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Astukphoto
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Today's stock selection:
DF Dean Foods
This stock hasn't very strong fundamentals but decline in the stock's price has provided buying opportunity.
Management has taken definitive actions to improve
shareholder value from the spin-off of TreeHouse
Foods in 2005 to a $15 per share special dividend in
2007. Management has focused on the branded
products business, reduced SKUs, and integrated
strategic acquisitions in the Dairy Group. However,
2007 was challenging due to increased dairy costs.
Though costs are expected to be volatile in 2008, the
decline in the...
By  Armin Stuk   (-19.02%  risk: moderate)  07/07/08 Comment


Dean Foods Co. Graphic_rating_buy DF
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<> Dean Foods Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food and beverage company in the United States. It operates in two segments, Dairy Group and WhiteWave Foods. The Dairy Group segment engages in the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of various branded and private label dairy case products, including half-and-half, whipping cream, dairy coffee creamers, and ice cream mix; ice cream and ice cream novelties; yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, and dairy-based dips; fruit juice, fruit-flavored drinks, ice tea, and water; and butter, cheese, eggs, and milk shakes. This se...
By  Marian Filo   (-24.55%  risk: aggressive)  06/29/08 Comment


Dean Foods..The 100 pound gorilla in the dairy space..I bought the name a few weeks back and 7% notes months ago at 88.1/8 Graphic_rating_buy DF
Harry2007
47%

Dean Foods..The 100 pound gorilla in the dairy space..I bought the name a few weeks back and 7% notes months ago at 88.1/8

It's time to buy dairy after beautiful earnings.They have lots of cash!!!!!

By  Harry Turkish   (-6.06%  risk: moderate)  05/02/08 Comment


DF: If Management at Dean Foods Can’t Figure Out Their Industry, No Way am I Going to Try Graphic_rating_sell DF
Billtrent
13%


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This article is a reprint of my February 25, 2008 RealMoney column

What is wrong with Dean Foods (DF)? After all with everyone from Starbucks (SBUX) to Hershey’s (HSY) getting hurt by rising milk costs, I would expect the “largest processor and distributor of milk and various other dairy products in the United States” to be living in the land of milk and honey.

<>Yet somehow, Dean has managed to get itself on the wrong side of every dairy-related position (so much for Peter Lynch’s invest in what you know theory.) For example, the company describes the current da<><><><><>< /><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< /><><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< />< />...
By  Stock Market Beat   (-14.69%  risk: aggressive)  03/03/08 Comment


DF: More Sour Milk from Dean Graphic_rating_sell DF
Billtrent
13%

Dean Foods (DF) announced this morning they would sell 18.7 million shares in a secondary offering. The 13% dilution is expected to be “significantly offset” by a $20 million reduction in interest expense. At current prices, the company should raise nearly $400 million through the sale. $20 million is 5% of that - so “significant” seems to be in the eye of the beholder.

<> Even better, the offering comes because “operating results were below the expectations we had when we recapitalized the balance sheet last March.” By Dean’s logic, apparently, you should issue debt to pay<><><><><><><>< /><><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< />< />...
By  Stock Market Beat   (-14.69%  risk: aggressive)  03/03/08 Comment



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