Nomura Securities Maintains a 'Neutral' on Family Dollar Stores (FDO); Q3 Preview

June 25, 2012 9:21 AM EDT
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Nomura Securities maintains a 'Neutral' on Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) price target of $60.00.

ANalyst, Aram Rubinson, said, "FDO plans to report FQ3 results on Thurs morning. Our $1.03 estimate presumes a 5% comp and is 4 cents below consensus. We assume modest comp acceleration from FQ2, however, our checks suggest commentary around recent sales trends may be even more encouraging when FDO provides its outlook. If sales accelerate with too heavy of a concentration in low-margin products, earnings growth in our model simply struggles to get traction. F12E/F13E EPS of $3.56/$3.95 vs. Street $3.63/$4.18. With the stock at 8.6x our ’13 EBITDA estimate, we maintain a Neutral rating."

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Shares of Family Dollar Stores Inc. closed at $70.43 yesterday.


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