Borders Improves Results Quarter After Quarter - Todd Sullivan

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Borders Improves Results Quarter After Quarter
Aug 26, 2008 06:15 PM UTC

Todd Sullivan

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Via Long Investment Ideas from Seeking Alpha:

The really good news here is the reduction of debt by almost 40% YOY.

From the release:

Borders Group, Inc. (BGP) today reported results for the second quarter, ended Aug. 2, 2008. The company generated a second quarter loss from continuing operations of $11.3 million or $0.19 per share, which represents an improvement over the same period last year when Borders Group recorded a loss of $18.1 million or $0.31 per share. On an earnings per share basis, this represents an improvement of 38.7%.

In the first half of the year, operating cash flow from continuing operations improved by $195.7 million. The company generated operating cash of $50.7 million from continuing operations in the first half of the year compared to operating cash used of $145 million in the same period a year ago with the improvement due to tighter management of inventory and other working capital.

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