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Shoe Carnival, Inc.

  • This Leading Shoe Retailer Has Good Years Ahead

    By Matthew Frankel - February 15, 2013 | Tickers: FL, NKE, SCVL, FINL

    Foot Locker (NYSE: FL) wants to become the world’s leader in athletic shoes and apparel, and currently has about 3,400 stores in 23 countries.  Since hitting a low of $3.65 per share in 2009, when everything in the retail sector was being treated like it was about to go bankrupt, the stock has rebounded tremendously to the $35 or so that it trades for currently.  Although I more »

  • The ICR X-Change Bounce

    By Gerelyn Terzo - January 15, 2013 | Tickers: CROX, LULU, SCVL

    When executives at iconic footwear brand Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX) readied their presentation at the 2012 ICR Xchange conference, an investor conference where public and private companies participate, the stock climbed approximately 16%. Once again, the footwear company is preparing for ICR Xchange and analysts, including those at Goldman Sachs, are advising investors to buy shares, according to a recent Barron's article. This year's conference will be held in more »

  • Will This Specialty Retailer Outperform the Market?

    By William Bias - September 15, 2012 | Tickers: DSW, FL, SCVL

    For the past 15 years or so, I have been buying my shoes from a store called Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ: SCVL). I also liked the size of the store and the impression of a variety of choices. However, as I have said many times before, looks can be deceiving. Over time the performance of a company’s stock is correlated to cash flow generating capability, good overall fundamentals and price paid for the stock and not just necessarily the clean appearance and the choices that the store had to offer.

  • Boring Name, Interesting Restructuring

    By C. Russell - July 11, 2012 | Tickers: BWS, FL, SCVL, FINL

    Brown Shoe (NYSE: BWS) is a small-cap retailer and wholesaler of shoes. Despite being listed since at least the late 1970s, at least, Brown Shoe is still trading at roughly the same level as it was in the early 1980s. It has three divisions: Famous Footwear a 1,000+ shoe retailer with a growing online presence, Speciality Retail which has a larger online presence as well as 234 stores under more »