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  • Multi-Billion Hedge Fund Senator Investment Group's Top Picks

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - May 17, 2013 | Tickers: DHR, ICE, MIC, TPX, WMB

    Doug Silverman's Senator Investment Group has filed its 13F with the SEC, disclosing many of its long equity positions as of the end of March. We track these filings for a variety of purposes: we have found that they can be a useful source of information for investing strategies (for example, the most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds generate an average excess return of 18 percentage points more »

  • Interested in Playing The Housing Recovery? Consider These Stocks

    By Robert Ciura - May 6, 2013 | Tickers: LEG, TPX, WSO

    As the economy in the United States continues to recover from the worst recession in decades, it’s becoming clear that the housing market in particular is showing strength. For the first time in quite some time, the American housing market may prove to add to our national gross domestic product rather than be a drag on it.

    Recent data points reflect the resuscitation of the U.S. housing market more »

  • Do Mattress Companies Look Comfortable to Investors?

    By Austin Higgins - March 20, 2013 | Tickers: MFRM, SCSS, TPX

    Mattress Firm Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: MFRM) is on a three month run from $23.97 per share to $29.86 as of March 14, 2013. It announces fourth quarter and annual earnings on March 26 after hours. Does this short term bull run foretell strong earnings?

    Mattress Firm is a specialty store that sells mattresses and mattress accessories in the United States. It operates 1,011 stores nationwide. Mattress Firm more »

  • Do Mattress Companies Look Comfortable to Investors?

    By Austin Higgins - March 20, 2013 | Tickers: MFRM, SCSS, TPX

    Note: A previous version of this article misstated Mattress Firm's relationship to Select Comfort. The error has been corrected.  

    Mattress Firm Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: MFRM) is on a three month run from $23.97 per share to $29.86 as of March 14, 2013. It announces fourth quarter and annual earnings on March 26 after hours. Does this short term bull run foretell strong earnings?

    Mattress Firm is a more »

  • Senator Investment Group Now Owns 8% of This Mattress Company

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - March 18, 2013 | Tickers: LZB, MFRM, ZZ, SCSS, TPX

    A 13G filed with the SEC has reported that Senator Investment Group, an event driven hedge fund managed by Doug Silverman, owns over 5 million shares of Tempur-Pedic (NYSE: TPX). The most recent 13F filing shows that the fund had not owned any shares of Tempur-Pedic at the beginning of 2013. We at Insider Monkey use 13F filings in order to develop investment strategies (for example, we have found that more »

  • Three Big Buys by Kyle Bass in the Fourth Quarter

    By Aubrey Tabuga - March 4, 2013 | Tickers: HUN, NSM, TPX

    Kyle Bass is known for successfully playing the right cards in the sub-prime market crisis in 2007, which gave his fund an enormous return of 216% in that year. Since then, he has become a notable figure closely observed by many investors. His expertise is on examining debt levels; his hedge fund has in fact turned into a “debt analysis think-tank.”  His theses on Japan and several Euro-zone economies were more »

  • Sleepy Merger Appears to Be on Track

    By Mike Thiessen - February 12, 2013 | Tickers: KKR, ZZ, TPX

    Trinity, North Carolina-based bedding manufacturer Sealy Mattress Company (NYSE: ZZ) has announced its intention to merge with its Lexington, Kentucky-based rival Tempur-Pedic International (NYSE: TPX). The $1.3 billion cash-and-debt deal will require Tempur-Pedic to buy out Sealy's current shareholders and assume a substantial amount of the company's outstanding debt. Although the deal has been subject to several legal and regulatory delays, it appears likely that it will more »

  • Making Money in Mattresses

    By Robert Hanley - February 8, 2013 | Tickers: BBBY, ZZ, SCSS, TPX

    Investors in the mattress manufacturers have had a tough time lately, despite favorable tailwinds from rising home sales and discretionary spending. The lower-priced, inner spring segment has been losing sales to the specialty mattress segment, led by Select Comfort (NASDAQ: SCSS) and Tempur-Pedic (NYSE: TPX), as customers have been willing to pay higher prices in order to gain the health benefits of high-tech bedding products. Meanwhile, the specialty manufacturers have more »

  • Could Big Dumb Money Equal Profitable Post-Panic Rebounds?

    By Charlie Wagner - February 4, 2013 | Tickers: DDD, AAPL, DLB, TPX, BA

    A few days into my experiment with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and I am watching with rapt fascination.  Fits my theory well.   Could this classic panic behavior be explained by part of the nervous Apple flock flushing followed by instant transactions from Big Dumb Money (BDM) as postulated by David Gardner?  I just happened to come across the December 2012 Stock Advisor paper newsletter today.  Pure serendipity, but there I was more »

  • Management Matters: Be Careful Investing in these Companies

    By Brian Nichols - January 25, 2013 | Tickers: MLNX, TPX, TZOO

    There is perhaps nothing more important to the long-term direction of a stock moreso than management. Over the years I have discussed in detail how and why management is important both fundamentally and psychologically to the performance of a stock. If you don’t believe me just look at the debacle of Ron Johnson at J.C. Penney or the success of Bradley Jacobs and Steve Jobs at XPO Logistics more »

  • Beaten Up on Earnings Days, These 2 Stocks Need to Surprise the Market With Stellar Results

    By Robby Greengold - January 18, 2013 | Tickers: EXPE, PCLN, TPX, TZOO

    During the past twelve months, the stock prices of Travelzoo and Tempur-Pedic have moved in contrary motion to the market – they’re down 40% while the S&P 500 is up 15%. The two companies are scheduled to release earnings on Monday, January 21, and investors will be watching the reports closely for any indication that another nosedive is around the corner.

