The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack – $PBY – Confident Investor Rating: Poor
| Company name | The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack |
| Stock ticker | PBY |
| Live stock price | [stckqut]PBY[/stckqut] |
| Confident Investor Rating | Poor |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=pby
The Pep Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack provides shop and care for car. The Company’s stores are organized in a hub and spoke network consisting of Supercenters and Service & Tire Centers. Supercenters average approximately 20,000 square feet and combine do-it-for-me service labor, installed merchandise and tire offerings (DIFM) with do-it-yourself parts and accessories (DIY). The Company’s Supercenters also have a commercial sales program delivers parts, tires and equipment to automotive repair shops and dealers. Service & Tire Centers, which average approximately 6,000 square feet, provide DIFM services in neighborhood locations. The Company also operates a handful of legacy DIY only Pep Express stores.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.
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