Office Depot, OfficeMax Shares Higher as Analyst Considers Potential Sector Consolidation (ODP) (OMX)

June 20, 2011 12:42 PM EDT
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Stocks in the Office Supplies sector are moving higher Monday amid renewed consolidation chatter following comments from Office Depot's (NYSE: ODP) Neil Austrian last week that his company is "very open" to such an idea. The comments were highlighted in a research note from Oppenheimer this morning.

The Office Depot exec specifically mentioned OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) as a peer which could be worked with.

Oppenheimer maintains its current Market Perform rating and $5 price target on shares of Office Depot.

Shares of Office Depot are up more than 6 percent to $4.06 Monday, while shares of OfficeMax are up a sharper 8 percent to $7.68.


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