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7/18/2008 4:01 PM

CEC Entertainment, Inc. (CEC)

CAPS Rating:
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The Company is engaged in the family restaurant/entertainment center business.

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Ticker Tags

Restaurants (69), Options Backdating (?) (115), Family Oriented (5), Dine-in Restaurant (16), Small Cap (1922)
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CEC Entertainment, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $28.44
Last Trade Time: 7/18/2008 4:01 PM
Open: $29.12
Previous Close: $29.03
Daily Range: $27.87 - $29.12
52-Week Range: $19.81 - $39.47
Volume: 307,938
Market Cap: $713.30M
P/E Ratio: 13.89
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CEC Entertainment, Inc. (CEC)

Avatar edwinaanne (86.71) Submitted: 3/26/08 9:08 PM

RESTAURANTS / CONSUMER SERVICES /ENTERTAINMENT


30 YEAR OLD COMPANY FRANCHISEES OPERATE 534 RESTUARANTS. OWNER OF CHUCK E CHEESE’S RESTAURANTS. CHUCK E CHEES’S OFFERS FAMILIES WITH KIDS A ONE-OF-A-KIND TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE THAT INCLUDES THE COOLEST GAMES AND RIDES, CHANCES TO W...More

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CEC Entertainment, Inc. (CEC)

Avatar HollywoodDan (83.89) Submitted: 2/20/08 3:05 PM

This run up on a "rosy outloook" looks like pure bullshiner to me. Yeah, parents looking to save money in a recession are going to haul their kids off to go eat pizza that tastes like someone melted candlewax on a frisbee as their whining booger noses beg and plead for more and more and more coins s...More

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Avatar brintoul (80.40) Submitted: 7/09/08 1:27 PM : Outperform Start Price: $26.93 CEC Score: 6.21

Too beaten down.

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Avatar edwinaanne (86.71) Submitted: 3/26/08 9:08 PM : Outperform Start Price: $29.76 CEC Score: 1.64

RESTAURANTS / CONSUMER SERVICES /ENTERTAINMENT


30 YEAR OLD COMPANY FRANCHISEES OPERATE 534 RESTUARANTS. OWNER OF CHUCK E CHEESE’S RESTAURANTS. CHUCK E CHEES’S OFFERS FAMILIES WITH KIDS A ONE-OF-A-KIND TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE THAT INCLUDES THE COOLEST GAMES AND RIDES, CHANCES TO WIN TICKETS FOR FUN PRIZES, ENTERTAINMENT AND GREAT FOOD FOR THE FAMILY. TODAY, MORE THAN EVER, KIDS NEED A SAFE, WHOLESOME ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY CAN LAUGH, PLAY AND SIMPLY ENJOY BEING A KID.





52 WK RANGE: $19.81-43.83


MARKET CAP: $658M


P/E 10.71


1 YEAR TARGET: $37.75


DIV: NO DIVIDEND


BETA: 1.27


NET PROFIT MARGIN: 7.12%


ROE: 16.34%


% HELD BY INSTITUTIONS: 96.80%


MORNINGSTAR: GROWTH C PROFITABILITY C FINANCIAL HEALTH B-


REVENUE: 4 QTR 2007 AND 4 QTR 2006 REMAINED CONSTANT AT $175.1M, GROWTH: FROM THE NEW STORE DEVELOPMENT WAS OFFSET BY A DECLINE IN COMPARABLE STORE SALES OF 2.7%.


INCOME: A NET LOSS OF $0.6M IN THE 4 QTR 2007 COMPARED TO NET INCOME OF $12.1M IN THE SAME PERIOD OF 2006.


EPS: 1.76 4 QTR 2007 DECREASED TO ($0.02) PER SHARE FROM $0.36 PER SHARE IN THE 4 QTR 2006. INCLUDED IN 2007 AND 2006 4 QTR RESULTS WERE ASSET IMPAIRMENT COSTS TOTALING $8.4M AND $0.4M, RESPECTIVELY. ADDITIONALLY, THE 4 QTR 2007 WAS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY CERTAIN TAX RELATED ADJUSTMENTS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $2.0M.


BUYBACK: REPURCHASED $248M OF COMPANY STOCK 7.9M SHARES. FREE CASH FLOW WILL BE USED TO REPURCHASE SHARES


SALES: SAME-STORE SALE INCREASING 2.5% 08


OUTLOOK: SAME-STORE SALES GROWTH FLAT TO 1% FOR 08 CONSERVATIVE GIVEN CHALLENGING CONSUMER ENVIRONMENT, INCREASE COST OF CHEESE, LABOR EXPENSES





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Avatar fcharles81 (90.69) Submitted: 2/21/08 5:04 PM : Underperform Start Price: $26.00 CEC Score: -15.99

I like to take my kids to the place just to get out sometimes, but the food isn't all that great. Unless they can up with something new in their resturants, it gets old. I won't say they'll go bankrupt, but they won't Outperform.

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Avatar tenmiles (99.88) Submitted: 2/20/08 3:50 PM : Underperform Start Price: $27.08 CEC Score: -12.26

Believe this one is kind of cheesy at $26.93 - recommend chucking it here.

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Avatar HollywoodDan (83.89) Submitted: 2/20/08 3:05 PM : Underperform Start Price: $27.15 CEC Score: -12.28

This run up on a "rosy outloook" looks like pure bullshiner to me. Yeah, parents looking to save money in a recession are going to haul their kids off to go eat pizza that tastes like someone melted candlewax on a frisbee as their whining booger noses beg and plead for more and more and more coins so they can blow them on the crappiest and most worthless toys on the planet as freak-robots play nutty music and awkward teen girls do pitifully uninspired birthday dances. This is free CAPS points watching this one fall back down like that old lady in the commercial who can't get up. Also, the whole idea of this company - subjecting kids to a mini Vegas atmosphere and turning them into mindless spending machines in search of poo-toys is as 100% unFoolish as unFoolish can be. While they're at it, this bad joke of a business should serve the kid alcohol and cigars too. We're a not a nation of obese debt ridden walruses for nothing, you know. Pass the clothes pin, mamma, this one is a stinker.

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