Paul Harris, CFA
Corp. Express
CXP-N
TOP PICK
Mar 16, 2007
Office supply company. Compete with Staples (SPLS-Q) and Office Depot (ODP-N) but have no retail outlets. Have a lot of free cash flow and brought down their debt. Low multiple. Pays a good dividend.
Office supplies business. Stock has fallen quite a bit in the last little while. They do their business B to B or through catalogue so there is very little capital expenditure and lots of free cash flow. Good price.
(A Top Pick Aug 12/05. Up 4.8%.) In the office supply business. Doesn't have any stores but operates B to B and catalogue. About 65% of revenue is from the US. If things continue to do well, they may have no debt by 2007. Growing quite rapidly.
(A Top Pick Aug 22/06. Up 11.6%.) Cheap. No retail stores, only catalogue and Internet. Highly free cash flow model. Good balance sheet. Expect to pay off their debt at the end of this year.