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Value Trader 2 Scores a 14.57% Winner – Zacks Tale of the Tape

Source: http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/18790/Value+Trader+2+Scores+a+14.57%25+Winner+-+Zacks+Tale+of+the+Tape
Posted on Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 | In Stocks to Watch
Contributed by: Tracey Ryniec (http://www.zacks.com/) -

The Value Trader 2 trading portfolio bagged a nice winner as The Pantry, Inc. (PTRY) was sold this week for a 14.57% gain. The position was added to the Value Trader 2 portfolio on March 11.

The Pantry operates 1,648 convenience stores in 11 southeastern states, mainly under the name Kangaroo Express. The stores offer a broad range of merchandise, including gasoline, food and drink products.

At the time of its addition, The Pantry was a juicy value stock, trading at only 4.7x forward earnings. It also had a low price-to-book ratio of 0.73.

“PTRY” Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?
Zacks Investment Research

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About Tracey Ryniec (http://www.zacks.com/)
Tracey Ryniec is an Editor at Zacks Investment Research who covers the Value Stock for the Zacks Rank Buys and Timely Buy of the Week.

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