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2/10/2012 11:58 AM

Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

An office products company which through its subsidiaries, operate three business segments: North American Retail, North American Delivery, and International Operations.

Current Price $14.68 Mkt Cap $10.41B
Open $14.60 P/E Ratio 11.10
Prev. Close $14.71 Div. (Yield) 0.40 (1.40%)
Daily Range $14.46 - $14.72 Volume 4,256,896
52-Wk Range $11.94 - $22.40 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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878 Outperform
78 Underperform
 

All-Star Players

286 Outperform
18 Underperform
 

Wall Street

16 Outperform
2 Underperform
 

Top SPLS Bull/Bear Pitches

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TSIF (99.96)
Submitted May 18, 2011

It's really hard (and dangerous), to call a bottom on a well known equity that has taken a 16% one day drop. Usually it can take 2-3 days for things to settle in and I would most likely do best waiting for the settling, but in this case I'm willing… More

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BuffettJunior1 (95.04)
Submitted May 09, 2011

Fundamentals looks great, but its a dying company. This company will continue to lose business which will effect the stock price as well. This stock will definitely under-perform in the long run.

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Member Avatar investorval (< 20) Submitted: 1/12/2012 3:09:35 PM : Outperform Start Price: $15.09 SPLS Score: -6.93

All managers I talked to said although it didn't look like sales were brisk on Black Friday, margins were all better and bottom line for the season was above previous years.

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Member Avatar AnxiousBorrower (92.85) Submitted: 1/11/2012 6:01:36 PM : Outperform Start Price: $15.10 SPLS Score: -6.90

Has been able to increase revenues during a challenging economy. Look for momentum to increase as things recover.

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Member Avatar hasty1982 (94.62) Submitted: 1/11/2012 11:37:03 AM : Outperform Start Price: $15.09 SPLS Score: -7.38

Low P/E with good prospects.

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Score Leader

BookValues

BookValues (96.18) Score: +79.56

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

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
BookValues 96.18 2/25/2009 Underperform 5Y $14.97 -2.46% +77.10% +79.56 2 Comments
Airwalk91 73.49 5/27/2009 7/12/2011 Underperform 5Y $19.07 -23.41% +48.92% +72.33 0 Comment
Braddockrd 91.19 1/13/2009 Underperform 3W $17.37 -15.93% +56.10% +72.03 2 Comments
alley11 < 20 6/19/2009 Underperform 3M $19.45 -24.90% +45.71% +70.61 0 Comment
loudoungroup < 20 6/1/2009 Underperform 5Y $19.52 -25.20% +44.82% +70.02 0 Comment
DSIPL 99.83 12/16/2008 Underperform NS $16.77 -12.90% +54.91% +67.80 0 Comment
TrackCarter < 20 9/21/2009 Underperform 3M $22.13 -34.02% +26.78% +60.80 0 Comment
Paradime 92.54 12/2/2009 Underperform 5Y $23.38 -37.55% +20.64% +58.19 0 Comment
39272x0 < 20 12/2/2009 Underperform 5Y $23.38 -37.55% +20.64% +58.19 0 Comment
TrackJimKramer 94.35 10/19/2009 Underperform 5Y $22.24 -34.33% +23.09% +57.42 0 Comment
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Wall Street

See what the Wall Street professionals think, according to their public statements and filings.

Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackUltraLong 71.40 11/7/2011 Outperform NS $14.76 -1.03% +7.07% -8.10 1 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.18 5/31/2011 Underperform 3W $16.48 -11.38% -0.48% +10.90 0 Comment
TrackZacks 71.09 5/17/2011 Underperform 3M $19.52 -30.19% -12.15% +18.04 9/6/2011 @ $13.63 1 Comment
TrackCarisandCo 88.67 3/30/2011 Outperform NS $19.33 -24.45% +1.28% -25.74 0 Comment
TrackZacks 71.09 3/9/2011 Underperform 3M $20.36 -4.32% -3.43% +0.89 3/17/2011 @ $19.48 1 Comment
TrackGoldmanSach 71.10 9/13/2010 Outperform 5Y $19.39 +14.47% +17.53% -3.05 2/9/2011 @ $22.20 1 Comment
TrackZacks 71.09 8/18/2010 Underperform 3M $19.65 -0.51% +2.67% +3.18 9/13/2010 @ $19.55 1 Comment
TrackBarclaysCap 92.68 4/7/2010 Outperform NS $23.24 -37.17% +13.28% -50.45 0 Comment
TrackBBTCapMkts 94.71 3/19/2010 Outperform NS $22.91 -36.27% +14.78% -51.05 0 Comment
TrackJPMorgan < 20 3/4/2010 Outperform NS $22.47 +4.77% +5.66% -0.89 4/30/2010 @ $23.54 0 Comment
TrackOppenheimer 79.32 5/28/2009 Outperform NS $19.63 -15.06% +48.93% -63.99 5/19/2011 @ $16.67 0 Comment
TrackFBRCapitalM 84.55 11/25/2008 Underperform NS $16.36 -10.74% +57.65% +68.39 0 Comment
TrackLongbow 98.20 9/5/2008 Outperform NS $22.96 -36.40% +12.15% -48.55 0 Comment
TrackFBRCapitalM 84.55 9/5/2008 Underperform NS $24.48 -28.51% -22.08% +6.43 10/30/2008 @ $17.50 0 Comment
TrackArgus 90.25 9/3/2008 Outperform NS $23.61 -38.16% +8.86% -47.01 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.18 7/22/2008 Outperform 3W $22.50 -25.25% +5.82% -31.07 5/31/2011 @ $16.82 0 Comment
TrackDeutscheSec 90.43 7/9/2008 Outperform NS $21.17 -31.01% +9.48% -40.49 0 Comment
TrackCreditSuiss 92.68 6/16/2008 Outperform NS $23.78 -38.60% +2.14% -40.74 0 Comment
TrackVanDenBerg 95.00 5/27/2008 Outperform 1Y $21.48 -32.01% +1.03% -33.04 3 Comments
TrackCitigroup 93.19 5/22/2008 Outperform NS $21.80 -33.01% -0.09% -32.92 0 Comment
TrackJefferies 84.67 5/14/2008 Outperform NS $21.89 -33.27% -1.26% -32.01 0 Comment
TrackUBS 93.34 1/18/2008 Outperform NS $19.58 -24.93% +3.94% -28.87 0 Comment
TrackSchneider < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $21.19 +6.21% -23.98% +30.19 9/30/2008 @ $22.50 2 Comments
TrackDreman 90.16 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $20.01 -26.54% -7.72% -18.82 2 Comments
TrackJPMorgan < 20 9/26/2007 Underperform NS $20.53 +24.20% -25.24% -49.44 1/15/2010 @ $25.50 0 Comment
TrackSoleil 95.79 5/23/2007 Outperform NS $23.79 -38.21% -7.11% -31.10 0 Comment
TrackMichaelSivy 96.16 3/20/2007 Outperform 1Y $24.00 -38.74% +0.79% -39.53 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.18 3/16/2007 Underperform 3W $24.85 -6.08% -7.98% -1.89 7/22/2008 @ $23.34 0 Comment
TrackBofASec 96.92 12/13/2006 Outperform NS $24.10 -39.00% +0.29% -39.29 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.18 8/21/2006 Outperform 3W $23.71 +7.51% +6.81% +0.70 3/17/2007 @ $25.49 0 Comment

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