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Alon Holding Blue Square Israel Ltd (BSI). Yash Bhatnagar and Sameer Srivastava. Alon Holding Blue Square Israel Ltd: Recommendation. Buy: Limit at market price Sell: Stop at $8.50 , Limit at $ 13.50. Alon Holding Blue Square Israel Ltd: Background.
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AlonHolding Blue Square Israel Ltd (BSI) Yash Bhatnagar and Sameer Srivastava
AlonHolding Blue Square Israel Ltd: Recommendation • Buy: Limit at market price • Sell: Stop at $8.50, Limit at $13.50
Alon Holding Blue Square Israel Ltd: Background • Blue Square-Israel Ltd. (Blue Square) operates in three segments: • Supermarkets segment – food retailer in the State of Israel (207 super markets) • Non-Food segment - Sells Non-Food items both in its supermarkets and in retail outlets (268 outlets) • Real Estate segment - owns, leases and develops yield-generating commercial properties.
Alon Holding Blue Square Israel Ltd: Basic Numbers • Current Price: $9.85 • P/E Ratio: 25.26 • Beta: 1.06 • Dividend/ Yield: $3.41(37.82%) • EPS: $0.39 • 52-Week Low: $8.00 • 52-Week High: $15.39 • Market Cap: $439 M • Institutional Ownership: 0% Taken from http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:BSI as of 03/09/11
Alon Holding Blue Square Israel Ltd: Earnings Report • Company reported annual 2009 earnings of 0.47 per share on 03/15/2010 • Company reported 3rd quarter 2010 earnings of 0.01 per share on 11/24/2010
Alon Holding Blue Square Israel Ltd: Reasons to Buy • Known as the “Walmart of Israel” • Has a dividend of 35.16% • Current price at lower end of 52 week range. • The company has averaged a stellar 62% average annual growth rate in net income. • The stock deliver a 5 year average annual growth rate of around 10%. • Strong long term stock characteristics • Global supermarkets such as Walmart have not targeted region.
Alon Holding Blue Square Israel Ltd: Competition • The Company competes with Toys R Us, Office Depot, Home Center, Ace Hardware, Golf & Co. Ltd. and Kitan Textile Industries Ltd. • Has strongest market hold in the holdings and supermarket industry compared to competition.
SRI • Provides materials to the middle class • Invests in local companies and groups • Executive team has ties to nonprofit sector • Own companies that aid the lower middle class, such as Dr. Baby and All for a Dollar.
Citations BSI: • http://www.bsi.co.il/en/index.asp • http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:BSI • http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?symbol=BSI • http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/earnings/earnings.asp?ticker=BSI:IT