Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Investopedia: Will Pep Boys Ever Show Real Growth Again?

By and large, the U.S. retail world is not forgiving to companies with failed business plans. And yet, Pep Boys (NYSE:PBY) continues to stubbornly hang on. Despite a turnaround process that is going on 15 years now, it's still unclear to me how the company has a leveragable competitive advantage in the auto parts or service market. Although improvement to just sub-optimal levels of performance (relative to industry standards) would likely drive decent gains in the stock, I'm not sure Pep Boys is a stock for any but the most risk-tolerant turnaround investors.

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http://www.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2012/Will-Pep-Boys-Ever-Show-Real-Growth-Again-PBY-AAP-AZO-MNRO1205.aspx

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