Thursday, November 29, 2012

Investopedia: Big Valuation/Small Miss Wrong Combo For The Fresh Market

What's going on in the wake of the third-quarter earnings report from The Fresh Market (Nasdaq:TFM) will be altogether familiar for veteran investors. Here we have a great growth company, perhaps one of the best growth plays today on the mass-affluent customer category, but with a stock that carried nosebleed valuations. Q3 earnings showed a hiccup in store traffic and margin leverage, and the stock got pummeled. Although I still like the growth story at The Fresh Market just fine (as well as the stores themselves), I'm still a long way from liking the stock.

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http://www.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2012/Big-ValuationSmall-Miss-Wrong-Combo-For-The-Fresh-Market-TFM-WFM-COST-SBUX1128.aspx

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