$24.61

-0.13 (-0.53%)

10/6/2008 4:00 PM

Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (BOBE)

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A full-service restaurant company that operates two distinct restaurant concepts, Bob Evans Restaurants and Mimi's Cafes. It is also a producer and distributor of pork sausage and complementary, homestyle, convenience food items.

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Among Most Trustworthy Companies (97), Restaurants (69), Small Cap (1922), Ohio (28), Columbus (2)
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Bob Evans Farms, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price:	$24.61
Last Trade Time:	10/6/2008 4:00 PM
Open:	$0.00
Previous Close:	$24.74
Daily Range:	$23.33 - $24.80
52-Week Range:	$23.93 - $34.70
Volume:	1,206,926
Market Cap:	$765.33M
P/E Ratio:	12.19
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Other News Headlines for BOBE

Movers roundup: Tween Brands, Bob Evans Farms
8/13/2008 1:49:00 PM - AP
Bob Evans shares drop following fiscal 1Q report
8/13/2008 12:11:00 PM - AP
Bob Evans posts higher 1Q profit
8/12/2008 8:08:00 PM - AP
Chains like Denny's, IHOP try to reclaim breakfast
8/4/2008 9:12:00 AM - AP

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1 Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (BOBE)

Avatar angusthermopylae (50.08) Submitted: 5/07/07 2:57 PM

Heard the CEO speak--smart man. Good, popular restaurant, good food, basic services are where they concentrate

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3 Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (BOBE)

Avatar kristm (99.84) Submitted: 6/12/08 12:02 PM

The recent spike is due to higher-than-expected Q4 earnings - most of which can be attributed to sales of real estate, not increased sales or more efficiency in the core chain. They're predicting better sales during 2009, but with the economy contracting and hurting like it is I would be surprised t...More

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Recs 0 (BOBE) supercoffee (96.33) Submitted: 10/06/08 2:44 PM : Start Price: $23.50 BOBE Score: -1.21 TOO FAT FAST FOODS 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 (BOBE) UltraContrarian (99.04) Submitted: 9/28/08 6:14 PM : Start Price: $28.45 BOBE Score: 5.78 Bob Evans may be the best 1 star stock on CAPS. (In this account I only rate 1 and 2 star stocks to outperform and 4 and 5 star stocks to underperform so this compliment is less backhanded than it looks.) Price to sales, earnings and book are all significantly better than their competitors. Of course they are vulnerable to further energy and agricultural inflation, but diversified business units and control of their own supply chain helps mitigate that. Sales and earnings growth have been slow but steady, which is why BOBE has held up well in the current bear market. 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 (BOBE) cyncoot (72.47) Submitted: 7/26/08 8:17 PM : Start Price: $28.14 BOBE Score: -4.01 Sector call 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 3 (BOBE) kristm (99.84) Submitted: 6/12/08 12:02 PM : Start Price: $33.26 BOBE Score: 3.39 The recent spike is due to higher-than-expected Q4 earnings - most of which can be attributed to sales of real estate, not increased sales or more efficiency in the core chain. They're predicting better sales during 2009, but with the economy contracting and hurting like it is I would be surprised to see even flat sales. People don't have as much money to spend on eating out and probably won't for another year or more. Every restaurant is getting beaten up for the same reason. And every extra sale they have will begin to cost more - in case you haven't noticed food prices in every category are rising like mad. Bread, fruit, cooking oil... Pork, poultry, and beef are shooting up because of the increasing costs of buying corn-based animal feed. What's BobE's main business besides restaurant operator? Meat processor. Those sausages are costing them more and more to produce. And my original underperform argument still stands - they have a lot of stores but the menu is BORING! Snore-worthy! Boring is OK if you're buying a manufacturer, but in the restaurant space you need something more appealing and buzz-worthy on your menu than anything Bob E is offering. And they don't have much of a cult following, either. If the company disappeared tomorrow would anybody notice? Report this Post Replies: 1 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (BOBE) crazy8lazy9 (< 20) Submitted: 6/07/08 4:39 PM : Start Price: $33.03 BOBE Score: 1.89 short the spike 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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kristm
Rating: 99.84
BOBE Score: 26.87

Boring menu and rising food prices - also makes sausage, which costs them more and more as pork prices go up. Bob's looking a little pale these days..