$21.78

1.63 (8.09%)

7/8/2008 4:00 PM

American Woodmark Corp (AMWD)

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The Company manufactures and distributes kitchen cabinets and vanities for the remodeling and new home construction markets.

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Lumber, Wood Production (14), Micro Cap (4824)
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American Woodmark Corp At A Glance

Current Price:	$21.78
Last Trade Time:	7/8/2008 4:00 PM
Open:	$20.14
Previous Close:	$20.15
Daily Range:	$20.14 - $21.79
52-Week Range:	$15.60 - $35.58
Volume:	42,629
Market Cap:	$286.15M
P/E Ratio:	69.48
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Other News Headlines for AMWD

American Woodmark 4Q profit dips as gas costs rise
6/4/2008 7:26:00 AM - AP
American Woodmark sets dividend of 9 cents
5/27/2008 1:34:00 PM - AP
Am. Woodmark Sets Quarterly Dividend
3/3/2008 4:57:00 PM - AP
Earnings Roundup: Knology, OfficeMax
2/19/2008 2:19:00 PM - AP

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Avatar jwbenzai (68.73) Submitted: 8/29/07 2:19 AM

They are going to spend up to a 100mil on a buyback. The market cap of the compamy is 443mil. Thats almost 25% of their value thats has to be a good thing

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Avatar tenmiles (99.90) Submitted: 11/29/07 11:40 AM

I usually don't short stocks after they had a big drop but AMWD is the exception - today's results were so dreadful that I expect the stock price to drift down even further to the low teens - simply no relief in sight for the new home construction markets.

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Recs 0 (AMWD) lowellfield (89.77) Submitted: 6/16/08 11:37 AM : Start Price: $22.67 AMWD Score: 2.72 Contrarian pick. They are a cabinet maker that sells into new home construction market (dead) and through HD/Lowe's (dead). My reasoning is that things have gotten pretty bad already (much worse than mgmt thought), and they're still FCF breakeven. They've been buying back stock with their cash, on top of a small dividend, so they could cut that out to improve their liquidity position. Also, the co claims to have exited lower-margin product lines, making their remaining portfolio higher margin and with a higher % of fixed costs. So if/when a recovery in volumes does come, they should have stronger operating leverage than they did before. The biggest reason for worry is that I think there's more pain to be had, and management seems too sunny (as they were with their FY08 projections) so they may not do all the things they could to mitigate the damage. But I don't think they're going broke and their historical margins are pretty strong. 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 (AMWD) EclecticRecluse (72.47) Submitted: 5/23/08 4:57 AM : Start Price: $22.37 AMWD Score: -5.82 Short Term Pullback Expected 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 (AMWD) woodmark (< 20) Submitted: 3/05/08 3:54 PM : Start Price: $18.78 AMWD Score: -20.72 this company makes no sence. how can anyone buy this stock when the housing market is in the tank ! i know for a fact that they closed one of their plants , because they dont have enough orders to keep their employees working full weeks. what i see is this company going private soon ,they have seen better days and now its time to fall back to just being a average cabinet maker. 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 (AMWD) thearistocrats (68.11) Submitted: 3/02/08 10:00 PM : Start Price: $18.58 AMWD Score: -21.71 overvalued 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 (AMWD) rodinsc (79.07) Submitted: 2/27/08 10:30 PM : Start Price: $20.15 AMWD Score: 15.40 Simple cabinet making business is easy to understand. It is also easy to see why the stock has been driven down. Minimal debt should allow it to sustain the business. It is still cash flow positive even through this housing downturn. Interest rates are being slashed which is going to encourage more borrowing and re-inflate housing. The fed and the politicians are reacting to a problem that has probably already run it's course as they are usually very late to react. 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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	TrackChuckAkre	26.02	09/30/07 09/30/07		NS	$24.45	-10.91%	-16.63%	+5.73
	TrackSoros	41.45	09/30/07 09/30/07		NS	$24.45	-10.91%	-16.63%	+5.73
	TrackJimCramer	83.15	08/28/07 08/28/07		3W	$28.00	-22.21%	-11.49%	-10.72

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