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...blamed the shortfall on a one-time confluence of factors, from a jump in the price of raw materials like pulp and oil to a delay in savings from a sweeping reorganization. "I see this as an aberration, and it will never happen again," CEO Durk Jager vowed. The Street's response, he said, was "not rational behavior...
Based on any 20th century valuation model, the big brands are screaming buys, selling at huge discounts to the market. In the 21st century, things are different. Consider, for instance, how Wall Street values P&G's sales compared with those of a dotcom retailer. P&G's price-to-sales ratio: $2.12 of stock per dollar of sales. The same dollar's worth of Tide, say, sold through Priceline.com costs shareholders more: $26.11, based on Priceline's recent close of $94. And to own a dollar-size piece of the sales at fledgling dotcom grocery Webvan, you'll have...
...today's hypercompetitive, low-inflation environment, where manufacturers have trouble raising prices, even the strongest brands aren't the predictable cash cows they once were. "Consumers want their brands, but at their price," says Prudential Securities food analyst John McMillin. While P&G's core brands are still quite dominant--the No. 1 or No. 2 household product in some 30 categories--there isn't much room left to grow in the mature U.S. market. Emerging markets were supposed to pick up the slack, but the economic crises in Asia and Latin America have largely derailed those plans...
...White students and parents are discovering what African Americans have known for decades--many historically black colleges offer a quality education for about half the price of comparable mainstream schools. Some black students and administrators welcome the new diversity. Others, though, argue that schools that are now predominantly white should no longer receive federal funds for their "unique mission" of educating African Americans. Most historically black colleges were founded before 1965, when African Americans were shut out of most predominantly white institutions. But today some historically black colleges with a majority of white students and faculty are at an important...
...bank stocks now trade below the panic levels reached during the Asia crisis in 1998. Many sport price-to-earnings ratios below 7, a low mark not widely seen in the bank sector since tough times in 1990. Simply put: Bank stocks are discounting a severe recession when it's not clear that...