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Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

A value-added distributor serving the dental, companion-pet veterinarian and rehabilitation supply markets. The Company has three reportable segments: dental supply, veterinary supply and rehabilitation supply.

Current Price $31.82 Mkt Cap $3.77B
Open $31.85 P/E Ratio 15.80
Prev. Close $32.09 Div. (Yield) 0.48 (N/A)
Daily Range $31.61 - $32.01 Volume 390,145
52-Wk Range $26.19 - $36.93 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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97 Outperform
14 Underperform
 

All-Star Players

44 Outperform
3 Underperform
 

Wall Street

7 Outperform
1 Underperform
 

Top PDCO Bull/Bear Pitches

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messianicmench (< 20)
Submitted August 18, 2010

Solid company in 3 growth industries. Definitely will grow over the next few years.

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hondo928 (99.66)
Submitted November 26, 2007

I'd be willing to buy into this whole improvement thing, but when a CEO doesn't like his company I don't either, that said the most recent filings are all buys but they are such small chunks all less than 100 shares, I feel like it's more smoke and… More

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Member Avatar messianicmench (< 20) Submitted: 8/17/2010 10:21:42 PM : Outperform Start Price: $26.56 PDCO Score: -2.74

Solid company in 3 growth industries. Definitely will grow over the next few years.

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Member Avatar bulletlora (< 20) Submitted: 5/20/2010 9:14:40 AM : Outperform Start Price: $28.63 PDCO Score: -11.57

Good earnings today and 3 good product lines.

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Member Avatar hondo928 (99.66) Submitted: 11/26/2007 6:00:12 PM : Underperform Start Price: $29.19 PDCO Score: -9.79

I'd be willing to buy into this whole improvement thing, but when a CEO doesn't like his company I don't either, that said the most recent filings are all buys but they are such small chunks all less than 100 shares, I feel like it's more smoke and mirrors than substance, when I see the CEO or a VP adding 500-1000 shares I'll start looking.

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Score Leader

TMFRazorback

TMFRazorback (85.94) Score: +29.46

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

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
ToddMCTC 36.47 1/7/2009 Outperform 5Y $18.87 +68.55% +48.47% +20.08 0 Comment
2st1 92.30 1/8/2009 Outperform NS $18.93 +67.95% +51.47% +16.47 0 Comment
2st3 95.10 1/8/2009 Outperform NS $18.93 +67.95% +51.68% +16.27 0 Comment
BullBullBull < 20 2/8/2007 Underperform NS $38.04 -16.41% -1.67% +14.74 0 Comment
Bucks1977 69.18 6/17/2009 5/12/2011 Outperform 1Y $19.75 +61.01% +48.30% +12.71 0 Comment
OPTIMISTMAN < 20 5/28/2010 Underperform 5Y $29.17 +9.01% +21.23% +12.21 0 Comment
yujin7 < 20 3/22/2010 Underperform 5Y $29.93 +6.24% +16.32% +10.08 0 Comment
vfimfi < 20 11/19/2007 Underperform 3W $36.57 -13.04% -3.28% +9.76 0 Comment
RCR167 28.07 11/30/2006 Underperform 3W $34.68 -8.31% +1.39% +9.70 0 Comment
BullishCynic 84.09 3/12/2009 Outperform NS $16.13 +97.19% +87.96% +9.23 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
TrackZacks 71.21 9/6/2011 Underperform 3M $27.59 +6.26% +2.28% -3.98 11/21/2011 @ $29.32 1 Comment
TrackZacks 71.21 6/6/2011 Underperform 3M $32.20 -9.87% -9.77% +0.10 8/23/2011 @ $29.02 1 Comment
TrackUBS 93.31 1/25/2011 Outperform NS $32.73 +9.50% +3.88% +5.62 5/20/2011 @ $35.84 0 Comment
TrackJefferies 84.67 6/8/2010 Outperform NS $28.45 +11.78% +27.05% -15.27 0 Comment
TrackSusquehanna 78.10 4/16/2010 Outperform NS $30.98 +2.64% +10.98% -8.34 0 Comment
TrackRWBaird 90.51 3/4/2010 Outperform NS $30.43 +8.19% +18.51% -10.31 2/22/2011 @ $32.92 0 Comment
TrackSoleil 95.78 8/27/2009 Outperform NS $26.75 +18.90% +30.70% -11.80 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.06 4/9/2009 Underperform 3W $19.30 +64.74% +57.94% -6.79 0 Comment
TrackBarrington 95.21 2/19/2009 Outperform NS $19.52 +62.93% +72.54% -9.61 0 Comment
TrackVanDenBerg 96.02 5/27/2008 Outperform 1Y $33.59 -5.48% -7.66% +2.19 8/26/2008 @ $31.75 1 Comment
TrackBarrington 95.21 4/16/2008 Outperform NS $32.94 -3.73% -5.72% +1.98 8/21/2008 @ $31.71 0 Comment
TrackDodgeCox 93.99 12/31/2007 Outperform NS $32.98 -3.58% -4.39% +0.81 1 Comment
TrackLehmanBros 86.41 11/29/2007 Outperform NS $31.84 -0.11% -4.16% +4.05 0 Comment
TrackCreditSuiss 93.32 4/5/2007 Outperform NS $35.75 -11.05% -1.31% -9.75 0 Comment
TrackRWBaird 90.51 3/29/2007 Outperform NS $34.61 -1.99% -5.20% +3.20 4/10/2008 @ $33.92 0 Comment

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