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73.81 (1y: +58%)

Market Cap	6.49 B	P/E(ttm)	23.40
Enterprise Value	7.48 B	P/B	5.40

VAL- NYSE (USA)
Valspar Corporation

Currently 4/5

Business Predictability Rank: 4-Star
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Average gain of all 4-Star stocks: 9.8% per year.
% of Stocks that are in still loss if held for 10yrs: 8%.
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Market Cap $M	6,487	Revenue $M	4,010	Net Margin (%)	7.3	Z-Score	3.0
Enterprise Value $M	7,476	EPS $	3.2	Operating Margin %	12.0	F-Score	7
P/E(ttm))	23.4	Cash Flow Per Share $	8.1	Pre-tax Margin (%)	10.4	Higher ROA y-y	Y
Price/Book	5.4	10-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	7.6	Quick Ratio	1.1	Cash flow > Earnings	Y
Price/Sales	1.7	5-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	13.6	Current Ratio	1.4	Lower Leverage y-y	Y
Price/Cash Flow	7.6	y-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	3.2	ROA % (ttm)	8.1	Higher Current Ratio y-y	N
Dividend Yield %	1.2	Insider Buy (3m)	1	ROE % (ttm)	23.9	Less Shares Outstanding y-y	N
Payout Ratio %	26.6	Shares Outstanding M	89.1	ROI % (ttm)	13.8	Gross Margin Increase y-y	Y

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Number of guru portfolios checked: 51.

Total Records: 25 Page:1 2

Ticker	Guru	Date	Action	Impact	Price Range (Average)*	Current Price	Change from Average	Comment	Current Shares
VAL	Joel Greenblatt	2013-03-31	Buy	0.03%	$59.98 - $68.32 ($64.31)	$ 73.81	15%	New holding, 10097 sh.	10,097
VAL	Joel Greenblatt	2012-12-31	Sold Out	-0.03%	$54.96 - $62.78 ($59.22)	$ 73.81	25%	Sold Out	0
VAL	Joel Greenblatt	2012-09-30	Add	0.01%	$48.9 - $58.82 ($52.88)	$ 73.81	40%	Add 66.52%	8,386
VAL	Meridian Funds	2012-09-30	Reduce	-0.69%	$48.9 - $58.82 ($52.88)	$ 73.81	40%	Reduce -27.68%	1,021,000
VAL	Scott Black	2012-06-30	Add	0.17%	$45.85 - $51.99 ($49.08)	$ 73.81	50%	Add 20.24%	124,955
VAL	Joel Greenblatt	2012-06-30	Reduce	-0.06%	$45.85 - $51.99 ($49.08)	$ 73.81	50%	Reduce -75.14%	5,036
VAL	Joel Greenblatt	2012-03-31	Add	0.03%	$39.23 - $49.7 ($42.33)	$ 73.81	74%	Add 60.12%	20,261
VAL	Joel Greenblatt	2011-12-31	Buy	0.06%	$30.15 - $38.97 ($35.2)	$ 73.81	110%	New holding, 12654 sh.	12,654
VAL	Jean-Marie Eveillard	2011-06-30	Add	0.03%	$34.98 - $39.9 ($37.84)	$ 73.81	95%	Add 21.15%	892,570
VAL	Meridian Funds	2011-03-31	Add	0.1%	$33.97 - $39.14 ($37.22)	$ 73.81	98%	Add 5.6%	1,611,405
VAL	Mario Gabelli	2011-03-31	Sold Out		$33.97 - $39.14 ($37.22)	$ 73.81	98%	Sold Out	0
VAL	George Soros	2011-03-31	Sold Out		$33.97 - $39.14 ($37.22)	$ 73.81	98%	Sold Out	0
VAL	Meridian Funds	2010-12-31	Add	0.21%	$31.24 - $34.58 ($32.9)	$ 73.81	124%	Add 13.17%	1,525,920
VAL	George Soros	2010-12-31	Buy		$31.24 - $34.58 ($32.9)	$ 73.81	124%	New holding, 8300 sh.	8,300
VAL	Mario Gabelli	2010-09-30	Buy		$29.5 - $32.53 ($30.97)	$ 73.81	138%	New holding, 7217 sh.	7,217
VAL	Meridian Funds	2009-12-31	Add	0.14%	$25.37 - $28.22 ($26.91)	$ 73.81	174%	Add 9.49%	1,378,415
VAL	Meridian Funds	2009-09-30	Add	1.51%	$21.89 - $28.35 ($25.81)	$ 73.81	186%	Add 7349.02%	1,258,885
VAL	Jean-Marie Eveillard	2009-09-30	Reduce	-0.05%	$21.89 - $28.35 ($25.81)	$ 73.81	186%	Reduce -24.97%	736,770
VAL	Jean-Marie Eveillard	2009-03-31	Add	0.08%	$15.64 - $20.29 ($17.6)	$ 73.81	319%	Add 56.21%	828,470
VAL	Meridian Funds	2009-03-31	Buy	0.02%	$15.64 - $20.29 ($17.6)	$ 73.81	319%	New holding, 14400 sh.	14,400
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VAL is held by these Gurus:

