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7/8/2008 4:00 PM

The Finish Line, Inc. (FINL)

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A mall-based specialty retailer of men's, women's and children's brand name athletic and lifestyle footwear, active wear and accessories in the United States.

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Apparel Stores (56), Micro Cap (4824)
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The Finish Line, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $9.67
Last Trade Time: 7/8/2008 4:00 PM
Open: $8.88
Previous Close: $8.83
Daily Range: $8.67 - $9.71
52-Week Range: $1.48 - $9.27
Volume: 2,795,327
Market Cap: $438.86M
P/E Ratio: 16.38
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The Finish Line, Inc. (FINL)

Avatar stockJUMP (< 20) Submitted: 10/06/07 4:59 PM

just a matter of time for this stock. i see it at about $8 steady. The company is slowing down, but it's not down and out. It's just so cheap. Who cares if they acquire GCO. If they do they will make it, they don't they will make it. Uncertainty has made this stock fall more than $8 dollars? This pl...More

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Avatar bullshiite (97.91) Submitted: 5/30/08 9:30 PM

I wouldn't touch any retailers right now, with real $$$. I expect a pull back of ARO(Strong Sell), CACH, JWN, JOSB, ZUMZ, FINL, and VLCM. I'm only short on ARO, FINL, and I might short CACH.
I think JWN is a buy at $31.
JOSB, could go up or down, IMO.
Unsure about CROX, UA, BEBE, A...More

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Avatar manucastle (71.54) Submitted: 7/07/08 10:53 AM : Outperform Start Price: $8.83 FINL Score: 9.36

I have purchased FINL today :-

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=finl

EPS = -1.19
PE = na Industry 14.8
PB = 1.09 Industry 1.6
PS = 0.36 Industry 0.5
P/CF = na Industry 13.4
P/FCF = 41.0 Industry 19.2
Yield 0.0 Industry 0.0
Gross profit margin = 29.5 Industry 36.0
Operating margin = -4.9 Industry 2.5
Net Profit Margin = -4.4 Industry 1.9
ROA = -8.7 Industry 4.4
ROE = -13.0 Industry 8.7
Insider ownership = 11.2
Greenblatt ROC = na
Greenblatt Earnings Yield = na
Passes 14 of 17 of Mikes metrics
MaxPrice = 27.85 Discount 69%**
Metrics from qtr ending 05/31/2008
Zacks rank 2
http://www.zacks.com/research/report.php?t=finl&type=main
Caps rank 1
http://caps.fool.com/Ticker/FINL.aspx
MC score 250

All good enough for my money. I only suggest stocks that I own !

(See posts 388/584/665/760/1051/1807/2213/3546/3755/4046/4208/4225/4345/4573/4818/5241/5242
5169 on 'Investment Analysis Clubs / Dynamic Value Investing ' board for extra due diligence applied ). **MaxPrice is a generic version of Mike Klein's Maxprice and ROC and Earnings yields are generic versions of Greenblatt's metrics.

See 'Investment Analysis Clubs / Dynamic Value Investing' board and my CAPS profile for further excellent companies selling at a discount to Maxprice with excellent current metrics. CAPS only shows my selections over 100Mill (unfortunately due to restricted lower market cap applied by MF CAPS).

As stated on the 'Investment Analysis Clubs /Dynamic Value Investing' board my aim is to obtain up to 50% returns p.a. as Buffett stated he could obtain (3 times) recently. A very difficult task but you can follow along with my buys and sells on my CAPS page, where I put my money where my mouth is . If I perform well I hope you can benefit. If not , feel free to ignore my comments. CAPS allows each and everyone of us to be clinically judged on our stock picking abilities over the LONG TERM.

Please always do your own due diligence before investing.

Manucastle :o)

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Avatar AnomaLee (99.76) Submitted: 7/03/08 4:40 AM : Underperform Start Price: $8.45 FINL Score: -14.37

...because it takes you 20 months to make money
...because the analyst consensus is $10 because they're stupid
...because you're not Footlocker
...because I know the true seasonality of your stores
...because your customers are deteriorating
...because 52-wk highs, and a 20% jump in one day is not justified
...because you don't pay a dividend like Footlocker. Not worth the risk
...because you can't escape the huge short position forever

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Avatar tthwebster (< 20) Submitted: 6/28/08 9:09 PM : Underperform Start Price: $8.65 FINL Score: -12.36

Hefty spike for one good earnings report considering they have failed to turn a profit in 12 months. Thumbing it back to 4 bucks.

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Avatar EclecticRecluse (72.47) Submitted: 6/25/08 8:20 AM : Outperform Start Price: $7.21 FINL Score: 37.56

Oversold with High Professional Opinion

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Avatar bullshiite (97.91) Submitted: 5/30/08 9:30 PM : Underperform Start Price: $7.85 FINL Score: -32.22

I wouldn't touch any retailers right now, with real $$$. I expect a pull back of ARO(Strong Sell), CACH, JWN, JOSB, ZUMZ, FINL, and VLCM. I'm only short on ARO, FINL, and I might short CACH.
I think JWN is a buy at $31.
JOSB, could go up or down, IMO.
Unsure about CROX, UA, BEBE, ANF, and GPS. They seem accurately priced.

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