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Big Lots, Inc. (BIG)

CAPS Rating:
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The Company manages its business on the basis of one segment: broadline closeout retailing. Its wholesale operations are conducted through Big Lots Wholesale, Consolidated International, and Wisconsin Toy, with online sales.

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Total Members

339 Outperforms
92 Underperforms
 

All-Stars

85 Outperforms
38 Underperforms
 

Wall Street

7 Outperforms
1 Underperforms
 

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Ticker Tags

Small Cap (1645), Consumer Discretionary (795), Ohio (84), Multiline Retail (20), S&P 500 (499), It's an Adjective! (15), Cyclical (3415), Columbus (17), Growth (1902)
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Big Lots, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $29.77
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:00 PM
Open: $29.47
Previous Close: $29.20
Daily Range: $29.24 - $29.90
52-Week Range: $13.72 - $31.39
Volume: 744,484
Market Cap: $2.46B
P/E Ratio: 13.39
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Top Bull Pitch

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Big Lots, Inc. (BIG)

Avatar mojotronic (< 20) Submitted: 6/05/08 2:35 PM

While shorted nearly 40%, this company's stock has nearly doubled over the last five months. Short-killer with slow steady growth, at least until we hit a booming economy.

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Big Lots, Inc. (BIG)

Avatar tenmiles (99.99) Submitted: 3/05/08 10:17 AM

too big, too fast - decent company but better retail values

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 (BIG)

Avatar SnowBawl (< 20) Submitted: 1/12/10 1:10 PM : Outperform Start Price: $30.05 BIG Score: 4.48

Inst.

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Avatar rgtoml (< 20) Submitted: 12/28/09 9:29 AM : Outperform Start Price: $28.93 BIG Score: 7.49

Market growth

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Avatar clark1943 (95.32) Submitted: 12/19/09 10:46 PM : Outperform Start Price: $29.36 BIG Score: 4.59

I've been to a Big Lots store and was frankly unimpressed by their merchandise. On the other hand the company makes good solid earnings my current target price is 36.20.

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Avatar 00101 (27.82) Submitted: 12/04/09 9:47 AM : Outperform Start Price: $27.52 BIG Score: 12.65

Upthumb. Excellent cash flow. Only 1% 5 year avg annual sales growth. No debt. Very high short ratio.

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Avatar Jonock (< 20) Submitted: 11/25/09 11:04 PM : Outperform Start Price: $23.58 BIG Score: 27.70

When you can;t afford Walmart you go to Big Lots

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TrackGlobalHunte 45.07 05/29/09 Outperform NS $23.09+28.93%+18.51%+10.42
TrackMKMPartners 91.34 04/20/09 Outperform NS $25.85+15.16%+26.65%-11.49
TrackBarclaysCap 94.50 04/03/09 Outperform NS $21.92+35.81%+30.89%+4.92
TrackSoleil 93.91 02/09/09 Outperform NS $14.62+103.63%+25.47%+78.15
TrackPiperJaff 85.79 05/30/08 Outperform NS $31.25-4.74%-20.94%+16.20
TrackCharlesPayn 63.30 04/11/08 Outperform 3M $21.27+39.96%-16.64%+56.60
TrackWedbush 66.12 08/30/07 Outperform NS $28.65+3.91%-22.81%+26.72
TrackJimCramer < 20 03/12/07 Underperform 3W $29.81-0.13%-19.28%-19.15

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