The Wet Seal, Inc. (NASDAQ:WTSLA)

onemore240 (31.09) Submitted: 10/17/2007 12:02:33 PM : Start Price: $2.88 WTSLA Score: +9.30

PPS haha. Thats it :)

IrixGuy (< 20) Submitted: 10/9/2007 5:37:57 PM : Start Price: $3.07 WTSLA Score: +4.14

I hope that Santa buys this for a lot of people and leaves money under my tree.

Informative (< 20) Submitted: 10/4/2007 4:15:18 PM : Start Price: $3.27 WTSLA Score: -2.12

Price is always based mostly on earnings. One miss and everyone tries to bag a bunch of day trading naked shorts. You can usually see when thats happening because between 3 and 4 PM it usually recovers of lot of the days losses. After they score their loot and make their quick buck mostly off the feint of heart the stock will find itself disconnected from it's true value and flow back to center which is probably around the 6-9 dollar range within 18-24 months. Good penny stock to gamble on in my opinion. NOT something a conservative investor should be looking at.

dustbusterz (< 20) Submitted: 10/2/2007 2:48:01 PM : Start Price: $4.00 WTSLA Score: -18.41

although retail sales seem to be off at the present time. i like this one . they offer trendy cloths at reasonable rates, the balance sheet looks good. i think its due for a break out this week.

snowcheetah (59.70) Submitted: 9/28/2007 3:38:20 AM : Start Price: $3.56 WTSLA Score: -10.49

Saw this on StatsGeek's list. At first I thought StatsGeek had listed this as underperform, and I was trying to figure out why.

The CFO recently stepped down, which is generally a negative sign, but the financials look fairly decent.

* PE is high compared to similar retailers, but has good low PEG ratio of 0.55 and forward PE < 10.

* Hardly any debt, debt/equity=0.026

* Enterprise value is almost 75% of market cap.

* Looks like perhaps was oversold from the announcement of CFO departure??

stingybee (22.91) Submitted: 8/17/2007 12:33:18 PM : Start Price: $4.23 WTSLA Score: -29.39

Should do well through back-to-school season and again over Christmas. After that.... ouch.

Myles999 (< 20) Submitted: 8/7/2007 1:57:01 PM : Start Price: $3.87 WTSLA Score: +20.59

WTSLA looks like a good company, their product is well positioned against the competition buuuuuuuuut!!! They are missing one item "PRODUCTS FOR MALES", something that every Wet Seal competitor is selling to.

The lack of male products can hurt them not just on margins made there but buy creating a more social atmosphere in their stores (young people like to have a place to meet and while there meeting they spend money).

Other than that their clothes look well made and priced nicely.

dm982 (82.37) Submitted: 8/3/2007 10:52:43 AM : Start Price: $4.45 WTSLA Score: -31.11

This stock seems beaten up but appears to have good growth estimates at a cheap price. I like the price at this point, the fact that they have room to grow, and how they only need to focus on women's fashion.

dwwe (66.48) Submitted: 7/13/2007 11:41:37 AM : Start Price: $5.43 WTSLA Score: -37.33

I'm surprised the ladies aren't blowing this stock out of market. It's design to make a run.

houseof4 (< 20) Submitted: 6/8/2007 5:00:31 PM : Start Price: $6.02 WTSLA Score: -45.19

This stock has been down for several years. They brought in a new buyer about 6 months ago and the apparel is in the stores. Comps are doing well. It is BEGINNING to get some attention!!

gabemotola (< 20) Submitted: 4/6/2007 5:28:00 PM : Start Price: $6.30 WTSLA Score: -51.31

Great management, new stores opening with great potential while slackers are being closed.

michaelseeds (20.69) Submitted: 3/23/2007 2:57:12 AM : Start Price: $6.61 WTSLA Score: +54.36

Seems to go down and sideways more than up.

JUMPKIS (97.37) Submitted: 2/4/2007 12:23:06 AM : Start Price: $6.05 WTSLA Score: +50.37

Wet Dog.

These mall brands are fickle. They cannibalize themselves by selling under only 1 or 2 names.

Risky to an unacceptable level. Unpredictable as the teenage mind, movable as daddy's pockets.

archiopoli (28.34) Submitted: 12/31/2006 5:06:35 PM : Start Price: $6.62 WTSLA Score: -56.52

Risky, speculative but interesting. Lots of shorts trying to push it down. Very trendy stores with merchendise teenage girls like, and can afford. Long term this coud be a double, wont happen quickly though.

NetscribeRetail (95.38) Submitted: 12/29/2006 12:58:14 AM : Start Price: $6.61 WTSLA Score: -55.59

Seal the Deal!!!

The Wet Seal is a specialty retailer of fashionable and contemporary apparel and accessory items designed for female consumers. With two mall-based chains of retail stores under the names, Wet Seal and Arden B, the company operates 338 Wet Seal stores and 94 Arden B stores across U.S.

Wet Seals’ core customer is between the ages of 17-25 years. As per the estimates, the target group is expected to grow favourably in the coming years. Also, this group forms significant percentage of overall mall spending. Furthermore, the recent performance of the company has been impressive with substantial rise in topline. Same-store sales have also been positive for both the chains. The denim business of the company also grew at a double-digit rate.

The company is growing its accessories business by expanding their shoes business. They expect their shoe and boot business to drive their revenues in the fourth quarter. Arden B has been innovative with dresses delivering strongest growth. With such fine results, management expects substantial revenue growth in fourth quarter also that will result in better overall year’s performance.

On the operational front, margins are expected to improve as company imports more products and initial mark ups rise. The company plans to open around 55 more stores in the next year and envisions having about 600 to 700 Wet Seal stores in the long run. Furthermore, November sales have been good with positive same-store sales. Hence, Wet Seal is expected to outperform.