$68.50

0.85 (1.26%)

7/18/2008 4:05 PM

Whirlpool Corp (WHR)

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Manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances. Principal products are home laundry appliances, home refrigerator and freezers, home cooking appliances, home dishwashers, room air-conditioner, and mixers and other small household appliances.

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205 Outperforms

42 Underperforms

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62 Outperforms

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S&P 500 (481), Mid Cap (670), Appliances (13)
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Whirlpool Corp At A Glance

Current Price:	$68.50
Last Trade Time:	7/18/2008 4:05 PM
Open:	$67.28
Previous Close:	$67.65
Daily Range:	$67.16 - $69.30
52-Week Range:	$58.22 - $115.47
Volume:	1,621,091
Market Cap:	$5.08B
P/E Ratio:	8.56
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Other News Headlines for WHR

Business, economic events for the coming week
7/18/2008 5:45:00 PM - AP
Whirlpool adds 500 jobs at Tennessee plant
7/11/2008 4:05:00 PM - AP
Whirlpool says it will close 2 plants
7/10/2008 3:17:00 PM - AP
Opening Glance: Shares of household durables mixed
7/10/2008 10:18:00 AM - AP

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Avatar JereBear1 (78.91) Submitted: 6/12/08 12:01 PM

WHR is a stable, well run company which has successfully added the Maytag line to its impressive list of brands. Material costs and energy are compressing their profit margins some this year, but margins should rebound by next year. They are raising prices to compensate. North America sales are d...More

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Avatar kurtdabear (99.15) Submitted: 12/20/07 2:58 PM

Let's see now--home sales crashing, refinancings crashing, home equity loans crashing, credit deliquencies rising, unemployment rising, steel and energy costs rising. Do I want to bet my money on the home appliance business? Nah!

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Recs 0 (WHR) COOLSTOCK (< 20) Submitted: 7/17/08 3:54 PM : Start Price: $67.72 WHR Score: 0.91 Eventually the housing and durable goods market will pick back up, this is a company that'll benifit and prosper when that happens. This is a turnaround pick. I really like low PE ratios, double digit growth both in current and 5 year avgs in both sales and income as well as the decent debt/equity ratio. Stock price is near the low. Again the fundamentals prevail for me. What's the risk? In the current market with consumer confidence low and starting to pinch pennies for heat and necessities - logic dictates that appliances should suffer because they will be considered non-affordable. Now add the complexity of new home buying crawling in the middle of its housing bubble, again new appliances will not be in vogue. So why defy common sense and the reasons I just presented? Because this company is big enough in brand and international enough to minimize such risk. Appliances are borderline in 'necessity' while consumers may not be eager right now to get new ones, if one breaks the consumer will have to or be forced to replace it. It has the history and in the long term it should live up to it. 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 (WHR) JjcampNR (< 20) Submitted: 7/14/08 1:38 PM : Start Price: $61.33 WHR Score: 9.29 Eventually the housing and durable goods market will pick back up, this is a company that'll benifit and prosper when that happens. 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 (WHR) kmontem (34.22) Submitted: 7/14/08 10:59 AM : Start Price: $61.86 WHR Score: 9.13 Whirlpool is well placed to take advantage of emerging markets. 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 (WHR) JoyofMoney (< 20) Submitted: 7/08/08 11:11 PM : Start Price: $64.43 WHR Score: 7.45 This is a turnaround pick. I really like low PE ratios, double digit growth both in current and 5 year avgs in both sales and income as well as the decent debt/equity ratio. Stock price is near the low. Again the fundamentals prevail for me. What's the risk? In the current market with consumer confidence low and starting to pinch pennies for heat and necessities - logic dictates that appliances should suffer because they will be considered non-affordable. Now add the complexity of new home buying crawling in the middle of its housing bubble, again new appliances will not be in vogue. So why defy common sense and the reasons I just presented? Because this company is big enough in brand and international enough to minimize such risk. Appliances are borderline in 'necessity' while consumers may not be eager right now to get new ones, if one breaks the consumer will have to or be forced to replace it. It has the history and in the long term it should live up to it. 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 (WHR) Robert685 (< 20) Submitted: 7/03/08 7:05 PM : Start Price: $63.32 WHR Score: -8.79 No one is buying homes, who needs major home appliances. 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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