$11.29

-0.66 (-5.52%)

7/18/2008 4:00 PM

The Pantry, Inc. (PTRY)

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A convenience store operator in the southeastern United States. The company's stores market a broad selection of merchandise, gasoline and ancillary products and services designed to appeal to the convenience needs of their customers.

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154 Outperforms

16 Underperforms

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Ticker Tags

Grocery Stores (27), Convenience Store Operator (5), Micro Cap (4824), Small Cap (1922)
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The Pantry, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price:	$11.29
Last Trade Time:	7/18/2008 4:00 PM
Open:	$11.99
Previous Close:	$11.95
Daily Range:	$11.21 - $12.05
52-Week Range:	$8.81 - $39.11
Volume:	736,216
Market Cap:	$265.41M
P/E Ratio:	16.60
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Other News Headlines for PTRY

Market Spotlight: Convenience stores
7/8/2008 2:25:00 PM - AP
A Second Look: Analyst upgrades Pantry shares
6/26/2008 1:18:00 PM - AP
Movers roundup: Sourcefire, Pantry
6/25/2008 5:34:00 PM - AP
Pantry shares rise, analyst ups profit estimates
6/25/2008 2:48:00 PM - AP

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Avatar crlcw21 (< 20) Submitted: 3/10/08 9:17 PM

I see a company which has made some aquisitions and is not paying off the debt from these to retool the stores under one brand name. Big future profits is what I belive the result will be.

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Avatar whitepapers (60.66) Submitted: 6/23/08 7:09 AM

Just too much debt. This is not the time for gas/convience stores to be overleveraged. The cost of crude oil keeps going up and suppliers can't pass all of the increase to thier consumers. Even if Pantry is able to start passing the increases on to their customers, their customers are going to ha...More

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Recs 0 (PTRY) suhsido1 (65.65) Submitted: 7/14/08 12:43 PM : Start Price: $9.92 PTRY Score: -11.33 Shorting Convenience Store Operator . Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (PTRY) ajm101 (38.90) Submitted: 7/06/08 10:41 PM : Start Price: $9.83 PTRY Score: 15.46 Pantry operates the ubiquitous Kanagaroo gas stations in the US Southeast. They have a miniscule P/S ratio, and the bulk of revenue is gasoline. As gas rises, that kills their margin as gas is nearly flat. When gas margins increase, their earnings explode. I'm choosing this a hedge against a market overweight in independent E&P. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (PTRY) jroack (66.64) Submitted: 6/26/08 11:01 AM : Start Price: $11.20 PTRY Score: 3.69 absolutely ugly chart. picking up some at this level. hoping for a turnaround. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 1 (PTRY) whitepapers (60.66) Submitted: 6/23/08 7:09 AM : Start Price: $9.57 PTRY Score: -22.55 Just too much debt. This is not the time for gas/convience stores to be overleveraged. The cost of crude oil keeps going up and suppliers can't pass all of the increase to thier consumers. Even if Pantry is able to start passing the increases on to their customers, their customers are going to have to cut back on purchases - both in gas and convient store products. Exxon just announced (6/13/08) that they would be selling their company owned stations due to lack of profitability. Pantry may try to sell some less profitable stations but they aren't going to get anywhere near what they paid for them. Panty lost money last quarter and I don't think things will be any different for several quarters. This is a business that I just liked - when paydirt picked them I thought hey this is something I think I can judge something I understand - but something in my gut said that something wasn't right. I couldn't get over their debt obligations - I'm not sure if that is all that troubled me but since I started watching them their stock is down 66%. There might not be much room to drop more but there might be a chance of the B (bankruptcy) word. If they start selling off stations and lessen their debt load then I'll probably pull my underperform rating. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (PTRY) StocksForCash (72.24) Submitted: 6/17/08 1:22 PM : Start Price: $10.29 PTRY Score: 17.15 Kinda double bottom'ish looking .... Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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