| Ticker symbol |
Company | Price as of 9/23/02 |
52-week high |
52-week low |
% price change last month |
% price change year to date |
Revenue per share T4Q |
% total debt/ total capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIRECT TO CONSUMER | ||||||||
| FLWS | 1-800-Flowers.com | $7.33 | $17.86 | $4.75 | (29.3) | (53.0) | $507.00 | 11.3 |
| BL | Blair Corp. | 22.31 | 26.80 | 14.30 | (1.7) | (1.3) | 561.00 | 6.2 |
| CWTR | Coldwater Creek | 15.60 | 27.15 | 12.05 | (13.2) | (26.4) | 463.00 | 0 |
| HNV | Hanover Direct | 0.26 | 0.54 | 0.19 | (20.6) | (29.7) | 478.00 | 43.9 |
| JILL | J. Jill Group | 22.66 | 27.50 | 8.93 | (30.5) | 57.9 | 317.00 | 13.5 |
| LVC | Lillian Vernon Corp. | 4.90 | 8.25 | 4.75 | (5.3) | (26.3) | 256.00 | 0 |
| MBAY | MediaBay | 0.90 | 6.04 | 0.40 | (70.5) | 45.2 | 45.00 | 63.2 |
| SPGLA | Spiegel | 0.53 | 6.34 | 0.21 | 28.6 | (88.4) | 3,297.00 | 52.5 |
| DIRECT TO BUSINESS | ||||||||
| BBOX | Black Box Corp. | $42.93 | $58.77 | $28.02 | (4.4) | (18.8) | $657.00 | 13.9 |
| CDWC | CDW Computer Centers | 49.74 | 60.00 | 40.25 | (1.3) | (7.4) | 4,199.00 | 0 |
| HSIC | Henry Schein | 53.00 | 57.73 | 31.90 | 5.6 | 43.1 | 2,677.00 | 28.1 |
| MSM | MSC Industrial Direct | 13.45 | 24.36 | 9.30 | (18.2) | (31.9) | 800.00 | 0.4 |
| NEB | New England Business Service | 22.85 | 29.31 | 16.70 | (8.2) | 19.3 | 553.00 | 52.4 |
| PCCC | PC Connection | 6.25 | 17.79 | 3.72 | (31.8) | (57.9) | 1,110.00 | 5.1 |
| MALL | PC Mall | 2.79 | 5.10 | 1.76 | (2.5) | (31.3) | 744.00 | 4.1 |
| PFP | Premier Farnell | 5.44 | 10.10 | 4.25 | (17.7) | (37.8) | 1,050.00 | 74.9 |
| SCHS | School Specialty | 26.27 | 32.19 | 19.88 | 6.0 | 14.8 | 805.00 | 52.1 |
| SSPY | Sport Supply Group | 1.43 | 1.75 | 0.90 | 5.7 | 50.5 | 102.00 | 31.6 |
| TESS | Tessco Technologies | 8.75 | 18.96 | 7.49 | (19.1) | (49.0) | 267.00 | 20.8 |
| ZONS | Zones | 1.05 | 1.92 | 0.70 | (14.3) | 32.9 | 327.00 | 5.2 |
| Source: Financial Advisory Partners and company filings | ||||||||
Catalog stocks took a pounding in October. Of the eight consumer catalogers tracked for Catalog Age by Des Moines, IA-based Financial Advisory Partners, all but one — Spiegel — saw their stock price drop during the month. But given that Spiegel’s price on Oct. 25 was $0.53 a share, down considerably from its 52-week high of $6.34, that’s not much of a victory. In fact, of all the catalogers tracked, Spiegel’s stock has dropped the most, percentagewise, for the year to date: more than 88%.
Among the consumer catalogers for the year to date, only women’s apparel cataloger/retailer J. Jill Group and vintage-audio marketer MediaBay (the parent company of the Radio Spirits catalog) have seen their stock prices rise. Interestingly, among the consumer stocks they also suffered the greatest losses in value in October.
Among the 12 business-to-business marketers tracked, only medical supplies marketer Henry Schein, educational supplies cataloger School Specialty, and institutional sporting goods marketer Sport Supply Group managed to increase their stock value in October. But five of the 12 companies have seen their stock prices increase for the year to date.
“While the computer sellers have been challenged,” notes Ken Packer, managing partner of Financial Advisory Partners, “the providers of services to stable businesses, like Henry Schein, [business forms and supplies cataloger] New England Business Service, and Sport Supply Group, have done well.” School Specialty is also up for the year, as is computer reseller Zones — the only computer cataloger that can make the claim.