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11/20/2009 4:01 PM

Alon USA Energy, Inc. (ALJ)

CAPS Rating:
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The Company and its subsidiaries engage in the business of refining and marketing of petroleum products, in the South Central, Southwestern and Western regions of the United States.

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Distressed (1623), Convenience Store Operator (5), Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels (359), Marketing (25), Hard Asset (1024), Micro Cap (4867), Value (1882), Energy (458)
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Alon USA Energy, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $7.49
Last Trade Time: 11/20/2009 4:01 PM
Open: $7.12
Previous Close: $7.19
Daily Range: $7.12 - $7.66
52-Week Range: $6.20 - $15.90
Volume: 349,212
Market Cap: $350.68M
P/E Ratio: 9.22
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Alon USA Energy, Inc. (ALJ)

Avatar nqian96 (96.74) Submitted: 8/21/09 2:33 PM

I will keep this cyclic company in my portfolio forever -- either go bankrupt, or become a stable company. The management I believe is a good one. The bankruptcy is pretty remote. The economics of the industry is lousy. This generates a tremendous opportunity for average down play. The recipe: buy a...More

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Avatar OOji (99.12) Submitted: 7/25/08 8:08 PM

If I were to guess I'd say this stock sees $6 before any meaningful bounce.

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Avatar capitanKaboom (44.60) Submitted: 11/17/09 2:45 PM : Underperform Start Price: $7.21 ALJ Score: -5.25

screen % ab 52wklow

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Avatar tthwebster (26.33) Submitted: 10/30/09 8:36 PM : Outperform Start Price: $8.40 ALJ Score: -15.92

I say cheaper oil through end of year course... whadaIno

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Avatar DaveOfDukeIPO (72.38) Submitted: 9/28/09 12:58 AM : Outperform Start Price: $10.00 ALJ Score: -29.47

Gasoline maker,,,,,buys barrels of oils then converts to gasoline...Cheaper oil makes gasoline stocks goes up,up,up,up.

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Avatar nqian96 (96.74) Submitted: 8/21/09 2:33 PM : Outperform Start Price: $10.16 ALJ Score: -44.88

I will keep this cyclic company in my portfolio forever -- either go bankrupt, or become a stable company. The management I believe is a good one. The bankruptcy is pretty remote. The economics of the industry is lousy. This generates a tremendous opportunity for average down play. The recipe: buy at any price when it is down 40-50% from its near term high with 1/3 of intended investment. Average down if you can each time it is down another 10-20% from your purchase with your addition 1/3. And wait. Get out with 20% gain within a few month. Repeat.

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Avatar gmxFuzzyKittens (< 20) Submitted: 6/03/09 1:06 PM : Outperform Start Price: $12.33 ALJ Score: -58.03

This company has terrible assets and will be among the first wave of refiners to merge/go bankrupt when the next refining crunch hits. That said, some idiots will come along and pop this thing up. Only one paw mildly up--I wouldn't buy this for even the nasty tomcat across the street.

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