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SWY - Safeway Inc.

Business Predictability: What is this? | Higher Ranked Competitors
  • Currently /5
Business Predictability Rank: 1-Star (On Watch)

Back Testing (Jan. 1998 - Aug. 2008) Results:

Average gain of all 1-Star stocks: 1.1%/year.
% of Stocks that are in still loss if held for 10yrs: 45%.

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P/E: (before NRI)11.9
Lower P/E: AHONY (11.23), KR (11.5), DEG (10.9), SVU (6.5),
Price/Book:1.3
Lower P/B: DEG (1.3), SVU (1.1), WMK (1.3), WINN (0.6),
Price/Sales:0.2
Lower P/S: SVU (0.1), PTMK (0.16), WINN (0.1), NAFC (0.1),
Net Margin:2.02%
Higher Margin: ARDNA (5.02%), AHONY (3.31%), SYY (3.07%),
Yield:1.8%
Higher Yield: IMKTA (4.9%), SVU (4.8%), JSAIY.PK (4.4%), VLGEA (3.9%),
Market Cap: $9 Bil EPS: (before NRI)$1.87 Shares Outstanding:406.4 Mil
Food & Drug Retailers » Food Retailers & Wholesalers   COMPARE: WFMI, ARDNA, WINN, IMKTA

Gurus Trades with SWY:
Number of guru portfolios checked: 67. The trades of Premium Gurus are not included unless they are in your Personalized List

Ticker CompanyPicked ByDate (?) Action
 Impact to Portfoliodown (?) Price Range
(Average)* (?)		 Current Price Change from Average Comment Current Shares
SWY Safeway ... Richard Snow 2009-12-31 Add
(history)		0.73%$19.77 - $23.39
($22.09)		 $ 22.231%Add 72.51%2,189,872
SWY Safeway ... George Soros 2009-09-30 Buy 0.03%$18.35 - $20.2
($19.28)		 $ 22.2315%New holding, 76700 sh.76,700
SWY Safeway ... Richard Snow 2009-09-30 Buy 1.01%$18.35 - $20.2
($19.28)		 $ 22.2315%New holding, 1269445 sh.1,269,445
SWY Safeway ... HOTCHKIS & WILEY 2009-06-30 Add
(history)		0.8%$19.14 - $21.16
($20.1)		 $ 22.2311%Add 34.61%17,841,214
SWY Safeway ... Dodge & Cox 2008-12-31 Sold Out
(history)		$18.45 - $23.62
($21.7)		 $ 22.232%Sold Out0
SWY Safeway ... HOTCHKIS & WILEY 2008-09-30 Add
(history)		1.3%$24.72 - $28.99
($26.5)		 $ 22.23-16%Add 119.27%15,117,600
SWY Safeway ... Dodge & Cox 2008-09-30 Buy $24.72 - $28.99
($26.5)		 $ 22.23-16%New holding, 10000 sh.10,000
SWY Safeway ... Ken Heebner 2008-03-31 Sold Out
(history)		$28.33 - $33.46
($30.6)		 $ 22.23-27%Sold Out0
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*The price and date might not be the actual time and price at which the transactions were made. In the case of institutional owners, the date is stated as the last day of their fiscal quarter. The prices are estimates if no accurate information available. Foreign holdings may not be included.


SWY is held by these Gurus:

Ticker Guru Name Portfolio Date* Current Shares % of Shares Outstanding % of Total Assets Managed Change from Last Holdings
SWY Richard Snow 2009-12-3121898720.541.7372.51%
SWY George Soros 2009-09-30767000.020.03New
SWY HOTCHKIS & WILEY 2009-09-30182006764.482.522.01%
SWY Charles Brandes 2009-09-30184298444.531.7-1.4%
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SWY: Insider Buys/Sells (?) All Insider Trades Click Here for All Insider Trades.

InsiderPosition Date Trades Shares Trade Price ($) Change (%)
BOND DAVID FSenior Vice President 2009-12-10Sell10725$21.184.96
STERN DAVID RSenior Vice President 2009-12-10Sell15000$21.34.37
Oder Kenneth W.Director 2009-11-12Buy10000$23.15-3.97
GORDON ROBERT ASenior Vice President 2009-11-10Sell75000$23.16-4.02
GORDON ROBERT ASenior Vice President 2009-11-09Sell75000$23-3.35
WRIGHT DONALD PSenior Vice President 2009-11-09Sell14120$23-3.35
EVERETTE BRUCE LExecutive Vice President 2009-11-09Sell75000$23.01-3.39
STERN DAVID RSenior Vice President 2009-11-05Sell350$22.46-1.02
Oder Kenneth W.Director 2009-10-22Buy10000$22.3-0.31
SHANNON MICHAEL SDirector 2009-10-20Buy6200$23.09-3.72





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