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7/3/2008 1:01 PM

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS)

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The Company's principal business is the sale of trade books, mass market paperbacks, children's books, bargain books, magazines, music and movies direct to customers.

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Total Players

178 Outperforms
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39 Outperforms
26 Underperforms
 

Wall Street

6 Outperforms
2 Underperforms
 

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Ticker Tags

Small Cap (1922), Specialty Retail, Other (45)
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Barnes & Noble, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $22.80
Last Trade Time: 7/3/2008 1:01 PM
Open: $0.00
Previous Close: $23.43
Daily Range: $22.12 - $23.71
52-Week Range: $23.43 - $39.74
Volume: 921,054
Market Cap: $1.29B
P/E Ratio: 11.05
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Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS)

Avatar kahunacfa (< 20) Submitted: 2/25/08 5:36 PM

Barnes & Noble is a Noble book seller. In my opinion, the company has the opportunity to grow earnings per share at a rate approaching 7% to 8% compounded over the next five or more years. Given this projected growth rate, given the current share price of approximately $29.65 per share, the stock ha...More

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Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS)

Avatar abitarecatania (99.17) Submitted: 1/04/08 1:28 PM

1. Ebooks will do to you, what ITunes did to Tower Records.
2. People sitting around drinking coffee in a 12000SQ FT is not going to pay the rent
3. Public library is still free and just as close to home
4. 60-80% of all books purchased are not read
5. Saturation of retail book space
6. Recession wi...More

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Avatar Br0keBusted (94.35) Submitted: 6/11/08 12:12 PM : Outperform Start Price: $26.98 BKS Score: -9.04

Be Well Read

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Avatar ahabswife (90.71) Submitted: 6/09/08 5:19 PM : Underperform Start Price: $27.21 BKS Score: 9.31

I seriously do not think that people want to read books online through e-books. However, when your wallet is hard hit you give up your perks, like the latest bestseller. You hit up thrift shops, garage sales, used book stores or my gosh they have books in those libraries.

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Avatar thestockstalker (27.84) Submitted: 6/05/08 8:03 PM : Underperform Start Price: $29.41 BKS Score: 12.43

Books are not the highest priority right now when people are struggling to pay the bills... It's not like they are the cheapest things either. Earnings futures look bleak, especially as the Internet phases out the mass printed word.

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Avatar paf67 (< 20) Submitted: 5/31/08 12:20 PM : Underperform Start Price: $30.12 BKS Score: 14.62

Bookstores are a thing of the past.


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Avatar 815carey (36.69) Submitted: 5/17/08 11:39 AM : Outperform Start Price: $30.58 BKS Score: -13.89

The past few times I've been in the store it's been packed while all other stores have mediocre traffic, regardless of product. Brush states that Borders is in finacial trouble which is understandable due to a large portion of their inventory being music (most everyone I know anymore uses satelite or online means to listen to music anymore) so I figure this is a safe bet to follow for a few months and see how it pans out.

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TrackJimCramer 83.36 02/13/08 02/13/08 Underperform 3W $30.45-25.13%-7.38%+17.75
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TrackCLKing < 20 08/02/07 08/02/07 Outperform NS $33.85-32.65%-14.03%-18.62
TrackGaryBSmith < 20 06/22/07 06/22/07 Outperform 3W $38.44-40.69%-16.02%-24.66
TrackStifel 88.08 03/08/07 03/08/07 Outperform NS $36.66-37.80%-10.13%-27.68
TrackCharlesPayn < 20 09/01/06 09/01/06 Outperform 3M $35.58-35.93%-3.89%-32.04

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