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  • The Right Stocks Adding Value to Consumers Money and Investors Portfolio

    By tarun bachhawat - June 14, 2013 | Tickers: COST, DLTR, FIVE

    Most of the brick and mortar stores are having a hard time to deliver. Their comparable same store sales are falling and revenues of most retailers is more or less flat or declining. Further, most of the retailers are trimming their guidance for the future too.

    When nothing seems to be going right for most of the retailers there are a few companies that are showing great performance and positive more »

  • Time To Sell This Retail Stock Post-Earnings?

    By Brian Nichols - June 14, 2013 | Tickers: FIVE, KORS

    For many months I have always stated that I prefer Five Below (NASDAQ: FIVE) over Michael Kors (NYSE: KORS) as an investment. My reason has been simple: Five Below still had significant room to expand and has a long-lasting identify with “everything under $5”, while Michael Kors’ products are dependent on staying “cool.” However, after seeing the quarterly performance of Five Below, I am no longer sure.

    A Look At more »

  • Five Below : Why $2.1 Billion Is Just a Start

    By Zachary Scheidt - May 24, 2013 | Tickers: FIVE, TRLG, URBN

    Sometimes conventional wisdom is just downright wrong...
     
    For example, let's take a quick look at the way most investors apply the concept of "valuation" to their trading decisions.
     
    As a general rule, conventional investors like to buy stocks with cheap valuations, and they avoid stocks that have high price to earnings (PE) ratios. 
     
    On the surface, the concept makes sense. If you pay a premium price for a stock more »

  • Are These Top Post-IPO Performers Still a Buy?

    By Brian Nichols - May 22, 2013 | Tickers: EQM, FIVE, ICPT, RH, WDAY

    Last week I published an article that looked at the outlook for the top five post-IPO performers of the last year. However, numbers 2-10 are very close in terms of performance, thus I am looking at numbers 6-10 to determine their outlook moving forward.

    #10 Intercept Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ICPT)

    Intercept has rallied 121.47% since its IPO price, yet has traded with a loss of 3% in 2013. The company more »

  • As the Economy Improves, Are These Stocks Doomed?

    By Austin Higgins - April 6, 2013 | Tickers: DG, FDO, FIVE

    Throughout the recent economy decline, one industry that thrived was that of specialty discount stores. Stores that offered products for only $1 brought people in for basic home goods, toiletries, and other retail items. As the economy is picking up, do these stores still have the same appeal to consumers and investors?

    Five Below (NASDAQ: FIVE) is a very unique type of specialty discount store. It offers 4,000 different more »

  • As the Economy Improves, are these Stores Doomed?

    By Austin Higgins - April 3, 2013 | Tickers: DG, FDO, FIVE

    Throughout the recent economy decline one industry that thrived was specialty discount stores. Stores that offered products for only $1 brought people in for basic home goods, toiletries and other retail items. As the economy is picking up, do these stores still have the same appeal to consumers and investors?

    Five Below (NASDAQ: FIVE) is a very unique type of specialty discount store. It offers 4,000 different products for more »

  • Take a Look at Dollar Stores; Earnings Strong for Retail Space

    By Tedra DeSue - March 29, 2013 | Tickers: DG, FDO, FIVE

    There is a train of thought out there that dollar stores don’t make for good investments and that any success they are enjoying now will soon come to an end.

    The logic is that these stores performed well during the recession because consumers had fewer discretionary dollars to spend. They chose discount stores instead of pricier outlets to buy their goods. So now that the economy is picking up more »

  • 3 Recent IPOs Worth Considering for the Long-Term

    By Michael Carter - February 12, 2013 | Tickers: CG, FIVE, PSX

    Since 1975, there have been over 9,500 companies that have gone public with an initial public offering (IPO).  So what are the pros and cons of investing in IPOs, or at least relatively ‘new’ companies on the stock market?  The data shows that the percentage of returns on IPOs from 2000-2010 during the first five years after the IPO have a mean of 8.1% annual returns.  The data more »

