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American Greetings Corp (AM)

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The Company creates, manufactures and distributes social expression products including greeting cards, gift wrap, party goods, calendars and stationery as well as custom display fixtures.

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74 Outperforms
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Household Durables (91), It's a Verb! (39), Value (1901), Consumer Discretionary (795), Cyclical (3415), Small Cap (1645), It's an Element! (50), Ohio (84)
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American Greetings Corp At A Glance

Current Price: $17.50
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:02 PM
Open: $17.58
Previous Close: $17.30
Daily Range: $17.16 - $17.80
52-Week Range: $3.24 - $25.58
Volume: 337,078
Market Cap: $691.05M
P/E Ratio: 38.44
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American Greetings Corp (AM)

Avatar mcmitch26 (< 20) Submitted: 10/03/06 1:18 PM

Generates $2.00+ / share in FCF per year with little leverage. Run rate EPS of $2.05 at the mean 15x PE multiple implies the stock should get to $30 the summer of '07... (when the "fog" of investment spend has cleared).

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Avatar fmahnke (98.18) Submitted: 4/09/09 11:21 AM

Overextended high debt potential issues with loan covenents, didvidend cuts likely

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Avatar AndrewGreenBull (97.69) Submitted: 12/30/09 11:07 AM : Underperform Start Price: $22.94 AM Score: 18.86

Fundamental can't support the current price, and will suffer from post holiday season.

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Avatar iddqkfyou (< 20) Submitted: 12/28/09 3:19 AM : Underperform Start Price: $23.28 AM Score: 19.80

Too high too fast... and where will greeting cards be in 5 years?

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Avatar zzzzmn74 (< 20) Submitted: 12/23/09 7:44 AM : Outperform Start Price: $25.22 AM Score: -26.34

Solid company that has been like a bulldog throught recession and is still continuning to grow, and good management that adjusts company's business strategy with ever changing times.

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Avatar BuffetsMentor (85.57) Submitted: 12/18/09 9:59 AM : Underperform Start Price: $22.48 AM Score: 19.56

Its cards.....

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Avatar MRSTARBUCKS (93.08) Submitted: 10/08/09 4:36 PM : Outperform Start Price: $22.75 AM Score: -23.61

a good greeting cards company

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