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2/10/2012 4:00 PM

The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ:ABCO)

CAPS Rating: 1 out of 5

The Company provides best practices research, decision support tools and analysis to the health care industry in the United States.

Current Price $72.84 Mkt Cap $1.18B
Open $73.29 P/E Ratio 59.00
Prev. Close $73.68 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $72.37 - $73.40 Volume 96,630
52-Wk Range $45.41 - $80.70 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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All Players

36 Outperform
35 Underperform
 

All-Star Players

21 Outperform
12 Underperform
 

Wall Street

4 Outperform
2 Underperform
 

Top ABCO Bull/Bear Pitches

The best Bull and Bear pitches based on recency and number of recommendations.

eagles22 (96.01)
Submitted September 21, 2006

While the Corporate Executive Board gets all the attention, their sister company ABC is hanging in there as well. With the same business model, ABC operates in the always-growing healthcare arena. Hidden Gems has touted a number of healthcare support… More

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robertshrestha (63.72)
Submitted July 09, 2010

Lofty valuation, highly sensitive to weak economy, too dependent on intellectual property, and limited prospects for growth. What's to like?!

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Recs

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Member Avatar Myshkin69 (61.23) Submitted: 1/11/2012 4:16:16 PM : Underperform Start Price: $74.75 ABCO Score: +6.25

The valuation baffles me.

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Member Avatar inprocess (71.97) Submitted: 1/7/2012 12:34:33 PM : Underperform Start Price: $74.11 ABCO Score: +6.68

Too rich a valuation

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Member Avatar naughtyguy (91.79) Submitted: 12/16/2011 6:42:54 PM : Underperform Start Price: $72.62 ABCO Score: +9.77

profit taking soon?

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Leaderboard

Find the members with the highest scoring picks in ABCO.

Score Leader

b400

b400 (99.18) Score: +276.89

The Score Leader is the player with the highest score across all their picks in ABCO.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
b400 99.18 2/10/2009 Outperform 5Y $16.73 +335.39% +58.49% +276.89 0 Comment
AndreylikesMTL 99.55 2/11/2009 Outperform 5Y $16.56 +339.86% +63.85% +276.01 0 Comment
tmacpherson1966 91.25 11/24/2008 Outperform 5Y $20.24 +259.88% +68.27% +191.61 0 Comment
2st5 98.13 1/8/2009 Outperform NS $21.69 +235.82% +52.04% +183.78 0 Comment
wooderino 95.76 11/3/2008 Outperform 5Y $24.65 +195.50% +42.29% +153.20 1 Comment
oldnbroke441 86.82 11/3/2008 Outperform 3M $24.65 +195.50% +42.29% +153.20 1 Comment
DAMOCKTA 95.04 8/6/2008 Outperform 3W $28.35 +156.93% +7.90% +149.03 0 Comment
ziggitywood 72.80 8/7/2008 8/5/2009 Outperform 1Y $28.77 +153.18% +8.35% +144.83 0 Comment
dweemaes 87.20 8/14/2008 Outperform 3Y $32.00 +127.62% +6.99% +120.63 0 Comment
fulanito06 99.35 10/9/2008 Outperform NS $29.42 +147.59% +38.38% +109.21 0 Comment
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Wall Street

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Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackUltraLong 84.70 11/3/2011 Underperform NS $67.95 +7.20% +7.26% +0.06 1 Comment
TrackStifel 96.18 11/3/2011 Outperform NS $67.95 +7.20% +7.26% -0.06 0 Comment
TrackWMBlair 89.96 1/4/2010 Outperform NS $32.24 +125.93% +19.57% +106.36 0 Comment
TrackFirstAnalys 96.95 11/25/2009 Outperform NS $26.45 +175.39% +20.86% +154.53 0 Comment
TrackPiperJaff 89.09 11/25/2009 Outperform NS $25.02 +191.13% +21.05% +170.08 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.17 1/23/2009 Underperform 3W $18.24 +299.34% +64.52% -234.83 0 Comment
TrackDeutscheSec 90.44 5/9/2008 Outperform NS $45.01 +26.66% -3.63% +30.29 7/1/2011 @ $57.01 0 Comment
TrackFBRCapitalM 84.63 10/31/2006 Outperform NS $52.77 +24.12% +10.12% +14.01 11/6/2007 @ $65.50 0 Comment

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