  • Jim Cramer is Wrong About These Two Dollar Stores

    By Robert Ciura - January 23, 2013 | Tickers: DG, FDO, FIVE

    The dollar stores in the United States have seen great success since the recession hit in 2008.  Many consumers have scaled down their spending as a result of painfully high unemployment and stagnant wages.  Two of the companies that operate in the deep discount retail space are Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO), a $7 billion business, and Dollar General (NYSE: DG), a $14 billion company.  These stores operate chains of self-service more »

  • Top Three Companies in Retail for Future Gains

    By Brian Nichols - December 1, 2012 | Tickers: FIVE, LULU, KORS

    After Kohl’s showcased extreme weakness in its November sales report combined with continued weakness from Best Buy, some are starting to second guess the health of the retail space. However, like all industries, there are bright spots. In this article I am looking at what I believe are the best three companies in retail: stocks that should return large gains over the course of many years.

    Company

    Lululemon Athletica more »

  • IPOs Give Energy Investors More Choices

    By Eric Fox - October 9, 2012 | Tickers: FIVE, MRO, MPC, NTI, SMLP, SUSS, SUSP

    Northern Tier Energy (NYSE: NTI) is an energy company involved in various downstream businesses, including refining, pipelines, and retail marketing.  The company recently conducted an initial public offering (IPO) and offers a play on this sub-segment of the energy complex.  

    Initial Public Offering

    Northern Tier Energy IPO’d in July 2012, selling 18.68 million common units at $14 per share.  The company received net proceeds of about $245 million more »

  • Watch Out Below!

    By Chad Henage - September 19, 2012 | Tickers: DG, DLTR, FDO, FIVE

    I can honestly say there is nothing like discovering a new store concept and then seeing the company go public. Small growth retailers are one of my favorite investments to track because they are so easy to understand. If their stores work in one area, they usually work in other areas as well. As long as comparable store sales are on the rise, and debt isn't excessive the stock is usually a good bet. One company that recently came to my attention, due to their store location right around the corner, is Five Below (NASDAQ: FIVE). Since the company just completed its IPO in July of this year, the recent earnings release was one of the first chances to look at the results from this fast-growing company. While the company's first earnings report is a little convoluted due to their IPO, everything looked okay until I calculated the company's current valuation.

  • Rookie of the Year

    By Jon Quast - August 27, 2012 | Tickers: BNNY, FB, FIVE, SDR, SPLK

    Mark McGwire was called up to the baseball big leagues in 1987.  By the All-Star break he was unanimously chosen and given the title: Rookie of the Year.  When you get a unanimous decision, there has to be something that stands out about the new kid.  What was it with Big Mac?  He wound up setting the rookie record by belting 49 home runs.

    This year has been memorable so more »

  • IPO Profile: Five Below

    By Brandy Betz - July 31, 2012 | Tickers: DLTR, FDO, FIVE

    Tech industry investors have learned recently that strong looking IPOs can flop spectacularly in the long-run (see: Zynga). But it isn’t just the digital debuts that should be examined with a cautious eye. Five Below (NASDAQ: FIVE), an entrant to the Specialty Retailer industry, debuted its IPO on July 19, raising $163 million on 9.6 million shares priced at $17. Five Below had raised its price from an more »

  • Back To School: Will Your Portfolio Make The Grade?

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - July 25, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, BBBY, FIVE, FL, KSS, M, MNST, NKE, TGT, UA, WMT

    The countdown to the dancing in the streets begins; one month until the kids go back to school. There may be dancing on Wall Street as well. It’s not too early to think about the companies that will benefit the most. The more organized ‘rents’ (parents) have already started checking things off their back-to-school lists.

    The National Retail Federation 2012 Back to School Spending Survey is predicting a banner more »

  • Growth a Great Cure for IPO Burns

    By Kyle Metivier - July 20, 2012 | Tickers: FB, FIVE, URBN

    What did I tell you kids about IPOs? Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), is trading around $10 off the IPO price and almost $18 off the high it enjoyed for all of about 134 seconds the day it was made available for trading to you, me and anyone else willing to part with some hard-earned dollars. Apparently, the great “Facebook Fiasco” scared away the folks at Kayak, which began trading this week more »