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- U.S.A. - Canada - U.K. - France - Germany - Japan - Hong-Kong	Bricorama - - Mid&Small 190 - Home Improvement Retail Bricorama SA is a France-based company engaged in the do-it-yourself (DIY) market. MARGIN OF SAFETY of Bricorama : 158.78 % The Margin of Safety of Bricorama is OK (>50%). How is the Margin of Safety calculated ? QUALITY : Conservative Investors : Enterprising Investors : What are the Stars ? FORUMS VISIT Bricorama FORUM ! Alerts : STOP at : 21.07 EUR on : 1/29/2009 STOP at : 37.5 EUR on : 11/3/2008 What are the alerts ? Price over 1 year : PRICE, INTRINSIC VALUE & MARGIN OF SAFETY based on GRAHAM's FORMULA What is the Graham's Formula ? Bricorama price is : (as of 5/22/2009) EUR Current Earnings per Share (2008 est.) are : EUR Estimated Long Term Growth (% per Year) is : % INTRINSIC VALUE = 3.48 x (8.5 + 2 x 2.32) = 45.73 EUR MARGIN OF SAFETY = (45.73 - 17.67 ) / 17.67 = 158.78 % (OK) How is Long Term Growth estimated for Bricorama ? Historical analysis for Bricorama - See detail QUALITATIVE FILTERS FOR Bricorama What are the Stars ? DEFENSIVE ENTERPRISING COMPANY SIZE (MKT CAP. Mls $) Very Small 140 mls.$ NO The company's Market cap. is under 5000 millions dollars - FINANCIAL CONDITION Current Ratio 1.37 The current ratio is under 2 The current ratio is under 1.5 LT Debt/Net Curr. Assets 1.00 The LTdebt/current assets ratio is under 1 The LTdebt/current assets ratio is under 1.1 EARNINGS STABILITY Losses / 10 - 5 Years 0 / 0 No losses in the past ten years No losses in the past five years DIVIDENDS Years of Dividends 13 Less than 15 years of dividend in the past 15 years Current dividends paid EARNINGS GROWTH Growth 10-5 Years 69% / -7%% Total Earnings growth above 33% for the past 10 years Last year earnings under earnings 5 years ago VALUATION P.E. x P/Book 2.23 P.E. x P/Book is under 22.5 P/Book is under 1.20 P.E. 5.1 OK PE is under 15 - P/Book 0.44 OK P/Book is under 1.5 OK P/Book is under 1.2 Bricorama - Competitors for Home Improvement Retail   STOCK QUALITY Conservative Investors MARGIN OF SAFETY Long Term Growth Price / Earnings   Mr Bricolage - France Mid&Small 190 Home Improvement Retail MARGIN OF SAFETY : 225.67 % Long Term Growth : 7.19 % Price / Earnings : 7.0 x 13.63 / 1.94 = Bricorama - France Mid&Small 190 Home Improvement Retail MARGIN OF SAFETY : 158.75 % Long Term Growth : 2.32 % Price / Earnings : 5.1 x 17.67 / 3.48 = Sherwin-Williams - U.S.A. SP 500 Home Improvement Retail MARGIN OF SAFETY : 87.33 % Long Term Growth : 9.72 % Price / Earnings : 14.9 x 53.69 / 3.60 = Rona - Canada SP/TSX Comp. Home Improvement Retail MARGIN OF SAFETY : 64.62 % Long Term Growth : 3.99 % Price / Earnings : 10.0 x 12.42 / 1.24 = Lowe's - U.S.A. SP 500 Home Improvement Retail MARGIN OF SAFETY : 60.70 % Long Term Growth : 8.46 % Price / Earnings : 15.8 x 19.3 / 1.22 = Home Depot - U.S.A. DOW JONES 30 Home Improvement Retail MARGIN OF SAFETY : 11.94 % Long Term Growth : 4.97 % Price / Earnings : 16.5 x 22.89 / 1.39 = Kingfisher - U.K. FTSE 100 Home Improvement Retail MARGIN OF SAFETY : 0.00 % Long Term Growth : 0.00 % Price / Earnings : 18.2 x 182.2 / 10.00 = Samse NV - France Mid&Small 190 Home Improvement Retail MARGIN OF SAFETY : 0.00 % Long Term Growth : 0.00 % Price / Earnings : 11.6 x 54.44 / 4.70 =