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It is the weekend! And one of the things I like to do around here is to go back about a year and see how stock picks during that particular week have done since that time. Of course, this review assumes a buy and hold technique, when in reality, I utilize a system of limiting losses by selling them quickly at 8% loss limits, and then selling my winners slowly at designated gain targets. That being said, I feel it is still informative to see how stocks I picked have done since the time of their selection.
On February 4, 2004, I picked American Dental Products (ADPI) for Stock Picks at a price of $13.00. ADPI closed at $22.98 on 3/18/05, for a gain of $9.98 or 76.8%.
On February 23, 2005, ADPI announced 4th quarter 2004 results. For the quarter ended December 31, 2004, net revenue was $44.8 million, up 7% from $42 million last year. Net earnings were $2.1 million, up 18% from $1.8 million last year. Diluted net earnings per share came in at $.26/share, up 8% from $.24/share last year.
On February 4, 2004, I selected Hain Celestial Group (HAIN) for Stock Picks at $22.55/share. HAIN closed at $18.20/share, down $(4.35) or (19.3)% since selection.
On February 3, 2005, HAIN reported 2nd quarter 2005 results. Sales for the quarter ended December 31, 2004, increased nicely by 19% to $169.8 million from $142.8 million in the same quarter the prior year. However, GAAP net income was fairly flat at $10.7 million up from $10.4 million the prior year. On a per share diluted basis this came at $.29/share unchanged from last year's $.29/share.
On February 4, 2004, I selected Avon Products (AVP) for Stock Picks at $68.29/share. AVP had a 2:1 stock split on 6/1/04, for an effective stock pick price of $34.15. AVP closed at $40.41 on 3/18/05 for a gain of $6.26 or 18.3%.On February 1, 2005, AVP reported 4th quarter 2004 results. For the quarter, adjusted for currency exchange rates, sales grew 7%. Net income for the quarter grew to $288.8 million or $.61/share, up from $261.3 million, or $.55/share.
On February 5, 2004, I picked Claire's Stores (CLE) on Stock Picks at $20.30. CLE closed at $22.68 on 3/18/05 for a gain of $2.38 or 11.7%.On March 10, 2005, CLE reported 4th quarter 2004 results. Sales increased 9% to $395.9 million from $364 million on a same-store sales growth of 5%. Net income rose to $55.5 millilon from $52 million or $.56/share from $.53/share a yealr ago. As good as this result was, the company warned that comparisons will be more difficult in 2005.Finally, on February 6, 2004, I picked Starcraft (STCR) for Stock Picks at a price of $17.50. STCR was acquired by Quantum (QTWW) in an acquisition that was complete by 3/3/05. STCR stock holders received 2.341 shares of Quantum (QTWW) for each share of Starcraft. QTWW closed at $4.89 on 3/18/05. Thus, based on the current price of QTWW, we have a resultant value of $11.45/share on this stock. This represents a loss of $(6.05) or (34.6)%.
On March 9, 2005, QTWW announced 3rd quarter 2005 results. Revenue for the quarter came in at $5.4 million with a loss of $(2.9) million or $(.09)/share. Revenue is up from last year's $4.4 million and a loss of $(3.1) million or $(.10)/share as well. So how did I do with these picks? I had two losing issues (HAIN and STCR), and three gainers for an average gain of 10.58%.
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Bob