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    Long-term shareholders of Tempur-Pedic (NYSE: TPX) have more »

  • 3 Undervalued Picks From A Top Value Investor

    By Federico Zaldua - December 31, 2012 | Tickers: DLB, GME, ZZ, TPX

    In this article I analyze Joel Greenblatt’s Gotham Partners. Known for his Magic Formula Investing, and founder of the New York Securities Auction Corporation (NYSAC), Greenblatt is founder and managing partner of Gotham Capital. He is the author of two investment books, including The little Book that Beats the Market. Greenblatt tries to find both cheap and good companies. He looks for value with a catalyst. Greenblatt likes special more »

  • Investing Between The Sheets

    By Reuben Brewer - December 26, 2012 | Tickers: ZZ, SCSS, TPX

    Who could have imagined twenty years ago that so many people would start sleeping on foam. However, that's just what's happened. A new technology came out in an old industry, mattresses, and changed the battle field. Sure, the foam is expensive, and kind of cool, but it's foam just the same. Now, the upstart selling the foam is looking to buy one of the old guard, as Tempur-Pedic (NYSE: TPX) is looking to buy Sealy Corporation (NYSE: ZZ).

  • Aside From Apple: 3 Stocks That Have Nosedived From Their 52-Week Highs (Part II)

    By Robby Greengold - December 20, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, BIG, TPX

    This is Part II of a two-part article. Click here to the first part.

    The past two months have been an exciting time for financial newscasters and pundits. The sensational news is that Apple’s stock – seen by many as infallible – has had a great fall. After hitting $700 in September, with so much enthusiasm and eagerness to see $800 or $1000 right around the corner, Apple investors have been more »

  • Oprah's Favorite Stocks

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - November 6, 2012 | Tickers: COH, M, KORS, MSFT, TPX

    Oprah's favorite things list comes out on newsstands on November 6 but I got an email preview of the 49 items she gushes over.  (I don't want to offend Oprah too much, I may write a book someday.) This year she's gone a little one-percenter on her fanbase, I'm afraid, but some of her favorites are items from publicly traded stocks. In the past being named more »

  • A Closer Look at This Volatile Premium Bedding Stock

    By Anh HOANG - October 30, 2012 | Tickers: ZZ, TPX

    Investors who love the premium pillow and mattress business would know Tempur-Pedic International (NYSE: TPX). In the past year, the stock has experienced high volatility that caused many investors’ stomachs to churn. The stock went from $87.26 to $21 in around two months. Recently, it dropped from $32 to $24.90, a loss of 19.5% within a day, after its earnings announcement. Should we get scared of its more »

  • Tempur-Pedic Wakes Up Hung Over

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - October 25, 2012 | Tickers: LZB, MFRM, ZZ, SCSS, TPX

    Editor's Note: Tempur-Pedic released its Q3 results on Oct. 23. It reported EPS of $0.70, GAAP EPS of $(0.03), and further lowered 2012 EPS guidance to $2.55.

    Tempur-Pedic (NYSE: TPX) is down about 20% today after the company reduced its guidance for 2012 earnings per share from $2.80- which had been essentially in line with analyst consensus- to $2.55. Given that the company reported more »

  • Is Tempur-Pedic a Buy? Or is Select Comfort Still the Best Choice?

    By Brian Nichols - October 11, 2012 | Tickers: SCSS, TPX

    It seems like so long ago that Tempur-Pedic (NYSE: TPX) CEO Mark Sarvary cut bottom line guidance in half along with an estimated sales decline of 3-5% for the remainder of the year. But in fact, it has been almost six months, and although the stock is still trading with a near 60% loss since April, it has recently recovered with a 40% gain during the last three months. Therefore more »

  • Can You Sit Back and Relax If You Hold These Stocks?

    By Jonathan Lim - October 10, 2012 | Tickers: ETH, LZB, ZZ, SCSS, TPX

    You'd think companies that make products we spend large amounts of time using would prove to be great investments over time. In many cases, you'd be right—but not always. The wide range in the performance of these companies' stocks suggests that the oft-repeated investment maxim about buying what you love might not work as well as it sounds. Let's compare La-Z-Boy (NYSE: LZB) and Tempur-Pedic (NYSE: TPXmore »)

  • Time to Switch Houses?

    By Justin Carley - August 29, 2012 | Tickers: HD, LOW, SWK, TPX, TOL

    There has been much chatter recently about the great recovery in housing that is about to take place.  Count me as one of the skeptics as I believe the data has been grossly overstated to support the bullish thesis.

    Take for instance the recent new home sales release for the month of July, which showed seasonally adjusted new home sales eclipsing 372,000 at an annual rate.  This exceeded estimates more »

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