| HOLD | 67.430 | Paul Larson | Fantastically positioned. Perhaps the best of the warehouse stores in the US. Performing quite well. | 2008-08-22 | |
| DON'T BUY | 67.100 | David Driscoll | Has moved up simply because of movement of investors into US markets. Will see downward pressure on US retail stocks. Is cautious – there could be another leg down in the US economy. | 2008-08-11 | |
| BUY | 53.700 | Ian Nakamoto | The industry leader. A long-term hold. | 2007-03-29 | |
| Comment | 54.260 | Brian Acker, CA | His model price is $55.76, so it is right on his model price. | 2007-03-08 | |
| DON'T BUY | 56.850 | David Driscoll | Not a big fan of this one. The free cash flow being generated is not enough to fund their expansion program and they have already built out in the US pretty much where they are going to grow through. | 2006-05-08 | |
| DON'T BUY | 46.620 | Danny Tomka | They continue to take market share. Have expanded their product line to take share, but some of the product is lower margin which has impacted their earnings. The whole discount space is being impacted by the rising gas prices. | 2005-06-02 | |
| DON'T BUY | 42.950 | David Baskin | Thinks that all the big box retail stores in the US are under pressure. It looks a little bit like the sector is very crowded. | 2005-05-10 | |
| SHORT | 40.490 | Steve Gold | Was actually short this company not too long ago. Threatened by Sam's Club all over North America. Cannot maintain their sales growth. | 2004-08-11 | |
| TOP PICK | 40.710 | Daniel Boone III | Has a wonderful competitive advantage. Expects a growth of 13/15% over the next five years. A high quality, growth company. Good price. | 2004-07-30 | |
| WATCH | 34.760 | David Chapman | Took a sharp drop in August and is in another up trend and the $33/34 looks important. If it breaks down under that, it is probably finished. Come back rallies usually fail and start a third leg. | 2003-11-12 | |
| BUY | 33.040 | Fred Ketchen | Expect that revenues and sales will continue to improve. Good long-term retail holding. | 2003-10-06 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 31.800 | Brian Acker, CA | (A top pick Aug 12/03. Up 6.5%.) Bought it when he thought it was oversold. | 2003-09-25 | |
| BUY on WEAKNESS | 32.820 | Ross Healy | Would be interested at the $29/30 level, which is twice book. Fair market Value is about $55. | 2003-09-04 | |
| BUY | 33.260 | Peter Arender, CFA | Recently reported earnings disappointment based on employee health care costs. Slowly growing top line revenues. Valuation is very reasonable. Good sector. | 2003-09-03 | |
| HOLD | 31.620 | Gavin Graham | A great company.Coming under a bit of the squeeze from competition.You'll have to see some evidence of a turnaround before you see the stock price moving. | 2003-08-26 | |
| WEAK BUY | 30.890 | Matt Barasch | Has a problem because of Wal-Mart's, etc. competition.Has an attractive valuation and a strong balance sheet.Treat as a trading stock. | 2003-08-22 | |
| WEAK BUY | 30.300 | Glenn Paradis, BA, CFA | A good quality well-run company.Has some pretty good growth ahead of it.Thinks there is still risk at the retail level.Looks interesting. | 2003-08-13 | |
| TOP PICK | 30.050 | Brian Acker, CA | Got hit last week with the bad earnings and pre-announced for the rest of the year.A lot of their costs have gone up in California.Got shot down by the market.Good opportunity. | 2003-08-12 | |
| DON'T BUY | 29.220 | David Driscoll | Just gave an earnings warning due to higher insurance costs.Because of competition, margins are very low.Free cash flows have been negative for the last three years.Would prefer in the $20. | 2003-08-08 | |
| DON'T BUY | 36.890 | David Baskin | A lot of competition. | 2003-07-08 | |
| BUY on WEAKNESS | 34.670 | Paul O'Neil | Good company. A long term hold. Likes their for. Trades at a high multiple. | 2002-07-17 | |
| DON'T BUY | 31.530 | Arthur Heinmaa | Prefers others. | 2001-09-20 | |
| BUY | 34.170 | Brad Willock | Good company, but prefers Wal-Mart Mart. | 2001-09-10 | |
| DON'T BUY | 41.020 | Neil Murdock | Good business model. A little expensive and some concern on consumer spending decrease. Share price can drop further. | 2001-08-14 | |
| BUY | 37.600 | Jonathen Wellum, B. Comm, B. Sc | Weathering slowdown well. | 2001-05-25 | |
| BUY | 38.360 | Richard Stone | Long term hold. Well run and focused. | 2001-04-18 | |
| BUY | 34.875 | Jonathen Wellum, B. Comm, B. Sc | Margins so low, they don't have to cost cut for competition | 2000-12-15 | |
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