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Hibbett Sports, Inc. (HIBB)

CAPS Rating:
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The Company is a growing operator of sporting goods stores in small to mid-sized markets predominantly in the Sunbelt, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest.

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Growth (1902), Small Cap (1645), Cyclical (3415), Consumer Discretionary (795), Specialty Retail (131)
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Hibbett Sports, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $21.45
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:00 PM
Open: $21.30
Previous Close: $21.03
Daily Range: $20.92 - $21.47
52-Week Range: $12.82 - $23.61
Volume: 87,496
Market Cap: $614.84M
P/E Ratio: 21.03
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Avatar boiseidfool (89.97) Submitted: 5/26/08 11:41 PM

This company is one of 62 listed on the BetterInvesting Growth Screen in January 2008. It met 4 criteria: it is projected by Value Line to double earnings in the next five years, has actually doubled earnings in the past 5 years, is selling at price-earnings multiples (P/E’s) that are 110 percent or...More

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Avatar gunark (90.00) Submitted: 5/23/08 1:19 PM

Better than expected results means buy buy buy, right? Wrong. The worst is yet to come for the US consumer.

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Avatar APShannon (38.15) Submitted: 1/06/10 12:40 PM : Outperform Start Price: $23.02 HIBB Score: -1.17

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Avatar TMFSysun (45.60) Submitted: 4/24/09 2:42 PM : Outperform Start Price: $20.55 HIBB Score: -20.28

Description:

Local-oriented sporting goods retailing chain that has carved a niche market for itself in low-population counties (30,000-100,000 individuals) where its other national chain competitors don't enter. Hibbett stores are generally positioned in strip malls anchored by Wal-Marts, which, in the markets Hibbett enters, are the community's retail center.

Hibbett has a very intelligent expansion plan, whereby the company only enters markets that are within a 2-hour driving distance from an existing Hibbett Store, allowing the company to leverage pre-existing consumer awareness about its brand.

The Numbers:

The company's best quality is its ability to grow organically with no debt. Hibbett has gone from 52 stores in 1994 to over 700 stores in 2008. Net income has grown by 18% annually for the past 11 years and ROE has increased from 15% to 25% in the same period. Comparable store sales have only been negative once in over ten years, that was -3.1% in 2007, but has on average grown +3.5% annually for 11 years now.

Conclusion:

Hibbett is a simple company that has found a market niche which it is very good at exploiting. The company has great management that has produced industry-high return on equity, and the only thing stopping Hibbett from growing even further is the amount of land in the US. Currently Hibbett is in 23 or so states, meaning there is still more than 50% of the contiguous US to expand to.

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Avatar pong2015 (65.47) Submitted: 4/17/09 1:48 AM : Outperform Start Price: $20.65 HIBB Score: -20.90

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Avatar kiwifirst (< 20) Submitted: 6/26/08 3:03 PM : Underperform Start Price: $21.90 HIBB Score: -11.99

I just can't see it performing against Sports Authority and Dicks Sporting goods, the stores just don't seem as new and upbeat. It like strip mall survival for them. Less than 3% rev growth TTM and a -15% EPS growth has me lining them up for shorting.

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Avatar boiseidfool (89.97) Submitted: 5/26/08 11:41 PM : Outperform Start Price: $20.63 HIBB Score: 23.29

This company is one of 62 listed on the BetterInvesting Growth Screen in January 2008. It met 4 criteria: it is projected by Value Line to double earnings in the next five years, has actually doubled earnings in the past 5 years, is selling at price-earnings multiples (P/E’s) that are 110 percent or less of Value Line’s projected earnings growth rate and has a safety rating of average or better. It was listed in the March 2008 BetterInvesting magazine.

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