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Ticker	Guru Name	Portfolio Date*	Current Shares	% of Shares Outstanding	% of Total Assets Managed	Change from Last Holdings
VAL	Joel Greenblatt	2013-03-31	10,097	0.01	0.03	New Buy
VAL	Jean-Marie Eveillard	2013-03-31	860,750	0.97	0.18	+9.77%
VAL	Meridian Funds	2013-03-31	722,000	0.81	1.6	-16.84%
VAL	Scott Black	2012-12-31	111,188	0.12	1	-3.64%

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VAL: Insider Buys/Sells

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Insider	Position	Date	Trades	Shares	Trade Price ($)	Change (%)	Details
BALLBACH JOHN M	Director	2013-02-25	Buy	1,246	$60	23.02	view
McCormick Brenda A	Controller	2012-11-28	Sell	4,000	$62.25	18.57	view
Hendrickson Gary E	Chairman, President and CEO	2012-11-28	Sell	13,158	$62.19	18.68	view
WALKER LORI A	Sr. VP and CFO	2012-11-26	Sell	84,932	$61.43	20.15	view
Blaine Anthony L	Senior Vice President	2012-09-06	Sell	14,000	$55.54	32.9	view
BODE JOHN S	Director	2012-08-27	Sell	12,900	$53.02	39.21	view
Haugarth Janel S	Director	2012-06-13	Sell	22,600	$48.88	51	view
Jokinen Tracy C	Vice President and Controller	2012-02-16	Sell	6,000	$45.75	61.33	view
WALKER LORI A	Sr. VP and CFO	2012-01-27	Sell	4,270	$42.95	71.85	view
WALKER LORI A	Sr. VP and CFO	2012-01-03	Sell	4,530	$39.49	86.91	view

Press Releases about VAL:

Valspar Announces New Chief Financial and Administrative... 04 Mar 2013
Valspar Declares Quarterly Dividend 21 Feb 2013
Valspar Reports Fiscal 2013 First-Quarter Results 12 Feb 2013
Valspar Announces Fiscal 2013 First Quarter Earnings... 01 Feb 2013
Valspar Announces Strategic Paint Supply Relationship with... 02 Jan 2013

Quarterly/Annual Reports about VAL:

10-K - VALSPAR CORP (0000102741) (Filer): (10-K) 19 Dec 2012
10-Q - VALSPAR CORP (0000102741) (Filer): (10-Q) 06 Jun 2012
10-Q - VALSPAR CORP (0000102741) (Filer): (10-Q) 07 Mar 2012
10-K - VALSPAR CORP (0000102741) (Filer): (10-K) 21 Dec 2011
10-Q - VALSPAR CORP (0000102741) (Filer): (10-Q) 07 Sep 2011

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