4.5% dividend payer has the potential for a major turnaround - is benefiting from lower natural gas prices - a major raw material cost for making plastic products - the estimates for co are too low - the dividend will be more valuable as Fed cuts rates - boring stock will make you money
19.73
0.00%
10/05/06
next day close
20.25
+2.64%
05/03/07
great overseas & dividend play
28.37
+43.79%
01/30/08
had blowout qtr today & raised guidance - 85% of sales are overseas - CEO interviewed: business is counter-cyclical - product line is now 40% beauty related - raw materials are now only 12% of costs - gross margins are 70% - paying down debt
34.55
+75.11%
03/14/08
best of the direct sellers - 80% of business is international - slowing economy makes it easier to recruit sales reps - a buy off recent weakness
35.45
+79.68%
06/26/08
shocked it's so low - want to buy it here
34.09
+72.78%
07/24/08
reported a better than expected qtr this morning - direct selling business model works in a slowing economy because it's easier to recruit employees with rising unemployment - 17% of the co's costs come from resin (oil based) so falling oil prices help margins - guidance, though, came in at the low end of expectations - CEO interviewed: we are always conservative with our projections - don't like to disappoint - didn't include lower resin prices in the estimates - we now have a diverse global direct selling portfolio that is managed independently including 7 beauty lines - we are in the 1st or 2nd inning of international growth - business is growing "like a weed" in China , Indonesia & Malaysia - Cramer says he's not worried about the guidance
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