Nomura Securities Q2 Review on Dollar Tree (DLTR): Little Changed

August 17, 2012 9:18 AM EDT Send to a Friend
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Price: $49.38 -0.18%

Rating Summary:
    10 Buy, 9 Hold, 0 Sell

Rating Trend: Up Up

Today's Overall Ratings:
    Up: 13 | Down: 25 | New: 24
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Nomura Securities maintains a 'Neutral' on Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR) price target of $54.00.

Analyst, Aram Rubinson, said, "EPS of $0.51 were slightly ahead of our $0.48 estimate. Guidance for 2012 moved up by $0.07 to a $2.50 mid-point vs consensus at $2.49. The Street reacted to decelerating comps, which slowed to 4.5% from 5.6% in Q1. At 9.5x- 10.0x next 12-month EBITDA estimates, DLTR has been trading at nine-year high valuations. This drove our decision to downgrade DLTR shares to Neutral on July 2; a 10x multiple seemed more fitting for a company growing SSS 6-7%. We regard DLTR as a steady earnings compounder, generating ~20% EPS growth per annum on 4-5% comps. Our 2012 EPS estimate now stands at $2.52 vs $2.50 previously."

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Shares of Dollar Tree closed at $49.11 yesterday, with a 52 week range of $38.40-$113.63.


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Gabriel Berk Esquire on Aug 17, 2012 02:44 PM
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