Aeropostale
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MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. $45.79 (Toronto symbol MSD; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (613-599-9539; www.mosaid.com; Shares outstanding: 12.1 million; Market cap: $554.1 million; Dividend yield: 2.2%) has agreed to a friendly, $46.00-a-share, all-cash takeover offer from U.S.-based private-equity firm Sterling Partners.
The Sterling Partners bid counters the most recent $42-a-share hostile offer from Wi-LAN. Prior to that, Wi-LAN had offered $38 a share.
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REITMANS (CANADA) LTD. $13.90 (Toronto symbol RET.A; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (514-384-1140; www.reitmans.com; Shares outstanding: 66.3 million; Market cap: $942.9 million; Dividend yield: 5.8%) owns 965 women’s clothing stores across Canada.
The chain consists of 363 Reitmans, 160 Penningtons, 157 Smart Set, 122 Addition Elle, 73 Thyme Maternity, 67 RW & Co. and 23 Cassis stores. Reitmans continues to actively monitor …read more »
AEROPOSTALE INC. $17.60 (New York symbol ARO; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (646-485-5410; www.aeropostale.com; Shares outstanding: 92.8 million; Market cap: $1.4 billion; No dividends paid) reported 1.2% higher sales in the three months ended April 30, 2011, to $469.2 million from $463.6 million. Even so, earnings per share fell 58.3%, to $0.20 from $0.48.
The company’s costs rose sharply in the latest …read more »
Aeropostale Inc., symbol ARO on New York, is a mall-based retailer of casual clothing and accessories. The company has 974 Aeropostale stores in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. It mainly sells its clothing to 14-to-17-year-olds. Aeropostale’s 57 “P.S. from Aeropostale” stores in the U.S. are aimed at seven-to-12-year-old elementary-school children.
We analyze Aeropostale in Stock Pickers Digest, our newsletter for …read more »
REITMANS (CANADA) LTD. $17.14 (Toronto symbol RET.A; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (514- 384-1140; www.reitmans.com; Shares outstanding: 66.3 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; Dividend yield: 4.7%) owns 968 women’s clothing stores across Canada.
The chain consists of 364 Reitmans, 161 Penningtons, 158 Smart Set, 121 Addition Elle, 75 Thyme Maternity, 67 RW & Co. and 22 Cassis stores. Reitmans continues to …read more »
Aeropostale Inc., symbol ARO on New York, is a mall-based retailer of casual clothing and accessories. The company has 965 Aeropostale stores in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. It mainly sells its clothing to 14-to-17-year-olds. Aeropostale’s 47 “P.S. from Aeropostale” stores in the U.S. are aimed at seven-to-12-year-old elementary-school children.
In the fiscal year ended January 29, 2011, Aeropostale’s sales …read more »
AEROPOSTALE INC. $26.40 (New York symbol ARO; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (646-485-5410; www.aeropostale.com; Shares outstanding: 92.5 million; Market cap: $2.4 billion; No dividends paid), reports that its January sales rose 7% from a year earlier. Same-store sales rose 1%. That beat consensus estimates of a sales decrease.
For the four-week period ended January 30, 2011, the company’s total sales (including …read more »
Aéropostale, Inc. (symbol ARO in New York) is a specialty retailer of clothing and accessories. The company mainly targets 14- to 17-year-old women and men. Aeropostale also has 46 “P.S. from Aeropostale” stores, which are aimed at seven-to-12-year-old elementary-school students. The company is one of the aggressive stock investing picks we cover in our Stock Pickers Digest newsletter.
Aéropostale has nearly …read more »
The U.S. consumer sector is highly competitive. Independent stores and smaller chains continue to face rising competition from large discount retailers, like Wal-Mart and Costco. As well, retailers are more exposed to swings in the overall economy than companies in some other sectors, such as utilities.
However, aggressive investing in consumer stocks also holds the potential for spectacular gains. To …read more »
AEROPOSTALE INC. $25.34 (New York symbol ARO; SI Rating: Extra Risk) (646-485-5410; www.aeropostale.com; Shares outstanding: 92.5 million; Market cap: $2.3 billion; No dividends paid) (all figures reflect a 3-for-2 split on March 5, 2010) is a mall-based retailer of casual clothing and accessories. The company, which now has 907 stores, mainly targets 14- to 17-year-old women and men. Its active-oriented …read more »
