172.00 3.99 (+2.37%)
11/6/2009 4:00 PM

priceline.com, Inc. (PCLN)

CAPS Rating: 1 out of 5

An online travel company that offers its customers a range of travel services, including the opportunity to purchase airline tickets, hotel rooms, car rentals, vacation packages, cruises and destination services.

Current Price $172.00 Mkt Cap $7.27B
Open $167.49 P/E Ratio 30.55
Prev. Close $168.01 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $167.25 - $172.00 Volume 1,499,985
52-Wk Range $46.95 - $182.32 Avg. Daily Vol. 1,225,000

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Wall Street

11 Outperform
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Top PCLN Bull/Bear Pitches

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NinjaJew (23.85)
Submitted April 20, 2009

I wanted to Underperform this so bad because frankly I'm a travelocity.com shopper and there's too much competition. But I can't argue with the numbers. Quarter revenue growth - 21.3%. Outperformed analyst expectations the last four quarters.More

JakilaTheHun (99.95)
Submitted June 19, 2009

Priceline has phenomenal revenue and earnings growth. PCLN had sky-high operating margins of 30% in FY '08. That's an impressive increase from the 15% operating margin in FY '06. PCLN has revenues over $1.2 billion at this point and that top-line is… More

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Member Avatar LongShortIndex (98.68) Submitted: 11/4/2009 9:28:12 PM : Underperform Start Price: $167.68 PCLN Score: -1.19

buy DRIV, sell PCLN

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Member Avatar APShannon (30.87) Submitted: 11/3/2009 8:46:51 AM : Outperform Start Price: $162.29 PCLN Score: +2.72

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Member Avatar GonzoDeluxe (26.78) Submitted: 10/15/2009 7:27:04 PM : Underperform Start Price: $170.58 PCLN Score: -2.37

Just how much recovery do these people think is in the travel industry? This stock is higher than its 2008 peak, even though profits are lower.
This stock will probably still outperform the market as long as the market keeps going up, just because of investor psychology. But as soon as there's a correction, it will drop like a rock. My call is that this will happen within a year.

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Score Leader

TMFInfiniteJest

TMFInfiniteJest (87.87) Score: +520.58

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Member Name Member
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TMFInfiniteJest 87.87 7/11/2006 9/23/2008 Outperform 5Y $28.14 +511.23% -9.35% +520.58
Taulli 81.29 9/11/2006 Outperform 1Y $31.05 +453.95% -11.72% +465.67 1 Comment
amirtham 95.28 9/20/2006 Outperform 3M $31.24 +450.58% -14.02% +464.59
JudasTouch 94.33 9/6/2006 5/22/2009 Outperform 1Y $31.79 +441.05% -12.62% +453.67
neubaumj 49.71 8/21/2006 Outperform 1Y $32.56 +428.26% -12.19% +440.45
emffran 84.96 8/28/2006 Outperform 3M $32.84 +423.75% -11.92% +435.68
shasoren < 20 9/21/2006 Outperform 3M $33.04 +420.58% -14.25% +434.83
wannabwriter 69.61 9/28/2006 Outperform 1Y $36.39 +372.66% -15.13% +387.79 1 Comment
orvilb < 20 9/30/2006 Outperform NS $36.77 +367.77% -14.87% +382.65
juankellogg 78.83 10/2/2006 Outperform 1Y $36.79 +367.52% -14.83% +382.35

Wall Street

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TrackRBCCapMkts 81.74 10/21/2009 Outperform NS $174.00 -1.15% -2.56% +1.42
TrackJimCramer < 20 9/15/2009 Outperform 3W $163.10 +5.46% +1.79% +3.66
TrackBarclaysCap 86.02 8/21/2009 Outperform NS $148.65 +15.71% +7.54% +8.16
TrackBenchmark 88.54 8/3/2009 Outperform NS $133.25 +29.08% +7.77% +21.31
TrackKaufmanBros 89.55 6/19/2009 Outperform NS $111.81 +53.83% +16.27% +37.56
TrackZacks 69.52 1/8/2009 Underperform 3M $77.06 -3.96% -4.33% -0.37 2/9/2009 @ $74.01 1 Comment
TrackCitigroup 21.22 8/15/2008 Outperform NS $105.35 +63.27% -14.93% +78.19
TrackZacks 69.52 7/16/2008 Outperform 3M $112.14 -47.88% -15.52% -32.36 10/6/2008 @ $58.45 1 Comment
TrackStanfordRes 80.42 7/10/2008 Outperform NS $111.00 +54.95% -11.16% +66.11
TrackCharlesPayn 35.46 3/7/2008 Outperform 3M $116.92 +47.11% -13.92% +61.03
TrackCitigroup 21.22 1/18/2008 Outperform NS $92.23 +39.43% +5.21% +34.22 5/2/2008 @ $128.60
TrackJPMorgan 78.71 1/2/2008 Outperform NS $116.75 +47.32% -23.81% +71.13
TrackRonBaron < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $88.75 -22.90% -22.36% -0.53 9/30/2008 @ $68.43 1 Comment
TrackHeebner 23.58 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $88.75 -34.66% -46.60% +11.94 11/24/2008 @ $57.99 1 Comment
TrackBofASec 93.50 8/9/2007 Outperform NS $77.95 -31.05% -35.68% +4.63 10/31/2008 @ $53.75
TrackSusquehanna 74.76 8/8/2007 Outperform NS $77.73 +53.43% -9.70% +63.12 3/19/2008 @ $119.26
TrackCitigroup 21.22 5/18/2007 Outperform NS $58.95 +90.87% -3.62% +94.49 12/17/2007 @ $112.52
TrackStifel 94.70 5/17/2007 Outperform NS $56.55 +94.52% -3.22% +97.74 12/20/2007 @ $110.00
TrackPiperJaff 80.38 11/9/2006 Outperform NS $43.50 +295.40% -18.21% +313.61
TrackCreditSuiss 91.16 10/23/2006 Outperform NS $40.30 +326.80% -16.74% +343.53

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