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$22.74 -0.74 (-3.15%)
8/29/2008 4:00 PM

Spartan Stores, Inc. (SPTN)

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The Company is a regional grocery distributor and grocery retailer, operating principally in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana.

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Total Members

74 Outperforms
7 Underperforms
 

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20 Outperforms
3 Underperforms
 

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4 Outperforms
1 Underperforms
 

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Ticker Tags

Micro Cap (4824), Food Wholesale (19), Grocery Stores (26)
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Spartan Stores, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $22.74
Last Trade Time: 8/29/2008 4:00 PM
Open: $23.47
Previous Close: $23.48
Daily Range: $22.63 - $23.67
52-Week Range: $16.73 - $26.31
Volume: 160,450
Market Cap: $518.51M
P/E Ratio: 14.77
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Spartan Stores, Inc. (SPTN)

Avatar Jason1125 (< 20) Submitted: 2/10/08 2:26 AM

The share price has been caught in a huge downdraft since the middle of 2007 because of most supermarket stocks that Fears of a recessionary consumer,
rampant food cost inflation, a broader promotional program of Wal-Mart and Tesco.

Overall, Combined with its aggressive acquisition strategy,
growin...More

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Spartan Stores, Inc. (SPTN)

Avatar hirshey (97.30) Submitted: 1/18/07 3:11 AM

Spartan CEO recently dumped a fair amount of shares. The stock is due to fall, as demonstrated by effective technical analysis. Valuation places the stock price between $20-21 per share, meaning there is little or no growth potential.

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Avatar Capsperson (99.31) Submitted: 8/22/08 9:06 PM : Outperform Start Price: $24.83 SPTN Score: -8.38

They have excellent store brand products and just bought out my local grocery story. So far, I'm impressed. Low P/E.

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Avatar DS23A (90.13) Submitted: 3/26/08 9:33 AM : Outperform Start Price: $20.38 SPTN Score: 15.76

In hard times people will have to choose between luxury items and items that they will need to live on and as far as i know everyone will need to have groceries.

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Avatar mphilli12 (49.51) Submitted: 3/14/08 9:30 AM : Outperform Start Price: $21.14 SPTN Score: 9.72

I used to work for this company - Spartan is a retail and grocery distributor. When I started, the company's share price was $5.00. At one point in the past year, the price was up to $37.00. I think the company is currently undervalued and has many opportunties for growth. They recently rang the NASDAQ bell due to their achievements in the past five years.

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Avatar Jason1125 (< 20) Submitted: 2/10/08 2:26 AM : Outperform Start Price: $21.62 SPTN Score: 8.40

The share price has been caught in a huge downdraft since the middle of 2007 because of most supermarket stocks that Fears of a recessionary consumer,
rampant food cost inflation, a broader promotional program of Wal-Mart and Tesco.

Overall, Combined with its aggressive acquisition strategy,
growing private label programs, improving perishables and superior store execution Spartan might not be just the best-positioned regional grocer, but in many ways the most immune from the various forces that have driven its
stock downward.

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Avatar buddaIII (< 20) Submitted: 8/12/07 6:15 PM : Outperform Start Price: $27.48 SPTN Score: -5.16

has yet too see all its potential and latest aquizitions take hold,..

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