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68.2 (1y: +44%)

Market Cap	6.11 B	P/E(ttm)	21.70
Enterprise Value	7.25 B	P/B	5.00

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	6,109	Revenue $M	4,010	Net Margin (%)	7.3	Z-Score	3.5
Enterprise Value $M	7,253	EPS $	3.1	Operating Margin %	12.0	F-Score	7
P/E(ttm))	21.7	Cash Flow Per Share $	8.1	Pre-tax Margin (%)	10.4	Higher ROA y-y	Y
Price/Book	5.0	10-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	7.6	Quick Ratio	1.1	Cash flow > Earnings	Y
Price/Sales	1.6	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 %	11.5	ROA % (ttm)	8.1	Higher Current Ratio y-y	N
Dividend Yield %	1.3	Insider Buy (3m)	1	ROE % (ttm)	23.9	Less Shares Outstanding y-y	N
Payout Ratio %	27.3	Shares Outstanding M	89.1	ROI % (ttm)	13.8	Gross Margin Increase y-y	Y

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Ticker	Date	Action	Impact	Price Range (Average)*	Current Price	Change from Average	Comment	Current Shares
VAL	2013-03-31	Buy	0.03%	$59.98 - $68.32 ($64.31)	$ 68.2	6%	New holding, 10097 sh.	10,097
VAL	2012-12-31	Sold Out	-0.03%	$54.96 - $62.78 ($59.22)	$ 68.2	15%	Sold Out	0
VAL	2012-09-30	Add	0.01%	$48.9 - $58.82 ($52.88)	$ 68.2	29%	Add 66.52%	8,386
VAL	2012-06-30	Reduce	-0.06%	$45.85 - $51.99 ($49.08)	$ 68.2	39%	Reduce -75.14%	5,036
VAL	2012-03-31	Add	0.03%	$39.23 - $49.7 ($42.33)	$ 68.2	61%	Add 60.12%	20,261
VAL	2011-12-31	Buy	0.06%	$30.15 - $38.97 ($35.2)	$ 68.2	94%	New holding, 12654 sh.	12,654
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Total Records: 6

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	Scott Black	2013-03-31	109,188	0.12	0.87	-1.8%
VAL	Meridian Funds	2013-03-31	722,000	0.81	1.6	-16.84%

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VAL: Insider Buys/Sells

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Insider	Position	Date	Trades	Shares	Trade Price ($)	Change (%)	Details
Hendrickson Gary E	Chairman, President and CEO	2013-05-21	Sell	116,865	$73.65	-6.98	view
BALLBACH JOHN M	Director	2013-02-25	Buy	1,246	$60	14.18	view
McCormick Brenda A	Controller	2012-11-28	Sell	4,000	$62.25	10.06	view
Hendrickson Gary E	Chairman, President and CEO	2012-11-28	Sell	13,158	$62.19	10.16	view
WALKER LORI A	Sr. VP and CFO	2012-11-26	Sell	84,932	$61.43	11.53	view
Blaine Anthony L	Senior Vice President	2012-09-06	Sell	14,000	$55.54	23.35	view
BODE JOHN S	Director	2012-08-27	Sell	12,900	$53.02	29.22	view
Haugarth Janel S	Director	2012-06-13	Sell	22,600	$48.88	40.16	view
Jokinen Tracy C	Vice President and Controller	2012-02-16	Sell	6,000	$45.75	49.75	view
WALKER LORI A	Sr. VP and CFO	2012-01-27	Sell	4,270	$42.95	59.51	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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