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Borders Group, Inc. (BGP)

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The Company operates books, music and movie superstores in the United States.

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BGP doesn't currently meet the $100M market cap / $1.50 stock price minimum. (Learn More)

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206 Outperforms
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Ticker Tags

Ann Arbor (2), Specialty Retail (131), Distressed (1597), Value (1901), Micro Cap (4701), Cyclical (3415), Consumer Discretionary (795), Michigan (9)
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Borders Group, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $1.31
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:03 PM
Open: $1.33
Previous Close: $1.26
Daily Range: $1.27 - $1.39
52-Week Range: $0.39 - $4.48
Volume: 2,811,666
Market Cap: $78.67M
P/E Ratio: 41.19
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Avatar Drew2142 (99.07) Submitted: 12/02/09 9:51 PM

I hope this stock goes all the way down to .50 or less.... i'll be buying while everyone is panic selling.

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Borders Group, Inc. (BGP)

Avatar NinjaJew (< 20) Submitted: 12/14/09 6:53 PM

Any company continuing to sell music, DVD, or Bluray merchendise at or near retail costs is merely wasting valuable floor space. Merchandise diversity cannot be met without competitive pricing, which Borders has never been capable of managing. A surefire bankruptcy target in the next five years.

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Avatar NinjaJew (< 20) Submitted: 12/14/09 6:53 PM : Underperform Start Price: $1.53 BGP Score: 43.60

Any company continuing to sell music, DVD, or Bluray merchendise at or near retail costs is merely wasting valuable floor space. Merchandise diversity cannot be met without competitive pricing, which Borders has never been capable of managing. A surefire bankruptcy target in the next five years.

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Avatar Drew2142 (99.07) Submitted: 12/02/09 9:51 PM : Outperform Start Price: $2.22 BGP Score: -42.00

I hope this stock goes all the way down to .50 or less.... i'll be buying while everyone is panic selling.

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Avatar EdFromOhio (< 20) Submitted: 11/19/09 9:30 AM : Underperform Start Price: $1.92 BGP Score: 29.23

Just waiting for the "Store Closing" signs. But since I pegged them to underperform, someone like Amazon might buy them up and send the stock soaring.

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Avatar Enfuegopicks (41.55) Submitted: 10/28/09 11:35 AM : Underperform Start Price: $2.22 BGP Score: 42.73

It's simple, I hardly know a person who buys their books from the retail locations anymore. If they do, it's from a retailer like Powell's, which also deals in used books and keeps customers by offering loads of guest authors for readings and such. The day of the retail book market is dying a slow death and I can't see anything that's going to turn that around. They can't save themselves with lowering prices and cover their ridiculous retail location cost and they are way behind in the online market.

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Avatar dubblebubbler (< 20) Submitted: 8/22/09 11:16 PM : Underperform Start Price: $3.70 BGP Score: 68.79

This store is DONE...they've lost focus of their core business model (they're selling a lot of manga and tween garbage now) and they are going after any flavor-of-the-month profit booster. Customer service is bad, stores look like they are already packing it in...and cannot compete online against Barnes and certainly not against Amazon. Plain and simple fact is...this whole sector has little appeal when pitted against Amazon...and of the three Bs (BGP, BAMM, BKS), this one is clearly the one heading for the boneyard. Short BGP.

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