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AM – American Greetings Corp.

American Greetings Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of greeting cards and other social expression products worldwide. It offers social expression products, including greeting cards, gift wrap, party goods, giftware, and stationery, as well as custom display fixtures; and DesignWare party goods, Plus Mark gift wrap and boxed cards, and AGI In-Store display fixtures.

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Exited American Greetings: 36.62% Total Return in 15 Months

by April 3, 2013

As you probably know, American Greetings (AM) is going private. A group of the founding family members (Weiss) have offered $18.20/share and the board has accepted the offer. The deal is expected to close in Jul 2013. I recommended and bought the stock first in Dec 2011. Over the last 15 months, I have added [...]

[Member] Thoughts on American Greetings Go Private Bid Increase

by January 18, 2013

About an hour ago I sent out an email alert indicating that Zev Weiss and family (current CEO and the founding family) have raised their bid for taking the company (AM) private to $17.5/share from the earlier $17.18/share. This follows 2 days of unexplained decline in the stock that allowed us to increase our stake [...]

[Member] Recommend Continue to Hold American Greetings

by September 26, 2012

American Greetings (AM) today received a buyout offer from a group led by its CEO, Zev Weiss, the President/COO Jeffrey Weiss, other executives and their families. The offer values the company at $580 million, or $17.18/share. While the offer is a 20% premium to the closing price yesterday, it still undervalues the company. The shares [...]

[Member] American Greetings Assumes Clinton Cards Senior Secured Debt

by Shailesh Kumar May 10, 2012

Clinton Cards is a UK based specialty retailer with approximately 750 stores that has been struggling with high rents and falling sales and margins. The retailer has now been forced into administration (bankruptcy) by American Greetings (AM) who has about $25 m in unsecured exposure to Clinton Cards as one of its suppliers in the [...]

47 Top Dividend Stocks for April 2012

by April 20, 2012

For investors searching for dividend yield, the amount of dividends paid is as important as whether the dividend can be sustained or even grown over time. For a value investor, it makes sense to look at dividend paying stocks as these stocks have a way of realizing value with each dividend payment. For this edition [...]

32 Best Dividend Stocks for 2012

by Shailesh Kumar December 25, 2011

32 of the Best Dividend Stocks for 2012 based on yields, dividend growth, reasonable valuation and diverse industries/sectors. Downloadable spreadsheet.

[Member] Reducing My Targets for American Greetings (AM)

by December 23, 2011

American Greetings (AM) released its Q3 earnings before the market opened yesterday morning and I have to say, they shocked everyone that follows this company and its stock. AM’s management is clearly testing investors’ patience and their reticence in the conference call to elaborate on certain items did little to assuage the shareholders. Here are [...]

[Member] American Greetings (AM) Should Be Bought At These Prices

by Shailesh Kumar December 15, 2011

Please note that this is a past premium recommendation. We are now out of this stock Just in time for the holidays, I want to highlight American Greetings stock, which I believe offers a compelling value at the current prices. American Greetings (NYSE: AM) makes and markets greeting cards (print and online), gift accessories, party [...]

Best Dividend Stocks Based on Valuation

by November 10, 2011

In today’s screen I pick out 5 dividend stocks with nice yields and low valuation based on earnings and/or book value. These companies maintain a payout ratio of less than 50% so the dividends are relatively safe. Additionally, I screen for stocks below $1.5 Billion in market value to give a good selection of smaller [...]