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2/10/2012 4:00 PM

Layne Christensen Company (NASDAQ:LAYN)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

The Company provides drilling and construction services and related products in two principal markets: water and wastewater infrastructure and mineral exploration, as well as being a producer of unconventional natural gas for the energy market.

Current Price $25.25 Mkt Cap $495.80M
Open $25.45 P/E Ratio 11.70
Prev. Close $25.70 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $25.02 - $25.45 Volume 41,571
52-Wk Range $20.54 - $38.00 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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3 Outperform
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Top LAYN Bull/Bear Pitches

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wax (95.09)
Submitted April 05, 2010

We posted an article on our blog about this stock, and sure enough as we had anticipated, the stock did pull back, so we added 1000 shares to our real world portfolio, paying $24.72 per share. We just weren't smart enough at the time to add it to our… More

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goldpandan (34.26)
Submitted March 14, 2008

will not perform until we see the end of credit mess or recovery from recession

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Member Avatar Staka (98.56) Submitted: 10/17/2011 10:06:11 AM : Outperform Start Price: $24.58 LAYN Score: -6.87

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Member Avatar GunnarVagotis (96.06) Submitted: 11/19/2010 3:42:39 PM : Outperform Start Price: $31.99 LAYN Score: -32.81

Nice looking small cap in an important industry.

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Member Avatar wax (95.09) Submitted: 4/5/2010 5:15:48 AM : Outperform Start Price: $25.46 LAYN Score: -14.43

We posted an article on our blog about this stock, and sure enough as we had anticipated, the stock did pull back, so we added 1000 shares to our real world portfolio, paying $24.72 per share. We just weren't smart enough at the time to add it to our CAPS portfolio, something we are trying remedy today.

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Score Leader

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spoorts (< 20) Score: +85.21

The Score Leader is the player with the highest score across all their picks in LAYN.

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Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
This player feels very strongly about this pick and has marked it a Top Pick. Top Picks do not affect a player’s score. pennysplants 99.45 12/5/2008 Outperform 5Y $11.98 +110.81% +56.12% +54.69 0 Comment
SAILORMAN1 < 20 9/15/2008 Underperform NS $39.03 -35.29% +13.81% +49.10 0 Comment
Dezertenergy < 20 12/8/2008 Outperform NS $12.61 +100.28% +52.48% +47.79 0 Comment
Tink9470 63.51 5/13/2008 Underperform 1Y $47.05 -46.32% -0.75% +45.57 1 Comment
bubbaschaff 22.52 4/8/2008 Underperform 3M $44.41 -43.13% +2.31% +45.44 0 Comment
kmoody2 26.73 4/9/2008 Underperform 3M $42.34 -40.35% +1.94% +42.29 0 Comment
Shellie0623 76.79 4/9/2008 Underperform NS $42.34 -40.35% +1.94% +42.29 0 Comment
furiouszz68 < 20 4/9/2008 Underperform 5Y $42.34 -40.35% +1.94% +42.29 0 Comment
goldpandan 34.26 3/14/2008 Underperform 3M $37.02 -31.78% +5.46% +37.24 1 Comment
jvdauron7 99.63 12/5/2008 6/9/2009 Outperform 1Y $12.88 +96.08% +64.92% +31.16 0 Comment
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Wall Street

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Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackDADavidson 88.66 5/11/2009 Underperform NS $20.93 +18.16% +15.88% -2.27 2/5/2010 @ $24.73 0 Comment
TrackUBS 93.35 1/27/2009 Underperform NS $18.20 +29.34% +38.14% +8.80 9/29/2011 @ $23.54 0 Comment
TrackJanney 84.18 1/13/2009 Underperform NS $19.93 -10.74% -8.64% +2.10 3/31/2009 @ $17.79 0 Comment
TrackHilliard 96.52 1/13/2009 Outperform NS $19.93 +26.72% +56.64% -29.92 0 Comment
TrackRonBaron 89.92 3/31/2008 Outperform NS $35.02 +1.17% -12.11% +13.28 9/30/2008 @ $35.43 1 Comment
TrackEveillard 96.04 12/31/2007 Outperform NS $49.21 -28.84% -10.19% -18.64 3/31/2008 @ $35.02 1 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.17 11/28/2007 Outperform 3W $58.00 -56.46% -4.32% -52.14 0 Comment
TrackJohnKeeley 77.64 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $55.48 -54.48% -7.74% -46.74 1 Comment
TrackMorganJos 56.19 12/6/2006 Outperform NS $33.00 +28.30% -3.62% +31.92 4/9/2008 @ $42.34 0 Comment

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