Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Bowl America Incorporated

Bowl America Incorporated is an AMEX listed security that has been trading in a range between $14.30 and $17.43 over the past year. With 5,135,720 shares outstanding, a recent price of $16.95 gives a total market capitalization of $87,512,674. While there are certainly larger companies, Bowl America Incorporated has definitely earned its place in the pack. Last year, Bowl America Incorporated created $0.80 in earnings for every share outstanding.

Bowl America Incorporated is currently priced by the market at 21.40 times last year’s earnings. Many trading multiples around the world are quite attractive these days, but don’t be fooled. A Price to Earnings ratio of 0 simply means that the security didn’t make any money last year.

With a share price under $50 a share and earnings per share below $1 a share, Bowl America Incorporated could be an interesting value proposition.

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