how to play the stock market: Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.(MNRO)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Ben Levisohn]
Yesterday, shares of Monro Muffler Brake (MNRO) plunged 3.1% after Barron’s Leslie Norton panned the stock in this weekend’s issue of the magazine. And wouldn’t you know it? Monro’s shares are skidding lower once again today.
Mike Mozart/JeepersMediaNorton’s argument was straightforward:
At a recent $62, Rochester, N.Y.based Monro (ticker: MNRO) trades at a lofty 28 times forward earnings, compared with a 10-year average of 21.1, and 17 times earnings for the Standard & Poors 500. With sales growth slowing as competition increases, Monros strategic goal of achieving 15% annual sales gains and 20% profit growth seems distant.
Any hint of more sluggish sales could push the shares down at least 10%. Bruce Geller, CEO of money manager Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher, who is short the stock, says, A fairly commoditized business with low organic growth deserves a more reasonable multiple of 20 times.
That would put the stock in the mid-$40s.
Shares of Monro Muffler Brake have dropped 4% to $57.59 at 3:49 p.m. today, leaving around 20% of downside.
UPDATE: This post initially misspelled ‘Brake’ as ‘Break.’ It’s been corrected.
source from Top Stocks For 2015:http://www.topstocksblog.com/how-to-play-the-stock-market.html
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