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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Ames Department Stores (AMES)

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To: Arthur Tang who wrote (808)	11/28/1997 11:50:00 AM
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The consensus mean earnings estimates for AMES, according to Zacks, has been increased again last week. Zacks has also upped AMES to a strong buy, along with 3 regional brokers. AMES DEPT STORE 11/22/97 ZACKS ANALYST WATCH MEAN HIGH LOW NUMBER MEAN CHG EST LAST MNTH ($) FISC YR END 1/99 1.57 1.67 1.47 4 0.03 FISC YR END 1/98 1.39 1.45 1.32 4 0.04 VS ACTUAL 1/97 1.13 QUARTER END 1/98 1.21 1.24 1.19 4 0.00 VS ACTUAL 1/97 1.21 QUARTER END 4/98 N/A N/A N/A 0 N/A VS ACTUAL 4/97 -0.28 NEXT 5 YR GRTH (%) 15.17 18.00 12.50 3 0.00 ESTIMATES & ACTUALS ARE BOTH EPS BEFORE XTRAS & OTHER NRI'S AMES DEPT STORE 11/22/97 WALL STREET RECOMMENDATIONS AMES RANKED 1/ 27 IN RETAIL-DISCOUN IND RANKED 75/211 Z R R R -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- STRONG MODERATE HOLD MODERATE STRONG BUY BUY SELL SELL N = NATIONAL RETAIL BROKER; I = INSTITUTIONAL BROKER R = REGIONAL BROKERAGE FIRM; Z = ZACKS INDICATOR RANKING (EPS FORECAST REVISION MODEL) ( + UPGRADE SINCE LAST WEEK; - DOWNGRADE ) AMES DEPT STORE 11/22/97 COMPANY VS INDUSTRY ---------- EPS GROWTH RATES -------- P/E ON LAST 5 YRS 98/97 99/98 NXT 5 98 ACTUAL (%) (%) (%) YRS(%) EPS COMPANY N/A 23.0 12.6 15.2 12.2 IND: RETAIL-DISCOUN 7.2 24.1 22.4 17.3 25.0 (T=258) S & P 500 12.6 12.7 7.2 7.6 21.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ COMPANY-INDUSTRY N/A -1.1 -9.8 -2.2 -12.8 COMPANY-S&P N/A 10.3 5.4 7.6 -8.9 DISTRIBUTION OF EPS ESTIMATES HISTOGRAM AS OF 11/22/97 AMES DEPT STORE FY1 - 9801 FY2 - 9901 4 ESTS. 4 ESTS. O X O O O O O X !-----!-----!-----!-----! !-----!-----!-----!-----! 1.32 1.37 1.42 1.47 1.52 1.46 1.56 1.66 1.76 1.86 "X" = EPS ESTIMATE ($) "O" = THREE MOST RECENT ESTS. 10/97 QTR: AMES DEPT STORE 1/98 QTR: REPT DATE: 11/ 6/97 * EXP.REPT: 3/13/98 O O OX A XO O O !-----!-----!-----!-----! !-----!-----!-----!-----! 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 1.19 1.24 1.29 1.34 1.39 MEAN 0.09 ( 4) MEAN 1.21 ( 4) MOST ACC 0.08 ( 3) MOST ACC 1.22 ( 3) ------------------------------------------------------------ QTR END % SURPRISE ACTUAL ESTIMATE STD DEV. # ANALYSTS 10/97 66.67 0.15* 0.09 0.03 4 7/97 9.12 0.31 0.29 0.02 2 4/97 18.84 -0.28 -0.34 0.01 2 AMES DEPT STORE-NDQ - 2.000 11/15/85 - 22000 EMPLOYEES AMES DEPARTMENT STORES, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES ARE RETAI L MERCHANDI SERS. YEAR EPS BEFORE XTRAS & NRI'S -CUR- HI/LO 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH YR( 1) PRICE 17 17/ 4 99 NA 0.33E 0.17E 1.33E 1.57E PRC/EPS 12 13/ 4 98 -0.28 0.31 0.15 1.21E 1.39E REL P/E 0.5 0.6/0.2 97 -0.34 0.20 0.02 1.21 1.13 YLD 0.00 IAD NA SINCE 10/87 DEC SLS(MM$) NET(MM$) EPS-XNRI EPS-REP DIV/SH HIGH LOW 97 2161 17 1.13 0.79 NONE 17 6 96 2120 -1 0.50 -0.08 NONE 5 2 95 2142 17 -0.02 0.79 NONE 3 1

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